The success of others

I like to control the process, control the goals and control the outcome – start to finish. So training others has always been a problem. I want to be in charge of critical portions, dispensing just enough information to get the job done. But the really important stuff I keep to myself, hoping that I can be the super hero, swoop in and save the day.
Hopefully, that need to control is fading as I try to become a Red Letter Believer.

Paul was a consummate trainer. He continually kept men at his side — Barnabas, Timothy Silas and others – to not only train, but to walk with him on the journey.

He gives Timothy props, and helps pave the way when he writes, “When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.” 1 Cor. 16:10.

He later calls him his son. “But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.” Phil 2.22

There was no implied superiority, no pride and no competition.

Paul’s greatest success? The legions of disciples who would later evangelize the world.

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