MENTORING AND GROWTH
Greetings in the name of Jesus:
It isn't hard to see the need for spiritual growth when we begin to speak about mentoring someone...it is one of the basic things that we look for in someone who we may work with.
Are they getting the message that God is giving to them through my life? Are they understanding all that I am trying to say to them? Sometimes we get so focused upon the person that we are lead to help however, that is causes us to forget about our own spiritual growth. I have come to believe that for mentoring to really be effective we must grow spiritually as well when we mentor. In other words as we give out a part of the love and the message of God to someone else we must also be willing to receive not just from God, but from that person as well what God is putting through them to us.
I heard someone say once that the best teachers are those who want their students to surpass their own abilities to teach another; in others words the teacher strives for the student to be better than the teacher is. I believe that should be our goal in mentoring someone spiritually as well. We need to try to bring that person closer to God than we have been...to open doors for them to be drawn to even greater things in Christ than we have achieved.
It is time that we began to ask ourselves the question "Are we growing in Christ as well as the person we are working with?" Some of the greatest success I have had as a witness for Jesus Christ was when I was totally oblivious to anyone else watching my life. It was in those time when I concentrated so much on my own personal growth that I almost disconnected with the world around me that others seemed to notice Christ the most. In those times I have found the greatest sincerity of intent and purpose was given to what I showed in my life...what I did I was doing not because someone else was watching me but because I was being drawn ever closer to God. It is strange how that works...Philip was caught up by the Holy Spirit in that same way when he found himself on the road the Ethiopian eunuch was traveling as he read Isaiah. " How can I understand what I read unless I have someone to teach me?" We have to grow just as much as those whom we are called to mentor. This is a Godly calling to you...it is a long term commitment for you to anyone else you are called to serve in Christ; but more than anything else in this life it becomes a way for you to grow within your own heart toward God's truth and light within you. We cannot have our own agenda...we need to listen ever closer to the whisper of God's voice prompting us forward. I love you all in Christ Jesus so much, may you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
It isn't hard to see the need for spiritual growth when we begin to speak about mentoring someone...it is one of the basic things that we look for in someone who we may work with.
Are they getting the message that God is giving to them through my life? Are they understanding all that I am trying to say to them? Sometimes we get so focused upon the person that we are lead to help however, that is causes us to forget about our own spiritual growth. I have come to believe that for mentoring to really be effective we must grow spiritually as well when we mentor. In other words as we give out a part of the love and the message of God to someone else we must also be willing to receive not just from God, but from that person as well what God is putting through them to us.
I heard someone say once that the best teachers are those who want their students to surpass their own abilities to teach another; in others words the teacher strives for the student to be better than the teacher is. I believe that should be our goal in mentoring someone spiritually as well. We need to try to bring that person closer to God than we have been...to open doors for them to be drawn to even greater things in Christ than we have achieved.
It is time that we began to ask ourselves the question "Are we growing in Christ as well as the person we are working with?" Some of the greatest success I have had as a witness for Jesus Christ was when I was totally oblivious to anyone else watching my life. It was in those time when I concentrated so much on my own personal growth that I almost disconnected with the world around me that others seemed to notice Christ the most. In those times I have found the greatest sincerity of intent and purpose was given to what I showed in my life...what I did I was doing not because someone else was watching me but because I was being drawn ever closer to God. It is strange how that works...Philip was caught up by the Holy Spirit in that same way when he found himself on the road the Ethiopian eunuch was traveling as he read Isaiah. " How can I understand what I read unless I have someone to teach me?" We have to grow just as much as those whom we are called to mentor. This is a Godly calling to you...it is a long term commitment for you to anyone else you are called to serve in Christ; but more than anything else in this life it becomes a way for you to grow within your own heart toward God's truth and light within you. We cannot have our own agenda...we need to listen ever closer to the whisper of God's voice prompting us forward. I love you all in Christ Jesus so much, may you richly bless God through your life in Him.
THE UNWORTHY SERVANT
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