Do you have a close friend you would do anything for? Would you go anywhere with them? Have you had a mentor you believe in? Would you follow them wherever they may lead you? Do you like stories about people who have a bond so close they cannot be separated?
Having close friends we would do anything for and who would do anything for us is wonderful. Knowing you can count on someone is comforting. Knowing they can count you us is a confidence builder. Both parties are all the better because of the other.
Having a wonderful mentor who teaches us how to be successful in life is priceless. For as we grow older, we realize success in life is not all about money. A great mentor will teach us that and show us how to succeed in life without material possessions. A mentor such as this is worth more than any amount of money we can ever accumulate.
Elijah and Elisha had a mentor – mentee relationship. Elijah was the great mentor who taught Elisha what it meant to follow God, to listen for him, and to commit his whole self to him. Elisha soaked in what Elijah taught him and committed himself, not only to God, but to Elijah as well. Elisha would not allow Elijah to run off and leave him. So, Elisha followed Elijah wherever he went. We can follow Elisha’s example by following God and a great mentor.
I pray we all have a great mentor we can follow. I pray we learn from that mentor how to succeed in life. I pray each one of us chooses to follow God just as Elijah and Elisha did. Follow your mentor. Be a great mentor. Learn to succeed in life. Choose to follow God.
2 Kings 2:1-2 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
Marty Pressey 