Sinclair Ferguson

And I wonder if he gave his son a slight smile when he told him to write his own name down.

But if that were the case, I'm pretty sure as Paul came on to this passage, brothers, there is one thing I do, I think Timothy might well have looked up at Paul with a quizzical stare.

And if Paul said, did I say something you didn't understand?

Maybe Timothy would have had the courage plucked up to respond.

Paul, do you really want me to say that you do only one thing?

As long as I've known you, you've always been doing a whole pile of things.

And at the same time, you're the ultimate multitasking apostle.

You're always traveling.

You're always preaching.

You're always praying.

You're always visiting.

You're always counseling.

I've never seen you do just one thing.

You know, I think Paul would have smiled back to his young friend Timothy and said, I know what you mean, Timothy.

No one knows better than you what I do and how busy I am.

But you need to understand one thing.

You need to understand I'm not busy doing many different things.

I'm busy doing one thing in many different ways.

And all of them are about getting to know the Lord Jesus Christ better, to share His life, and to become like Him.

That's the heart.