Do Not Ignore The shortcomings
Now Paul traveled to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [in Christ], however, his father was a Greek. Timothy was well spoken of by the brothers and sisters who were in Lystra and Iconium. Paul wanted Timothy to go with him [as a missionary]; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, since they all knew that his father was a Greek.
Acts 16:1-3 AMP
** Paul met Timothy in Lystra…he however learnt Timothy was not a ‘pure’ Jew and that he was not circumcised…
** Paul saw through the potential that Timothy had ,ignored the shortcomings, improved on him a bit for acceptability purposes ( by circumcising him himself) mentored him , and ushered him into ministry
** Timothy was later to become the pastor of 40000 Ephesus church
***How about your Timothy..? Can you ignore all his shortcomings and do what it will take to have his potential enhanced…? Imagine how many Timothys have been ignored,cast away…
What a lesson from Paul..?
Blessings
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