If you pray for wisdom about a particular decision, and then find yourself coming to a conclusion you hadn’t expected, you either go with it or you decide that you didn’t really mean that prayer in the first place. It is likely that Paul went through such a process before he chose Timothy as a travel companion and assistant. Paul knew he would need help of various kinds and at various stages, and after previous experiences he knew he had to have someone he could totally trust. He became convinced of that in Timothy’s case.

Sermon by Tony Crow