Be An Encourager

 

“I am sending him [Tychicus] to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.”

—Ephesians 6:2

One of the best things we can be to other people is an encourager. Everyone needs to hear a cheerful, loving word of encouragement. In fact, I’m not at all certain it’s even possible to encourage someone too much.

One of the greatest accolades that someone can receive comes when someone labels that person an encourager. In the Bible, the friend and companion of the Apostle Paul, a man named Joseph was given a new name, “Barnabas,” because those who fellowshipped with him strongly believed he was “a son of encouragement.” That’s what “Barnabas” means: “a son of encouragement.” What a wonderful title! What a wonderful new name.

And, Barnabas is not the only Bible character to be used by God as an encourager. Notice what the Apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 6:22:

I am sending him [Tychicus] to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may encourage you.

Here Paul is sending a man named Tychicus to the “Christ’s-ones” gathered in Ephesus. The express purpose of this sending is so that Tychicus can give a report on how Paul is doing, but also to provide encouragement to these relatively new Christians.

As we begin this new day, let’s determine, as much as God gives us the ability through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit, to be an encourager to all we meet along the road of life. We can offer a cheerful, loving, caring word to the ones who cross our pathway this day. In so doing, we fulfill the Law of Love embodied in our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. And, we act as God’s ambassadors to those who need encouragement in these troubled times.

 

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