Are you dead or alive? Are you driven by Godly passion that leads to towards God’s will in your life? When last did your heart beat for the purpose of God?

Last week we looked at how Timothy had a heart for the Phillipian Church and as we read further we see Epaphroditus with the same attitude. These men are mentioned in this passage because they are examples of what Paul is talking about.
In Phillipains 2 vs 1-3 we see the encouragement of Paul saying:

“If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like‑minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”

Paul says that if we feel anything for God then we should be like-minded, having the same love and be one in the same spirit and purpose. You see we need to focus on having the same mind as God so that in the future He is able to impress His will in our lives.

As you love God and are obedient to what you read in His word, you will become like minded, you will start to love others in the same way that God love others and you will start to have the same mindset as our Father. When you choose to love God first He will make your heart beat for His will and purpose. Just like Timothy and Epaphraditus had hearts that desired to be with the Phillipian church.

The desire on their hearts lead them to their purpose. Simply because the desire on their hearts was placed there by a perfect God who was in a loving relationship with them.

Is God calling you to something? If not, I encourage you to search through His word - not to find His will but rather to learn how to love Him. The rest will come in His time.

Related Posts

1. Lord, work deeply in my heart
2. Politeuesthe
3. Timothy?

Christian, God has a new name for you. You don’t know what it is yet, but this what
Revelation 2v17 says, that to those who overcome, God will give a white stone with a new
name written in it, that only you will know! The name Timothy means Honouring God, so do
you wonder what the name is that God will give you?
Today we are going to carry on through the next part of the book of Philippians 2v19→23,
and in this section we will get to meet a Christian whose name was Timothy. There isn’t
space here to discuss the life of Timothy, but if you want to learn about him have a look
here.
To remind ourselves of what is going on here, Paul is in prison and he is writing a letter
to his friends that live in Philippi. In this part of his letter Paul tells his friends
that he really wants to send Timothy to them so that he (Paul) can hear how they’re
keeping. What is really interesting is why Paul wants to specifically send Timothy, and
this is something we can lean about ourselves today.
Paul wants to send Timothy for one main reason; Timothy cares about them. Timothy really
cared about Paul’s friends in Philippi, and therefore Paul wanted to send him to them.
Timothy cared more about the Philippians than he cared about himself. Now for us today,
this whole idea of really caring more about another than we care about ourselves is a crazy
idea. Practically nowhere in modern culture will anyone understand that there is any
benefit in caring more about someone else above themselves. The only time that there is
anything nearly like this in modern culture is in the realm of family, but this is not
frequent.
So what about us, we are all part of God’s family, as Christians we have brothers and
sisters all over the world. Do we care for them more than we care for ourselves, do we
actually care for them at all? Take this opportunity to develop a Timothy (God honouring)
care for your brothers and sisters in the Lord, pray for them, take care of those that you
can. If you’re from South Africa have a look at this website else look here. Remember God has
a white stone with a new name on it for you, what will your name say about you?

Related Posts

1. Where’s your trust?
2. Shine like stars…
3. Where’s your joy?