Who is your favorite teacher? Have you had a wonderful mentor? Have you experienced a great boss? Are you now a teacher? Are you mentoring someone? Are you a manager or leader who has several people working under your tutelage and guidance?
We have many teachers in our lives. We may have had a mentor. We may have worked for a wonderful boss. Having people who can guide us down the path of a career is a great benefit. It is also wonderful to have someone who can provide us real life advice.
As we grow older, and hopefully wiser, we become the teacher, mentor, or manager. We have years of experience from which we have learned many lessons that we can pass on to others. But we must remember that a great teacher or mentor does not force the lesson, rather they allow the lesson to come about naturally.
Jesus is the greatest teacher of all. He teaches us lessons, not only of life, but of eternal life. He teaches about God, his law, his guidance, his desire, and his expectations. He tells us that we are not to think more highly of ourselves, but to strive to be like Him. The more we become like Him the bigger the impact we can have on the world around us, including our family, friends, and co-workers.
Each one of us can have a significant impact. It doesn’t require us to be in front of a crowd. Actually…it does. But the crowd consists of the people we interact with on a daily basis. Some of us have a far larger crowd we can reach. Others of us fewer. But all of us have a crowd we can teach.
I pray we all follow the Teacher. I pray we teach and mentor others we encounter daily. I pray each one of us strive to be like Jesus and continue to learn from Him. Accept Jesus as your teacher. Follow His guidance. Seek to be like Him. Teach others to be like Jesus.
Matthew 10:24-25a “A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master; it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master.”
Marty Pressey 