Isaac Watts wrote a hymn that begins like this: Come, ye that love the Lord, And let your joys be known; Join in a song with sweet accord, And thus approach the throne. When Jesus healed the man who was possessed by many demons, the Bible says, “he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.” When Jesus spoke to the woman at the well about her need for salvation, she ran into the city and said, “Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did.” When the angel rolled the stone away from the tomb where Jesus was laid, what did he say? He said, “Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Why did he tell the women to come and look at an empty tomb? Because the empty tomb was good news. You can be a blessing to somebody else by simply telling them how God has delivered you in the past. Nothing will uplift your soul more than hearing of the good news that others have from walking with God. So, make it your business to “come and hear.”
We are encouraged to cry out. This anonymous psalmist tells us, “I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.” It seems as though he is answering the unasked question, “Why 97