Grace for your spirit
For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father. Phil 2:20-22
This was Paul's description of Timothy. He was a kindred spirit with Paul, and with the disciples of Christ wherever he went. He served in the gospel as a child serves his father. Paul and Timothy were not physically related, but the were related in the spirit of Jesus. Paul referred to Timothy as his child in the faith. When Timothy arrived, it would be like having Paul with them, indeed, it would be like the visit with the Spirit of Jesus. I can imagine that Timothy looked for such a kindred spirit for himself in his travels. He hoped he could find a child in the faith to trust in the furtherance of the gospel. We need to be such a child, and we need to be searching for another to be a kindred spirit for tomorrow.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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