Help Is Just A Prayer Away

Dilma Rousseff, recently became the first woman president of Latin America’s largest nation, Brazil. This is a remarkable feat for the one-time Marxist guerrilla who once was tortured by Brazil’s dictatorship. Yes, it would be easy to say that she did it all by herself, but even this “Iron Lady” had assistance. You see, Dilma had a political “mentor.” The then-president, Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva utilized his great popularity to help promote Ms. Rousseff, a little-known career technocrat, into the presidency. Quite an amazing journey for someone who had never held an elected office in her life, and was virtually unheard of less than a year ago!

Everyone needs a helper at some point or another during the course of his or her lifetime. Typically, it’s usually during those dark and troublesome hours when we find ourselves turning to Christ for comfort and guidance. For sure, He wants us to lighten our heavy loads through Him. He is there for us no matter what. But, sometimes we forget to think of Him as a mentor. The dictionary defines “mentor” as: “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.” What a wonderful description of Jesus Christ!

The original disciples saw Jesus as “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.” They followed him around as he taught the Gospel learning everything they could. Eventually the day came when the disciples themselves became teachers, or mentors to others. Like Dilma Rousseff, the disciples had a mentor who helped guide them to the position of leadership.

We might not all have aspirations of leadership, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t need a mentor. And what better mentor could we have than to have the same one who guided the disciples during those long ago days? As Nicodemus did, we should recognize that Jesus was a teacher who was sent by God. Jn. 3:2 (NIV)

Let Christ be your life mentor. Welcome Him into your hearts and minds. Let Him guide and advise you. Learn from Him as the disciples did. Let Him teach you all things. Jn. 14:26 (NIV) Life can be pretty complicated with all of its twists and turns, ups and downs. But you don’t have to make the journey alone. There is a patient and all-knowing mentor who is reaching His hand out to you. Take it.

~Eve