I Raise Up Others and Multiply Myself Through Them “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” — 2 Timothy 2:2 (KJV) Kingdom Lesson One of the greatest Kingdom principles is duplication through discipleship. From Genesis to Revelation, God advances His purposes through people who intentionally invest in others. We see this principle throughout Scripture. Moses raised up Joshua. Elijah poured into Elisha. Jesus discipled the twelve. Paul mentored Timothy and Titus. The Kingdom of God has never advanced merely through programs, buildings, or organizations. It advances through people who pour their lives into other people. The world often measures success by what a person accomplishes. The Kingdom measures significance by who a person develops. Success is what you achieve. Significance is who you influence. Legacy is who continues the work after you are gone. Many leaders spend their lives building platforms, businesses, ministries, and organizations, yet never intentionally prepare someone to carry the vision forward. Kingdom leaders understand that true multiplication occurs when what God has deposited in us is faithfully transferred into others. Paul gives us one of the clearest leadership models in Scripture in 2 Timothy 2:2. Notice the four generations contained within a single verse. Paul invested in Timothy. Timothy was instructed to invest in faithful men. Those faithful men were to teach others also. This is the Kingdom strategy of multiplication. One life impacts another life, which impacts another life, which impacts another life. The influence of a single faithful person can extend far beyond anything they could accomplish alone. One lesson I have learned through years of ministry, leadership, coaching, and personal growth is that we must make sure we are a copy worth duplicating. Paul boldly declared, “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ” (1 Corinthians 11:1). Paul was not pointing people to himself as the ultimate example. He was pointing people to Christ through the example of his own life. Every leader leaves footprints. The question is whether those footprints lead people closer to Jesus or merely closer to us. Before we seek to multiply ourselves, we must make sure we are following Christ ourselves.