I ran across a dog tag that was made for our dog, Lucy, as I was rummaging in a basket of odds and ends. I had a pang of guilt that it was not attached to her collar. But then I remembered the history. We did try at times to attach a tag with her name and information, but she always appeared bothered by it, and it caused her to attempt to chew her collar. But the fact remains that if she were lost, the tag in the basket would do her no good. The information would be there, on the tag, but unless it was attached to her, it could not save her.
The good news of the Gospel is similar – we can have the right information to share, but how often do we keep it tucked away “in the basket” of things seldom talked about? What good does having the right information do, the information that could save someone, if it is not shared?
This Gospel message, this life, is too good to keep “in the basket,” too good not to give away.
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” (Romans 10:14)
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