He Has Told Us...

“But Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love. He has told us that you always have pleasant memories of us and that you long to see us, just as we also long to see you.”

I Thessalonians 3:6

What news do you carry?

I am not talking about the Gospel per se’ but in a broader sense when you have the opportunity to speak of others do you speak well of them or search until you can find and broadcast their faults?

We have each been offered the opportunity, from time to time, to choose how we will handle just such a situation.

Do I build others up and encourage them as I speak of them to others or do I tear down and amplify in them the things I would want least pointed out in my own life?

“...Timothy has just now come to us from you and has brought good news about your faith and love...”

Do you suppose Timothy could have brought a less than stellar report to Paul?

Of course he could have.

We all struggle and we all have issues that others can exploit.

But, we can choose to build others up and recognize the good things God is doing in their lives.

This is what Timothy did.

Perhaps you know someone today that is really struggling in an area of their life.

Instead of pointing out the obvious to them, ask God to show you something in them that you can speak encouragement too.

Bless their successes and don’t be so quick to announce their failures.

You would want no less.