Become a Mentor: Affect Eternity!

[336 words] What do Jesus, Batman, and peanut butter all have in common? Sidekicks. Jesus has the 12 apostles, Batman has Robin, and peanut butter has jelly. These tandems create dynamic teams. Think of it this way: Timothy would have don a fine job preaching and teaching in Acts 16 but Paul heard about him and took it upon himself to befriend him. Paul taught Timothy how to evangelize, teach, and preach. The point is great things happen when a man or woman of faith seeks to help out a younger, more immature person in the faith. I want to challenge us all to find a sidekick like Paul found in Timothy, his “son in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). In Acts 16 Paul came preaching the Word in Derbe and Lystra and heard about a young man named Timothy who was “well spoken of by the brother in Lystra…