Oct 8, 2019
Jesus did life with his disciple for 3 years, showing them, not just telling them how to live faithful lives to God and others. He modeled for us this mentor relationship beautifully. On today’s show we talk about the many benefits of being a mentor to others and being mentored. Some are obvious but we surprised ourselves after years of discipline younger believers at what being a mentor taught us about ourselves and God.
Benefits of Being Mentored
1. Modeling is a powerful growth tool.
- It’s not a formula or something done “the right way” as the old
saying goes, “more is caught than taught.”
- You can learn a lot just from watching how someone else lives
(raising their kids, how they speak to their spouse or strangers in
public, etc.)
- Philippians 3:17
2. Scripture connects to life.
- By just living life with someone it can help you to connect the
dots of scripture how to live a life following Christ.
3. There’s a safety net for mistakes.
- Others can give us a fresh, non-emotional perspective on our
lives, and big decisions we might be trying to make.
- Acts 20:35
Benefits of Being A Mentor
1. It holds back a hard heart.
- It can be easy to become jaded when living a life of service and
feeling like what you do doesn’t make a difference. Seeing young,
hungry, vibrant faith can at times awaken our spiritual stupor.
- Psalm 51:12
2. You get to watch sanctification up close.
- Miracles still happen. God calls dead people to life and infants
of faith into deeper waters. Watching the sweeping movements of the
Spirit is one of the most rewarding and fulfilling aspects of the
entire Christian faith.
3. Uncovers generational blind spots.
- One of the stand out moments of T4G in 2018 was watching godly, established
leaders of our faith publicly repent of racial discrimination.
- Good, God-honoring people can blindly carry sin until there is a
light to shine in the dark corners of our own hearts. As mentors,
God can use a younger person in your life to expose your own
wayward heart.
4. It reminds us of our role on this earth and keeps you humble.
The ultimate reminder is: it’s not about you.
Want to be mentored and/or mentor someone?
-Pray for a mentor and the just ask them to catch coffee or lunch or whatever on THEIR terms.
-There is no right formula to do this. Just start trying to meet
together and you both decide what would be best for you in your
lives and time constraints.
-Pray about someone you could pour into and then ask them if they
are interested. I bet they will be!
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