Sharing the Good News
Aaron Luse says that it took quite awhile for the news of the resurrection to get to the Patpatar people.
“A couple of thousand years, actually,” Aaron writes.
Aaron ponders back to the first Resurrection Sunday and reflects, “That first Sunday, when the angel said, ‘He is not here for He is risen as He said,’ … changed history. … and I am guessing that the days that followed, when people received the news, were days that changed individual lives.”
Aaron likes to think of that Monday and all the days after it as days of proclamation of the resurrection truth and the glorious news of the gospel.
"Last year around Easter time," Aaron wrote, "we had the chance to share the message of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to some Patpatar folks who had not yet heard the clear gospel message. The news and reason for it had finally reached them. It was on that day that their lives were changed for eternity."So much about this transforming work of God has been deeply encouraging.
Yet, as was the case in the early church, there have been some setbacks and discouragements.
“We have struggled with disappointment when tribal friends turn their backs on the truth of God’s Word or when things don’t go as planned,” Aaron writes.
In fact, in hard seasons, the difficulties may at times even seem to outweigh the blessings, he shares candidly.
“Yet we are encouraged and challenged to continue on when our perspective is focused on Christ and the fact that it is His work—and we simply get to have a part in it.”