*DAILY DEW 22ND/DECEMBER/2021*
*FINANCING MISSIONS* (III)
_Key Bible Text:_
*And because of the proof which this service of yours brings, many will give glory to God for your loyalty to the gospel of Christ, which you profess, and for your generosity in sharing with them and everyone else.*
(2 Corinthians 9:13 (GNB))
_Bible Insight:_
A lot of people have an idea that when George Mueller died, George Mueller’s God died (too). God is not dead. Elijah’s God still lives today. He can work the necessary miracle. “Said I not unto thee, that, if thou would believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? All things are possible to him that believeth.â€
Every year for 50 years, we have held a missionary convention. It used to last for one week. Then, for several years, four weeks and five Sundays. After giving the people a vision of missions, morning, afternoon and night, we take up a faith-promise offering. Our people indicate the amount they will contribute during the next twelve months. Does it work? Let me give you two examples.
Park Street Church, Boston, asked me to hold an evangelistic campaign. I did so. The auditorium was crowded, with many standing on the steps, and score upon scores, mostly young people, found Christ. Dr. Harold Ockenga, the Pastor, asked me to come into his office. “Dr Smith,†he said, “this church has never had a missionary convention in the one hundred and thirty-five years of its history. We understand that you hold one every year. Would you be willing to come to Park Street and hold one for us?†I asked Dr. Ockenga how much his church was, at that time, contributing to missions. His answer was, $3,200 a year.
Next year I took a group of missionaries and held a convention in Park Street Church. I went back every year for six years. Last year Park Street gave over $300,000 to missions.
_MEDITATION:_
*And God is able to give you more than you need, so that you will always have all you need for yourselves and more than enough for every good cause.* (2 Corinthians 9:8 (GNB))
(Culled from The Challenge of Missions by Oswald J. Smith)
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