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Young People of Scripture
Timothy
Timothy was a young man who had been brought up by a godly mother Eunice and grandmother Lois (2 Timothy 1:5). We know nothing of his father except the fact that he “was a Greek” (Acts 16:1). Timothy had been saved and had the privilege of traveling with the Apostle Paul, who refers to him as “Timothy, my own son in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2).
It seems that Timothy was somewhat timid, even though gifted. In writing to him, Paul encourages him, “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12). Timothy was a help and comfort to Paul as they traveled and labored together. He said of him, “I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state” (Philippians 2:20). When Paul’s race of faith was nearly run, he found in Timothy one to whom he could commit the truth, knowing that he would commit it to faithful men, “who shall be able to teach others also” (2 Timothy 2:2). His life shows the value and importance of service for Christ while we are young.
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