Bible reading for 40.Day 2026 | Acts 2:42

Joshua 24:15, “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Singapore has a population of 6 million. Out of this six million, 1.91 or almost 2 million, are foreigners or non-residents. 

And within that group, 300,000 are actually migrant domestic workers. 

Do you have a migrant domestic worker in your household? And if you are a church leader or a Pastor, do you know how many of your church members have a domestic helper working for them?

We often say that we are the Antioch of Asia. We encourage our church members to go for mission trips. We adopt faraway villages, set up orphanages. We take leave from work, and spend money to buy air tickets. We do all these so as to bring the Gospel to the nations. 

But what about the nations that are already here? They are studying, working and living amongst us. Do we see them as part of the mission field?

In Joshua 24:15, it says, “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” I had always thought that “my household” means my own family members who are staying with me in my house. 

But I was wrong. 

I have come to learn that in the days of Joshua, “house” or “household”, or bayith (בּיִת) in Hebrew represents the extended family and the entire group of people residing in and working in the house. That means maids, servants, slaves and soldiers are all part of the household.

What if every Christian household were to see our domestic helpers as our mission field? We show God’s love to them and share the Gospel with them!

And what if we disciple them so that they also become a mission force? They will then be able to share God’s love and the good news with their friends whilst they are here, while they are at the carpark washing cars or at the market; and in time, when they go back to their own countries and share God’s love with their family members and their whole village.

God has sent 300,000 domestic helpers from the surrounding nations to work and live amongst us. If we were to live up to our calling as an Antioch Church, then we owe it to everyone that God sends to us an opportunity to experience God’s love, as well as to hear the Gospel. 

We need to obey the Great Commandment, which is to love our neighbour – including the domestic helpers – as ourselves, and also the Great Commission, to disciple the nations, including the domestic helpers who are among us.

I am glad to share that in recent months, I have met a number of Christian employers who had shared the Gospel with their domestic helpers and brought them to Christ. Two of these employers even sent their domestic helpers to attend Tung Ling Bible School. 

I have also met domestic helpers who, after encountering Jesus, began to share their testimonies with their friends and brought many to church. 

One of them, a Filipino domestic helper, felt a burden to pray for the Ah Kong (Grandpa) and Ah Ma (Grandma) she was looking after, and brought them to Christ. Another helper, who was from Myanmar, helped her pre-believing employer, an old man, to read the Bible and to know Jesus before this employer passed away. 

I would like to encourage all believers, all churches, to see the 300,000 migrant domestic workers as both a mission field as well as a potential mission force. 

And when we are able to do that, the Singapore Church, together with our brothers and sisters from the nations, will be on our way to fulfilling our calling as the Antioch of Asia. 

Now, let us pray.

Our Father in heaven, the God of all nations, we ask for Your forgiveness, because many of us have failed to see our domestic helpers as a mission field. We do not love them the way You do. We fail to realise that when You send them to us, You want us to reveal Your love, through us, to them. 

We pray for the 300,000 domestic helpers in Singapore. We pray that through our Christian households, many of them will be saved.  We pray that for those who are saved, we will do our utmost to disciple them and raise them up to be a mighty mission force so that together with them, we will turn Singapore and the nations Godward. 

In the mighty name of Jesus we pray, Amen!

Reflect:

1. Will we see domestic helpers as part of our household, and will we ask God to show us His love for them?

2. Are we able to see migrant domestic workers as a mission field and mission force? 

3. What will we commit to do to lead our household to Jesus and to disciple them to lead others to Jesus?

Pray:

1. That the Lord puts in our hearts a deep love for our domestic helpers.

2. That the Lord reveals and helps us repent from any prejudices we may hold against domestic helpers.

3. That the Lord will open doors for us to reach out to them as our mission field and build them into a mission force in Singapore and in the nations.

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