Have you ever dreamed of being given the keys to drive a super nice car or occupy a well-made home? And then realize that you are the owner? The apostle Paul, in a similar sense, did that for one of his guys he had mentored and trained, Titus.
“I am writing to Titus, my true son in the faith that we share. May God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior give you grace and peace. I left you on the island of Crete so you could complete our work there and appoint elders in each town as I instructed you.” (Titus 1:4-5 NLT). For Titus had as his spiritual father, Paul, who developed him. Titus spent a great deal of time with Paul, observing, listening, questioning, and being shaped into a solid young man of faith.
No doubt they had put in immeasurable number of hours together to the point that Paul had no qualms or concerns about leaving Titus alone on the island of Crete to complete the ministry work Paul and he had started. Paul had all the confidence in the world in Titus because they had bonded, lived life together and Paul knew how Titus would deal with whatever came up for him.
You only get to that level of confidence in another person by going together to the good and difficult times in life. Paul saw how Titus would handle adverse situations. They had long conversations ab ...
