Notes of Faith August 30, 2025

We…sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith.

1 Thessalonians 3:1-2

Timothy was probably a teenager when Paul sent him on his very first solo mission. Paul, Silas, and Timothy had evangelized in the city of Thessalonica, planting a church there. Being run out of town, they traveled three hundred miles south to the city of Athens. But Paul was worried about the new believers, so worried that he sent the teenager to check on them. Timothy traveled three hundred miles alone, slipped into Thessalonica, sought out the new believers, encouraged them, and brought updates back to Paul. It’s amazing such a young man would be sent on such a mission. But he was successful.

Whatever our age, the Lord has a way of sending us to new places, new people, new situations, and unexpected circumstances. Wherever we go, there are people we can establish and encourage in their faith. The God of Timothy is our God, and the mission endures.

Let’s follow the Lamb wherever He goes (Revelation 14:4).

Christ has been sent here to reveal the Father and to show forth His glory. So we are sent into the world to show forth Christ’s glory, which is the glory of the Father.

A. W. Pink

We are sent to be around coworkers, those at the grocery store, our doctor(s), a neighbor…many opportunities to share the glory of God through the gospel of Jesus Christ, or to give an encouraging word to a brother or sister in need. Wherever God sends us we are to be light in a dark place. Share the light of the glory of God that you have been given that another might be blessed today!

Pastor Dale