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*DAILY DEW 4/SEPTEMBER/2022*
*Sending Missionaries Well* (V)
_Key Bible Text:_
*"How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"* (Romans 10:14-15 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
_Manner of Sending_
This particular word for SEND occurs nine times in the New Testament, always in the context of helping Christian workers get to where they need to go to do the work of the kingdom. In Titus 3:13, Paul uses the same word, writing, “Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them†(NASB). To send is to offer very practical help. It includes finances, but it goes way beyond finances. Notice in 3 John 5: “You are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren.†That word whatever shows the breadth of what is included in sending.
It takes only a little thought to imagine the upheaval that a call to missions would bring to your life. Imagine that God called you to change all your career plans, to prepare to go to the mission field, and then to serve him there for years to come — all of which would be compounded if you were married and had children. Now imagine what might be a blessing to you in your preparation stage and in your time on the field and when you returned for a season of home assignment. None of us can do everything our imaginations could put on such a list, but no one is being asked to do it all. So let’s each search our own hearts as to what our particular role may be in helping to send our missionaries in a manner worthy of God.
Fellow Workers with the Truth
The ministry of sending is both joyful and dangerous. While serving as a sender, God may surprise you and lead you to become a goer, a “sent one.†And goers may return home for a variety of reasons and become some of the best senders. While senders devote themselves creatively to do “whatever†on behalf of the goers, they will be especially motivated to being a goer to their immigrant neighbor, or international students at a nearby university, or a green-card worker in the next cubicle over.
_MEDITATION:_
*"But remember, senders and goers are fellow workers with the truth — equally valuable in God’s choreography of accomplishing the great purpose of winning worshipers from every tribe and tongue and nation. Both are called to be passionately God-centered, whether they go out for the sake of the Name, or remain in their home culture helping to send others in a manner worthy of God. A prospering Christ-filled soul is vital to the task of both.â€*
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*DAILY DEW 3/SEPTEMBER/2022*
*Sending Missionaries Well* (IV)
_Key Bible Text:_
*"My dear friend, you are so faithful in the work you do for other Christians, even when they are strangers. They have spoken to the church here about your love. Please help them to continue their trip in a way that will please God. We Christians, then, must help these people, so that we may share in their work for the truth"* (3John 1:5,6,8 (GNB))
_Bible Insight:_
_Manner of Sending_
Now, what does it mean to send a missionary? How is it done? I want to get practical here, but first I want us to look at the logic and the content of verses 6–8.
You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers with the truth.
John exalts the importance of how we send as high as can be imagined. We are to send “in a manner worthy of God.†And why should we send missionaries in a manner worthy of God? Notice the logic: “For they went out for the sake of the Name. . . . Therefore we ought to support such men.â€
A missionary is not someone who goes out for merely humanitarian concerns, as important as those are. A biblical missionary is driven by a zeal to exalt the name of God, to declare his glory among the nations, to make known the beauty of the character and work of Jesus Christ. These are the only missionaries God commands us to support.
_MEDITATION:_
*"And since they go out for the sake of the Name, we must support them in a manner worthy of God. When it comes to sending, no verse in the Bible has gripped me more than this one. To send a missionary in a manner worthy of God means a lot more than having missionary names on the church’s website, or adding a line item in the budget, or signing a check here or there. So, what does it mean to send a missionary?.â€*
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*DAILY DEW 2/SEPTEMBER/2022*
*Sending Missionaries Well* (III)
_Key Bible Text:_
*Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.* (2 Timothy 4:11 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
_Mandate of Sending_
God commands us to be senders, to be actively engaged in helping missionaries get to the field and stay on the field. It is not optional. We can see this in verse 8: “Therefore we ought to support such men.†Since they go out for the sake of the Name, and since they don’t sell the gospel for money, therefore we ought to support them.
Sending missionaries is one of the oughts and shoulds of the Bible. Our all-knowing and all-loving Christ knows that our souls will prosper as they should only as we look beyond our own immediate interests and lift up our eyes to God’s global purpose.
One of the most exhilarating experiences in life is to be a fellow worker with God in making his name known, both in our own neighborhoods and among the unreached people groups of the world. God commands only what is good for us, so it’s no wonder he commands us to be senders.
_MEDITATION:_
*"The most exhilarating experience in life is to be a fellow worker with God in making his name known.â€*
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*DAILY DEW 29/AUGUST/2022*
*Sending Missionaries Well*
_Key Bible Text:_
*As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.* (Acts 13:2 (KJV))
_Bible Insight:_
In 1987, a sequence of thought from one of the shortest books of the Bible grabbed hold of me and never let me go. A veteran missionary serving in Mexico said to me in passing, “There is a big difference between a church that has missionaries and a church that sends missionaries.†As a young missions pastor, I drank this comment in, wanting to know more. A short time later, I read in my New American Standard Bible,
*You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers with the truth. (3 John 6–8 NASB)*
On my fortieth anniversary as a pastor, on August 1, 2020, Pastor John Piper prayed the commissioning prayer as my wife, Julie, and I joined the ranks of the “goers.†After helping to send some of the dearest people I know to some of the most remote places on earth, I am now one of the church’s “sent ones,†training current and future pastors in Cameroon to be both goers and senders in the greatest cause of the universe. I have been a happy sender, and now am a happy goer, backed up by a church who has sent me in a manner worthy of God.
The main point of the passage in 3 John relates to this ministry of sending. You can see it in verse 6: “You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.†I see three important aspects of sending in this passage: (1) the value of sending, (2) the mandate of sending, and (3) the manner of sending.
_MEDITATION:_
*"A congregation that is not deeply and earnestly involved in the worldwide proclamation of the gospel does not understand the nature of salvation." — Ted Engstrom*
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