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Am I Qualified?
When people consider starting a mentoring relationship with a child, one question that seems to always pop up is “Am I qualified?”
After all, investing into the life of a child is a big deal.
But I think we are asking the wrong question. Instead of asking Am I qualified?”, start asking “Am I a couple steps ahead of my mentee?”
If you are, then you have something to offer.
Mentoring is not about having all the answers. It’s about allowing someone to accompany you on the journey of life. It’s about entering into someone else’s world and allowing them to enter into yours. This takes a large amount of courage and humility.
Show them every part of your life. The good and the bad. Let them observe how a Christian handles everything that this world throws at you.
John Maxwell said “If you want to impress people, tell them about your successes. If you want to impact people, tell them about your failures.”
All of us are a work in progress. The goal is not perfection or having all it all figured out. The goal is to become more like Jesus.
I hope you are learning new things in all areas of your life. Professionally. Physically. Relationally. And most importantly, spiritually.
1 Corinthians 11:1 says “Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”
As a a mentor, following the example of Christ looks like this:
- Christ loved unconditionally.
- He forgave his enemies.
- He accepted people, just like they were.
- He spend time with God the Father
- He pursued the things of God instead of the things of this world.
So are you a couple steps ahead of your mentee in life?
Are you doing your best to follow Christ?
Are you willing to allow your mentee into your life and give them an example to follow?
If the answer to all of those questions is “yes”, then I believe you are qualified to mentor.
And I am confident that the Lord can use you to poisitvely impact the life of a child. Because the Lord loves to use the most unassuming characters to do his work.
Moses was given up at birth and a murdered a man.
David was a shepherd boy.
Mary had a demon and Paul persecuted Christians.
All were used mightly by God.
If God can use them, then he can surely use you.
One of my favorite scriptures is 1 Thessalonians 5:24 “He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.” And if you are watching this video, I’d say there is a pretty good chance that you believe God has called you to make disciples through mentoring.
It was God who called you. And he is faithful. He will surely do it. How kind of him to let us have a front row seat as we watch him impact the life of your mentee.
You Can Mentor.
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You can mentor is a network that equips and encourages mentors and mentoring organizations through resources and relationships to love God, love others, and make disciples. Learnmore@youcanmentor.com or follow us on social media. You can mentor. Welcome to the You Can Mentor podcast. Today's mentoring minute is titled, am I qualified?
Speaker 1:When people consider starting a mentoring relationship with their mentee, one question that always seems to pop up is, am I qualified? People ask me all the time, can I really be an impactful mentor? Will kids think I'm cool? Will they listen to anything that I have to say? After all, investing into the life of a child is a really big deal.
Speaker 1:But I think we're asking the wrong question. Instead of asking, am I qualified? Start asking, am I a couple steps ahead of my mentee? If the answer to that is yes, then I believe you have something to offer. Mentoring is not about having all of the answers.
Speaker 1:It's about allowing someone to accompany you on this journey of life. It's about entering into someone else's world and giving them the opportunity to enter into yours. And this takes a large amount of courage and humility. As mentors, we get to show them every part of our life, the good and the bad. We get to let them observe how a Christian handles everything that this crazy world throws at you.
Speaker 1:All of us are a work in progress. The goal is not perfection or having it all figured out because there's no one who's perfect, and there's no one who has it all figured out. The goal is to become more like Jesus. One of my mentors says, to stumble forward and to fail well. We get to give our mentees an opportunity to observe us as we live life day to day.
Speaker 1:I hope you, as a mentor, you're learning new things in all areas of life, professionally, physically, relationally, and, most importantly, spiritually. First Corinthians 11 1 is one of our favorite verses as mentors. It says, follow my example as I follow the example of Christ. And as a mentor, following the example of Christ might look like this. Loving unconditionally, no matter what.
Speaker 1:It might look like forgiving enemies and letting people off the hook and not living in bitterness. It looks like accepting people just as they are. It means spending time with god the father and pursuing the things of god instead of the things of this world. It means praying and worshiping and doing the daily disciplines. So are you a couple steps ahead of your mentee in life?
Speaker 1:Are you doing your best to follow Christ, not being perfect, but just doing your best? And are you willing to allow your mentee into your life and give them an example to follow? If the answer to all of those questions is yes, then I believe you are qualified to become a mentor. And I am confident that the lord can use you to positively impact the life of a child. Because the Lord loves to use the most unassuming characters to do his work.
Speaker 1:Think about characters in the Bible. Moses. That guy was given up at birth, and he murdered a man. King David. He started out as a shepherd boy.
Speaker 1:Mary had a demon, and Paul persecuted Christians. But all were used mightily by God because you don't have to be perfect or have it all figured out to be used by God. If God can use them, then he can surely use you. One of my favorite scriptures is 1 Thessalonians 524. He who calls you is faithful.
Speaker 1:He will surely do it. There's a lot of he's in that verse. And if you're listening to this podcast, I'd say there's a pretty good chance that you believe god has called you to make disciples through mentoring. If he has, he will prove himself faithful because it is god who called you, and he is faithful. He will surely do it.
Speaker 1:How kind of him to let us have a front row seat as we watch him impact the life of your mentee. I believe in you. That's why this podcast is called You Can Mentor because we believe that you can mentor. You're qualified. God qualifies the called.
Speaker 1:Very rarely does he called qualified. You can mentor. If you got anything from this podcast, please give us a 5 star rating and share it with your mentoring friends. Check out more on you can mentor.com or on social media. Thank you.
Speaker 1:You can mentor. Thanks for tuning in to the You Can Mentor podcast. Please share this with other mentors and download our free resources on our website. You can also order Zach's book, You Could Mentor, or John's book, Mephibosheth, on Amazon. Lastly, we'd really appreciate it if you gave us a 5 star rating on whatever listening platform you are tuning in on.
Speaker 1:If you'd like to connect with us further, please contact us through our website, because we're always looking for new guests or connections. Thank you. And remember, you can mentor.