Timothy did a lot of traveling carrying Paul's letter to the churches (1 Thessalonians 3:1,6; 1 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 8:16-18). He was a faithful companion for Paul, and Paul knew he could be trusted. There was an entire group of men that carried letters back and forth between churches (2 Corinthians 8:16-18; Ephesians 6:21-22; Colossians 8:16-18; 2 Timothy 4:12; Philippians 2:25-30). Some of them were ministers in their own rights and others were lay people serving the Apostles.
Those letters were the life line of believers. In fact they make up most of the New Testament. What would we have today if those that carried the letters took the attitude that their job was insignificant and discarded the letters?
We exalt speakers who draw crowds of hundreds or thousands and think ourselves as unimportant in the kingdom of God. Our attitude comes from our sinful nature's tendency to exalt one person or one work above another.
God appoints whom he wills to do what he wills. No job has insignificant eternal impact. just because we cannot see it now, does not mean it is not there (John 3:25-31; 1 Corinthians 12:12-31; Romans 12:1-2, 1-5).
