I want to pass it on (you know the melody!)

2 Timothy 2:2
"and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also."

Last weekend I took a couple of guys with me on my speaking trip to Saskatchewan. It was good to not travel that long straight highway alone!!! There were a couple of moments when I wondered if it would have been easier to roll by myself (Chad and Dryden know exactly when those moments were!). But 99% of the time it was excellent. Here is the rub. When the weekend was over, I felt like I had not made the most of a great opportunity, that being really intentional with "entrusting to faithful men" what I have heard in my life from Christ through Paul...and the other authors of scripture. I was convicted again, especially at this stage of life, of the need to be passionately intentional in preparing this next generation. If we are going to do this, there needs to be a couple of elements present...
1. we need to be hearing.
We can't pass on what we haven't heard. We must continue to hear from Christ.
2. We need others to be a part of this intentional journey
Paul wanted Timothy to acknowledge the others that have been a part of the journey. He didn't want Timothy to just rely on him, but to realize that others were affirming this teaching. We need to be careful that our students are not "Sid" disciples, but Christ disciples.
3. we need to seek out "faithful men". We need to be intentional about this. Find them, put time into them, exhort them. Give them a vision. Brody, find those guys and prepare them for when you die...pass it on!