Find a Mentor – Become a Mentor

I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. John 14:12

Jesus was the perfect mentor. He told His disciples, ‘He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also.’ If you want to reach the fullness of your God-given potential, ask God for the right mentors. You will always go further with a good mentor coaching and pushing you. Some mentors are given for a short season, others for a lifetime, so you must know the difference. How do you recognize a mentor? In eight ways. The credo of the true mentor is this:

1) I am willing to spend the time it takes to build a close relationship with the learner;

2) I commit myself to believing in the potential of the learner, to telling them the exciting future I see ahead for him or her; to visualizing and verbalizing the possibilities for their life;

3) I am willing to be vulnerable and transparent before the learner, I’m willing to share not only my strengths and successes, but also my weaknesses, failures, brokenness, and sins;

4) I am willing to be honest yet affirming in confronting the learner’s errors, faults, and areas of immaturity;

5) I am committed to standing by the learner through trials – even trials that are self-inflicted as a result of ignorance or error;

6) I am committed to helping the learner set goals for his or her spiritual life, career, or ministry, and to helping the learner dream his or her dream;

7) I am willing to objectively evaluate the learner’s progress toward his or her goal;

8) Above all, I am committed to faithfully living out everything I teach.

Prayer
Heavenly Father, as I have been helped and mentored, use me to help and mentor someone else. In Jesus’ Name, Amen