We need each other to get where God wants us to go.
Read 1 Kings 19:19-21
Social networks on the Internet are on the rise. Even when separated by great distance, people are still able to gain insights and a listening ear from peers online. Blogs, Twitter, email and Web links add to the ways we can receive and give spiritual guidance.
But it is also valuable to meet face to face with mature believers for mentoring. “Elisha … followed Elijah” (v 21), and Paul mentored Timothy as “a true son in the faith” (1 Timothy 1:2). He even admonished Timothy to set up a chain of mentoring which would multiply spiritual growth (2 Timothy 2:2). Moses exhorted parents to teach their children throughout their day: “when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up” (Deuteronomy 6:7). The Master Teacher, Christ Himself, illustrates how to mentor: “He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out” (Mark 3:14).
From those passages we see the value of meeting face to face in a variety of settings so that we can sharpen one another spiritually (Proverbs 27:17). Along life’s journey, there are times when we can benefit from a wise guide or provide this same service to one who wants to follow.
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