“When they had finished eating, Jesus
said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you truly love
me more than these?’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ he said, ‘you know that I
love you.’ Jesus said, ‘Feed my lambs.’ Again Jesus said,
‘Simon son of John, do you truly love me?’ He answered,
‘Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.’ Jesus said, ‘Take
care of my sheep.’ The third time he said to him, ‘Simon son
of John, do you love me?’ Peter was hurt because Jesus asked
him the third time, ‘Do you love me?’ He said, ‘Lord, you
know all things; you know that I love you.’ Jesus said,
‘Feed my sheep.’”
Mentoring is a step above modeling. To
mentor someone, you must have a person who wants to be
mentored. Mentoring is a lot like modeling, only now you do
what you do because you know you have a specific audience.
A mentor will take someone alongside
them and say, “Do things as I do them.” Jesus had been an
example of love for the disciples during his entire
ministry. They witnessed how he cared for people and how he
reacted when others hated him. As Jesus re-commissions Peter
he is in effect saying, “You saw how I acted. You are now
going to be the shepherd. Do as I did.”
As a mentor, you will explain why you
do the things that you do and will be open to questions from
the other person. As a mentor, you may be asked to explain
things such as why you believe it is important to go to a
mid-week Bible study or to explain something from daily life
like how you can love a coworker that you can’t stand.
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