Spiritual Mentors

The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.

Phil 4:9 (NASB95)

Just two thoughts for you today.  1.  Who is your spiritual mentor?  2.  Who are you spiritually mentoring?

If you do not have a spiritual mentor you are missing a blessing.  There are no Lone Ranger Christ followers.  We cannot.  We should not try to get through this life on our own.  Paul encourages the Philippians to remember the things he had taught them and that they had seen him demonstrate in his own life.  There are so many blessings to having a person to turn too and grow from.  Understand that your mentor will not be perfect.  He or she is not Christ and they are growing as well.  But we can learn from others as we watch their lives.  A good mentor will not only teach us and show us the right way to follow Christ.  They will also let us in on their mistakes and blunders of following Christ.

Now the second question.  Who are you mentoring?  We should all be looking for that person(s) that we can pour our lives into.  Remember the need to remain humble.  It's not that we are "all that".  But God is growing us and we have lessons we can help others learn.  You didn't get to this point alone.  Don't make other, younger followers wonder the trail by themselves.  You can make a difference in their lives.  You do have something to offer!

Happy mentoring!