I’ve been digging for Gold in the Book of 1 Timothy. Paul calls Timothy into the ministry and to care for the churches in the area that Paul has helped to start. It is a great responsibility for Timothy. It is for us today as well. In verse 5, Paul tells Timothy that the end of his calling and ministry is Agape love. This is the reason he is a minister, that things, people, organizations, the church will come to Love. This is the goal. This is the target. Following Christ takes us there. Getting this goal in our sights is not easy, keeping it there is even tougher. But it is the only goal that makes any sense in this world that lacks so much of this kind of selfless love.
As I look around my world from day to day, I have no doubt that Christ called us to be great lovers, in the most spiritual sense of the word. Someone is depending on it.
