Along

We are currently following Paul’s second missionary journey. There is a link in the “sites” section that will allow you to interactively track his journey.


Acts 16
1 He came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was a Jewess and a believer, but whose father was a Greek. 2 The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey. 5 So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.


Along. Jesus never forced people to follow him. He simply invited them to follow along on the journey (check out Mark 2:14 and John 1:43). As they journeyed, he taught them, loved them, put up with them, empowered them, encouraged them, corrected them … he discipled them. Jesus, in his final instructions, told these followers to follow his example and invite others to join them along on the journey (check out Matthew 28:19-20). Beginning with this part of the story, Paul is going to provide another example of this discipleship process. He invited Timothy to join him along on the journey. Who have you invited along on the journey?