1Cor11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ(KJV).
YOU NEED MENTORS
The late Dr Bola-Akin John mentored me in ministry. He taught me certain things I wouldn't have known or heard from so many senior ministers. He did not hoard from me the information I needed.
Till date, I am eternally grateful to God I met him. He gave me the gift of access. As a wise mentee, I used the privilege judiciously. I sat under him in classroom sessions and conference meetings. I read some of his books and listened to his messages.
Who is a mentor? A mentor is a trusted and tested counsellor, leader and influencer whose life is worth emulating. That is my own definition. If the person you call your mentor is not wise, lacks depth in counsel and cannot be emulated, the person has failed the mentorship test. For several facets of your life, you need a mentor.
This year, you need men and women that can give good counsel and monitor your progress. For this to happen, that means you must have access to the person mentoring you, even if it is by phone.
True mentoring involves access and contact. You cannot call someone your mentor If access is blocked. Today, I see a number of folks who drop names of big preachers and call them mentors yet they have no access to them. Someone who is not monitoring your progress can never be your mentor.
*The failure some experienced in ministry, business or career is not because they don't know how to pray or fast, sometimes it is either because they lack mentors or are mentored wrongly. There is nothing you want to achieve that someone somewhere has not achieved.
Simply hook up with someone who has the experience and counsel you need. Mentorship is scriptural. Jesus mentored the twelve, Jethro mentored Moses( Ex18), Moses mentored Joshua( Deut31&34), Elijah mentored Elisha(1Kings19&2Kings2), Barnabas mentored Paul( Acts4,9 and 11), Paul mentored Timothy(Acts16, Phil2 and 1&2 Tim).
Who is your mentor? As long as you think you know it all, your year may not be different from the previous.
Being mentored requires willingness to learn and submission. Those who have a know-it-all attitude cannot be mentored.
Mentorship is not meant to take the place of divine leading by the Spirit but to help fine tune it. In areas where your life isn't making progress, you need a mentor. Prayerfully find one.