Paul wrote to young Timothy, “The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” 2 Timothy 2:2. As I sit here and think upon these words I do so with a very full stomach. My family and I just finished eating our supper. For supper today I cooked one of my favorite meals not only to cook but eat, lasagna. The other favorite I love to cook and eat is chicken and dumplings. I learned to cook both of these meals from watching them being cooked over and over again by my step mom and mom. I thought about this as I came across this verse. Here Paul is teaching us a basic principle of Christianity. Just as I learned how to cook lasagna and dumplings among other things from watching and observing, we also can learn faith the same way. Paul taught Timothy and then he tells him the things I have entrusted to you, you go and teach it to others. I think a principle we see here is this; as we are taught biblical truths by Godly men and woman we should be taking what we have learned and we should be teaching it to other people in our life. This is not happening on a grand scale in our churches. Part of the reason why is because we are not encouraging it. Part of the reason is this doesn’t happen primarily on Sunday mornings, it is a process that involves more than the five minutes or so that you spend talking with someone at church. This process takes place best with one on one interaction and involves spending quality time with people. This process also involves the older getting involved with the younger. If we would all take this serious this idea of mentoring, or discipleship or whatever you want to call it, if we all would take it serious and just be responsible for one person we would see great growth within our churches. I don’t necessarily mean in numbers but in Christian maturity. So the question is who are you teaching? Who are you taking under your wing and entrusting them with what you have been taught about the Christian faith? If the answer is no one change that. Pray for God to show you a person you can mentor. And then just act like a shoe and just do it.
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