PT-2 "The Man with a Servant's Heart" (Colossians 4:7-8)

 

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 6/11/2017 8:12 PM

My Worship Time                                                Focus:  PT-2 “The Man with a Servant’s Heart”

Bible Reading & Meditation                                                 Reference:  Colossians 4:7-8

            Message of the verses:  “7 As to all my affairs, Tychicus, our beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information. 8 For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts;”

            We ended up our last SD talking about Paul’s trip to Jerusalem and then was imprisoned there and finally moved to Rome where he was in house arrest for some time.  MacArthur writes “After Paul’s release, Tychicus remained with him.  When Paul needed a temporary replacement for Titus as pastor of the church on Crete, Tychicus was one of the ones considered (Titus 3:12).  Tychicus, who had begun as a messenger, was now a candidate to fill in for as great a man as Titus.”

            We also see Tychicus’ name in 2 Timothy 4:12 “But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus.”  Understand that this was Paul’s last letter he wrote, and this came from his second imprisonment where it would end with him being killed for the cause of Christ.  “Once again, Tychicus’s name comes up as a replacement for one of Paul’s prominent associates.  That speaks highly of his character.”  We see from this verse in 2 Timothy 4:12 that Tychicus was there with Paul during his last imprisonment as he had been with his first one.

            MacArthur writes “The writing of Colossians finds Tychicus in Rome with Paul during his first imprisonment.  By this time about four years have passed since Tychicus joined Paul in Ephesus.  Because he is a man of proven loyalty, Paul has an important task for him: He is to deliver the letter to the Colossians.  Not only does he carry Colossians, but Ephesians (cf. Eph. 6:21) and probably Philemon as well (cf. 4:9).  The trip from Rome to Colossae was a difficult one.  Tychicus would first have to cross much of Italy on foot, then sail across the Adriatic Sea.  After traversing Greece on foot, he would sail across the Aegean Sea to the coast of Asia Minor.  After all that, he still faced a journey of nearly one hundred miles on foot to reach Colossae.  That he was entrusted with delivering three inspired books of Scripture once again indicates Paul’s trust in him.”

            We can see that Tychicus was a very faithful man, and a great asset to the Apostle Paul.  Think about all of that traveling this man did for the cause of Christ, and if it had not been done then we probably would have been missing some very important books of our New Testament, books that tell us some wonderful truths that as believes we need to know.

6/11/2017 8:33 PM