Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Daily Devotional by John Piper- October 27, 2021

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Medicine for the Missionary

"All things are possible with God." (Mark 10:27)

Sovereign grace is the spring of life for the Christian Hedonist. For what the Christian Hedonist loves best is the experience of the sovereign grace of God filling him and overflowing for the good of others.

Christian Hedonist missionaries love the experience of "not I, but the grace of God that is with me" (1 Corinthians 15:10). They bask in the truth that the fruit of their missionary labor is entirely of God (1 Corinthians 3:7; Romans 11:36).

They feel only gladness when the Master says, "Apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5). They leap like lambs over the truth that God has taken the impossible weight of new creation off their shoulders and put it on his own. Without begrudging, they say, "Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God" (2 Corinthians 3:5).

When they come home on furlough, nothing gives them more joy than to say to churches, "I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience" (Romans 15:18).

"All things are possible with God!" — in front the words give hope, and behind they give humility. They are the antidote to despair and pride — the perfect missionary medicine.

 
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This devotional is written by John Piper. For more information about Piper's ministry, writing, and books, visit DesiringGod.org.


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