Methodist Missions Society (MMS), the denominational missions agency of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS), delights in mobilising the local churches in fulfilling the mandate of the Great Commission, i.e. to preach the Good News to the nations. Jesus said to his disciples in Matthew 9:37, “The harvest is plentiful…” The task of reaching the lost, the least and the last is enormous and urgent. And it cannot be achieved by a handful of pastors, lay leaders and members alone. We encourage and challenge you to pray and seek God’s direction to serve the mission of Christ with us.
We have developed a Christo-centric strategic roadmap and communicated the opportunities to participate in MMS’ mission through mobilising a network of intercessors, and raising and equipping a team of missionaries and lay members. We praise God that over 20 local churches (Methodist and others) are directly collaborating with us. They support the sending of 38 members as missionaries, pray regularly, give generously and visit the fields to conduct a variety of programmes to bless the churches and community projects.
In our quest to fulfil Christ’s mandate, we are to be mindful of the fundamental theological principle undergirding our service. We should not be preoccupied with the service itself. Instead, let us embrace the first biblical principle of service in the Kingdom of God, i.e. we are called to “Delight in the Lord!” The Psalmist declares, “I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart” (Psalm 40:8). He adds, “Lead me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in it” (Psalm 119:35). Therefore, the primary focus is upwards in terms of delighting in the Lord and in maintaining that priority, we avoid Martha’s syndrome, where too often, the works of service itself can become a distraction from our devotion in the Lord.
Furthermore, the Psalmist declares, “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart” (Psalm 37:4 ).
Recently, we organised two “Delighters Fellowship” sessions. The purpose was to acknowledge, affirm and attest to the invaluable spirit of active participation by volunteer members. In addition to our team of full-time missionaries and Home Office staff, they play an indispensable role in strengthening the much needed portion of facilitating the operational aspects of our mission. These members include MMS Exco, MMS Sub-Committees (Education, Finance, Missionary Service Member Care, Training, Building and Construction), Field Board of Ministry, mailers and servers. We express our sincere and heartfelt appreciation to our Delighters! As they delight in the Lord, they bring delight to our team as they lighten our burden with their active and sacrificial service.
One Delighter shared, “Thank you so much for your wooden crosses. They are the best presents I have ever received. They are authentic, genuine, unique and memorable! Thank you for hosting a lovely appreciation nite. Appreciation both ways. Thank you for appreciating us too! 💕💕🎈🎈🌹🌹”
James David Greear, 62nd president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2018 to 2021, wrote, “True religion is when you serve God to get nothing else but more of God. Many people use religion as a way of getting something from God they want—blessings, rewards, even escape from judgment. This is wearisome to us, and to God. But when God is [h]is own reward, Christianity becomes thrilling. Sacrifice becomes joy.”
I would like to encourage and inspire you to be part of our Delighters Fellowship. The Bible informs us that, “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way” (Psalm 37:23).
To find out how you can be prat of MMS’ Delighters Fellowship, visit https://www.mms.org.sg/join-us for details.