Good News Should Be Told - 2 Chronicles 29-32

 2 Chronicles 30:1-4 (ESV)

Passover Celebrated

Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had taken counsel to keep the Passover in the second month— for they could not keep it at that time because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient number, nor had the people assembled in Jerusalem— and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.

When you have good news you should tell others.   Hezekiah’s reforms of chapter 29 have turned into his invitation to celebrate God in chapter 30.    When you have overflow in your heart for God it should compel you to want to declare it to others.   When Hezekiah cleansed the temple he may have thought it was cleaning out a constructed building.  But in reality he was stirring the hearts of his people.    He didn’t want this movement of the Spirit to be just for him and his people, however.  He invited all of Israel to honor God.  Most would reject his invite. Some even mocked him.  But, this is what happens when we have joy in our heart when God’s blessings flow to us.    Notice during the captivity how the lepors who discovered that they Assyrians had left their siege came to the same conclusion.  When they wandered off to get food they found the army gone.  They started to simply eat the food and then realized this was a time of celebration to share the good news:

 2 Kings 7:9 (ESV)

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king's household.”

This should be the heart of every believer in Christ.   We have overflowing blessings in our lives as a result of Christ’s death in our place.  We are to rejoice and tell the world.   We tend to hide our light under a bushel basket when we should shout it from the roof tops.  Good news of God’s love is contagious ... at least it should be.