Learning to Live Notice how Paul described this thought to Titus, as he sent him a word while he was the under-shepherd over the elders and churches in Crete. Paul said his calling and aim was intentional in every way, for he had a heavenly agenda and mandate to fulfill, and with unquestioned loyalty, he expected nothing less than what God promised before time ever began. "...in expectation of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began, but has in due time manifested His eternal promise through preaching, which was committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior" (Titus