But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition. 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.
—Philippians 2:19–22
Concerning his own approvedness, Paul told the Thessalonians, “Just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts” (1 Thess. 2:4). Because of his approvedness, Paul’s ministry and service were of great and lasting value.
Adapted from Philippians: That I May Gain Christ,
by Titus Chu, pages 137-138.
Tomorrow: “Approvedness” (4)
