"Everyone Can Participate"- Mission's Devotional- Day 7

✤DAY 7✤

"Everyone Can Participate"

Psalm 37:25

I have been young and now I am old, yet I have not seen the 

righteous forsaken or his descendants begging bread.

1 Timothy 4:12 (NCV)

Do not let anyone treat you as if you are unimportant 

because you are young. Instead, be an example to the 

believers with your words, your actions, your love, your faith, 

and your pure life.

II Corinthians 9:13

Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, 

others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your 

confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in 

sharing with them and with everyone else.

Selwyn Hughes, founder of Crusade for World Revival, tells of a

time he was a pastor in a London church when a quite elderly 

widow of very modest means made a significant Faith Promise 

commitment. Shortly thereafter he contacted her to see if 

possibly she had made a mistake and maybe would like to 

decrease her commitment. The lady was brought to tears and she 

informed him that the amount she promised was correct and she 

believed God would enable her to give it. The pastor was 

surprised to see how she was in she was able to systematically 

give from such a meager financial position. It was sobering for 

Rev. Hughes to think how close he came to hindering this lady in 

her faith walk. It was a valuable lesson for him.

Little Aidan had just turned five years of age when the church 

where his dad was missions pastor held their first Global Impact 

Celebration and employed the Faith Promise approach to mission 

giving. When given the opportunity, Aidan wrote on his 

commitment card the biggest number he could think of— $100. 

Later when asked by his parents how God might provide the 

money for his Faith Promise, Aidan thought for a moment and 

then said that he had a lot of toys he doesn’t play with much and 

maybe he could sell them on eBay. It turns out that Aidan did 

sell his toys but not on eBay. He sold them through a local 

consignment store and netted $115 for missions. Aidan, at the 

age of five, learned a valuable lesson as well. He can count on 

God’s provision even as a young child.

These stories illustrate another principle of Faith Promise giving. 

No one should be left out; everyone can participate. From the old 

to the young, from the well-to-do to the not so well off, God can 

bring about His purposes through the Faith Promise and provide 

blessings in the process. How God will work through you and 

through your church remains to be seen, but He will work and 

people near and far will be blessed as he does.

Contemplation

Can I trust God to work through me no matter what my 

circumstance may be?

Prayer

Father, I commit to trust you. As I do, I pray you will work in 

my heart and through my hands to bring blessings to others and 

glory to you.

Amen

Produced by: The Mission Society