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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