What causes a video to go viral? It isn’t the quality of the camera work, lighting, or production. Videos go viral because when we watch them they cause us to laugh, cry, or go “whoa”, and then we tell our friends to watch it, and so on.
There are some things so good you can’t keep them to yourself.
I remember when my wife Kathie received the shipment of her second CD, “Songs from the Center.” Immediately she posted on Facebook that the CD was finally done and invited people to the CD debut concert, who then invited others. It wasn’t long before lots of people were talking about the new record.
They’re some things so good you can’t keep them to yourself.
When I was 19, I began to experience pretty severe migraine headaches. After telling my doctor about what was happening, he sent me to a neurologist. The neurologist put me through a series of tests, including a scan that required a dye with radioactive particles to be injected into my blood. When the results were in, the doctor asked me to come to his office, and asked that I have my parents come with me. As we sat down, I could tell something was wrong. He began to hem and haw about how the test was not conclusive. I interrupted him and asked, ”Do I have a brain tumor?!” “No,” he answered. “but I’m afraid you have ophthalmic migraines.” I jumped up and shouted, “Hallelujah!” and ran out of his office to the nearest pay phone to call everyone who had been praying for me.
There are some things so good you can’t keep them to yourself.
The Bible tells us about the northern tribes of Israel being besieged by their enemies, and as a result a severe famine broke out. It was so bad that they were eating donkey heads, dove dung, and even boiling infants (2 Kings 6:24). There were four lepers who figured that because death was inevitable, they would cast their lots with the enemy. However, when they got to enemy’s camp they found it totally deserted, and all the food and valuables had been left behind. While they were gorging themselves with food and wine, one of them said,
“We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, and we remain silent. If we wait until morning light, some punishment will come upon us. Now therefore, come, let us go and tell the king’s household.” (2 Kings 7:9)
There are some things so good you can’t keep them to yourself.
The New Testament calls the message of Jesus Christ, “good news,” yet most of us have difficulty freely sharing it with others. We feel limited by our lack of Bible knowledge. Or we feel intimidated by hard questions like, “If your God is a God of love, why would he allow children to die of starvation?’ But those aren’t the issues in the good news of Jesus.
The good news is forgiveness for all of us who have sinned. It’s deliverance to all who are oppressed. It’s help for the helpless. It’s hope for the hopeless. It’s news so great, so awesome, so incredibly good that you’ve got to tell, text, post, Facebook, Twitter, blog, video, etc., about it!
There are some things so good you can’t keep them to yourself.
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