Entrusted: Your First 35 Days as a Steward

Day 34 of 35 · Week 5: Stewardship of Leadership

Pass It On

Paul wrote to Timothy, a young leader he had mentored for years. He gave him a simple strategy. Take what you heard from me and entrust it to reliable people who will be able to teach others.

Count the generations in that sentence. Paul. Timothy. Reliable people. Others. Four generations of faith in one verse.

That is how the gospel has spread for two thousand years. Not mainly through big events. Through one person entrusting their faith to another.

Somebody did that for you. Someone prayed for you, invited you, explained the gospel to you, or simply lived in a way that made you curious. Faith was entrusted to you.

Now you get to entrust it to someone else.

You may think you are too new to disciple anyone. You are not. You do not need to know everything. You only need to share what you do know and invite someone to grow with you. Paul told the Thessalonians that he shared not only the gospel with them but his own life as well. Discipleship is life shared.

Start with one person. A friend who is curious. A family member who is searching. A believer newer than you. Invite them to go through this plan with you, read a chapter of John together, or simply tell them what Jesus has done in your life.

The steward's final question is not, What did I keep? It is, What did I pass on?

Pray

Lord, thank You for the people who passed faith on to me. Now give me someone to pass it to. Make me faithful and bold. Let what You have entrusted to me reach the next generation. Amen.

Today's Scripture (NIV)

• 2 Timothy 2:1-2
• 1 Thessalonians 2:8