Support worthy of God
Recently, the extremely short and often overlooked 3rd letter of John produced a challenge for me.
Commending Gaius for his hospitality for itinerant Gospel workers, John says:
You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth. (verses 7-8)
People leaving home to proclaim Christ ought to be supported by Christians. And to what standard? Nothing less than in a “manner worthy of God”.
And why? So that we can have the privilege of being fellow workers with them in making "the name" known thoughout the world.
Perhaps, by sharing in this missionary work, those who are converted as a result will also be our “crown in which we will glory in the presence of our Lord Jesus when he comes” (1 Thess 2:19).