Acts 16:1-5 Paul finds Timothy

Acts 16:1-5 Paul finds Timothy

Discipleship relationships are meant to naturialy move on. Each person grows and matures to a point where they need to share what they have with a new person. The natural inclination is to stay put. The disciples stayed in Jersualem until God drove them out. Paul and Barnabas stay together but God uses Mark to drive them apart so they can share what they know with a new person. This is part of the reason there are so many church splits. When a church fails to focus out and make new Christ Followers, God breaks them up. So Barnabas and Paul split, Barnabas takes Mark and Paul chooses Silas. But God had another person in mind for Paul, Timothy.

God intends for each of us to share what we know with a Timothy. God has used this way of working for a long time.

Elijah and Elisha 1 Kings 19:19-21  and 2 Kings 2:1-11
Jesus and James, John and Peter Matthew 4:18-22
Paul will send Timothy out on his own. Timothy is in Ephesus
Paul instructs Timothy to share what he knows. 2 Timothy 2:1&2

 

Share what God has given you.
Forgiveness
Grace
Compasion
Hope
Love
James 1:17 every good gift…

 

Believe what you have is useful
Believe what you have is needed
Believe what you have will be accepted.

You can not preach it or teach it in a quick class
It must be shared in time, through the context of life.
As you share you grow.

Home Work: meet with the person you went to have coffee with last week and this week pray together for God to lead you to your Timothy.

Somewhere in your circle is a Timothy, an Elisha. Will you take time this week and pray that God will show you your Timothy. 2 Timothy 2:1&2