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Day 26

Speaking to the Masses 1 Corinthians 14:21–22

To speak to a great many people, all one But let’s flip the coin for a second. This week,
needs do is flick the old PC on and jump on Jane and I had a day out in Birmingham City
to the many social media platforms that very Centre. While we were there I noticed a man
much seem to dominate our lives these days. standing in the middle of the street speaking
It really couldn’t be much easier to get your of God and the Bible. Nothing new in this day
messages out there. The thing is much of what and age, we see this in every Town and City
we say is merely flicked over and not really we come across. But what struck me is that
taken in. Why? Because there is just so much absolutely no one was listening. Two thoughts
to read. If we were to take the time to read came to my mind. Was it because all of that
everything that popped up on our time-lines, information is available at our fingertips
we would probably spend the entire day just and nobody needs to listen to some nutcase
catching up on the gossip. Yes, technology has preaching away. After all, who is he to preach
really advanced. to us?
But let’s take a step back a couple of thousand Then the second thought hit me. Just how
years to the time when Jesus was stood on the hard was it for Jesus’s disciples to go fourth
mount speaking to the people. Obviously, into the world and spread the good news?
He didn’t have such luxuries as PC’s, Mobile I wondered if times had really changed so
Phones, Tablets etc. Yet, He used the best much.
form of communication that has ever been
given to us. The word of mouth. When he Yet, here we are 2000 years later still hearing
spoke, his voice carried truth and love. Two the same word. Through perseverance and
sentiments that are very difficult to clearly great sacrifice they succeeded but it took so
show by tapping on a keyboard. Not impos- much courage and determination. Maybe I
sible, but very difficult. You may feel it when won’t judge the man on the street so much in
you write it but does the reader really get what future. Just something to mull over today.
you mean.
When Jesus gave us His prayer,
every single word embedded itself
so deeply that it is still said through-
out Christian world today. How
powerful is that? Just by speaking
to that group of people, the words
spread like wildfire throughout the
world.

Of course, with modern technol-
ogy you could spread the word a
million times faster to a massive
audience but how many these days
would bother to take it in if it just
popped up as a post on your page?
I wonder.
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