Do, or do not do. There is no Try.
“Do, or do not do. There is no try.” is what Yoda tells Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. Yoda is in the saga that is Star Wars the preeminent mentor of young Jedi Knights. While it is easy to live in fantasy and fiction (As it seems our country has for years financially) it is not the true grit of who a person becomes. We all need a mentor, a Yoda if you would.
They come in various forms, shapes and sizes, but they always propel us along the journey toward God if they are true mentors. We find two very different Archetypes of a mentor in Scripture. They are Peter and Paul. As Leonard Sweet says – Peter is relationally fast, but spiritually slow and Paul is relationally slow, but spiritually fast. They exist to reach to and mentor different types of people.
Some want their mentors to be intellectual only. Others want them to be very close – almost like their next breath. The primary types we need really do depend upon on personalities, but we need both to be able to better work in and through the world. We need both around so that we remember that God does not use just those that think like us to make a change in the world for the better.
The beauty of mentors is that they have great wisdom to share with us if we will but listen. Oh, to be sure, we may not learn a great deal about technology from them. Mentors exist to teach us how to make our way through the world that is not as easy and neat as we would like. They have learned a few things about how to make it through the world. We may have to learn from their mistakes (preferable) or learn from making the same mess ups in our own lives. God has some great things to teach us through these masters if we will but stop and learn.
Mentors give us the wisdom of the ages and allow us to translate that into our own age of being and becoming. It is a powerful lesson to know that in human relationships there is nothing new under the sun. We will not have invented any new form of dealing with one another this year that did not exist 2,000 years ago. All we will invent is new technology that can make those ways more effective or less effective.
Selecting a good mentor is important. For they will and should have a large impact on how you live your life. If you select wisely they will show you things about yourself that you never knew before. They will do so in ways that challenge you to grow and become more like the person God designed you to be.
This week who is your mentor? Who is challenging you with: “Do, or do not do. There is no try.” If you do not have someone, it is time to start a new quest to find one who will give you the wisdom that will change your life forever.
Blessings,
Pastor Greg
They come in various forms, shapes and sizes, but they always propel us along the journey toward God if they are true mentors. We find two very different Archetypes of a mentor in Scripture. They are Peter and Paul. As Leonard Sweet says – Peter is relationally fast, but spiritually slow and Paul is relationally slow, but spiritually fast. They exist to reach to and mentor different types of people.
Some want their mentors to be intellectual only. Others want them to be very close – almost like their next breath. The primary types we need really do depend upon on personalities, but we need both to be able to better work in and through the world. We need both around so that we remember that God does not use just those that think like us to make a change in the world for the better.
The beauty of mentors is that they have great wisdom to share with us if we will but listen. Oh, to be sure, we may not learn a great deal about technology from them. Mentors exist to teach us how to make our way through the world that is not as easy and neat as we would like. They have learned a few things about how to make it through the world. We may have to learn from their mistakes (preferable) or learn from making the same mess ups in our own lives. God has some great things to teach us through these masters if we will but stop and learn.
Mentors give us the wisdom of the ages and allow us to translate that into our own age of being and becoming. It is a powerful lesson to know that in human relationships there is nothing new under the sun. We will not have invented any new form of dealing with one another this year that did not exist 2,000 years ago. All we will invent is new technology that can make those ways more effective or less effective.
Selecting a good mentor is important. For they will and should have a large impact on how you live your life. If you select wisely they will show you things about yourself that you never knew before. They will do so in ways that challenge you to grow and become more like the person God designed you to be.
This week who is your mentor? Who is challenging you with: “Do, or do not do. There is no try.” If you do not have someone, it is time to start a new quest to find one who will give you the wisdom that will change your life forever.
Blessings,
Pastor Greg
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