Lately I’ve been talking about coaching and mentoring relationships, because in my many years developing people I’ve witnessed a serious deficiency in both leadership and fellowship when it comes to mentorship.
There are many people today who are not doing what they were created to do by God. Consequently, the world is in chaos, the people of the earth are suffering, and the Kingdom of God is not manifesting.
Yet, the greatest travesty is that the people of God, who were commissioned as Gods ambassadors are in disobedience to His will. God endowed His people with special abilities as ascension gift ministers (mentors) according to Ephesians 4:7-14 so that they could be perfected (matured) through impartation, empowerment, activation, and releasing for the work of His ministry (service) in the earth.
Yet, church and religion has taken the place of discipleship (preparing people to follow Christ in fulfilling their assignment in the earth), so there is very little true mentorship taking place within the Body of Christ; yet even less happening in the lives of people outside the church.
As a result there are too many people sitting in church when they should be working for the kingdom of God. As an Ambassador of the Kingdom I want to speak to mentors (teacher) and mentees (student) alike and encourage them both to begin moving in obedience toward one another in fulfillment of their God-given #assignments.
Further, I want to encourage every mentor to begin developing those God has called you to with the passion and commitment THEIR purpose requires!
And to every mentee, I admonish you to position yourself so that your mentor finds you faithful, so he/she can develop you for your assignment,
The Job of a Mentor
What you may not know is that Leaders, mentor people based on their assignment not their gifting. For gifting development is the job of Gods Holy Spirit. However, character development and accountability is the assignment of a mentor. Mentors are not to be God for you. They can help you find or understand God better and what He’s assigned you to do.
You know when you have the right mentor because they remind you of where you’re going (assignment) not where you’ve been! Base your assignment to people, on their assignment to God: then to you.
Otherwise, you might miss why you were assigned to one another. We are assigned to people based on where they’re going in God and therefore what’s needed is wisdom on how to best mentor them.
Understanding Your Assignment
Your assignment was given to you by God, who birthed you with a purpose and not man! Your mentor keeps you headed toward what God has given you to do. Yet, too many people don’t know their assignment so they are following the wrong people, are in the wrong places and doing the wrong things!
When you know your assignment you won’t stay in places where you’re tolerated, but seek to get to the place where you’re activated! Once you know your assignment you’ll let nothing and no-one keep you from moving forward. Your assignment becomes your focus and your focus become your passion and your passion fuels you to pursue your purpose.
Your Passion Leads To Your Purpose
What you’re passionate about you pursue! Your assignment becomes your pursuit when your passion is no longer drained pursuing the need in your life. Your assignment only differs from your passion when they’re not aligned.
But, when your assignment and your passion are aligned you begin to do what you were created to do. When you’re doing what you were created to do (assignment) your provision manifests. Until then you have wants, not needs!
Pursuing wants takes you away from pursuing your assignment, because it’s based in scarcity and contributes to fear. A want is the result of unfulfilled purpose.
God promised to meet our needs as we pursue Him and His kingdom. Therefore, your assignment requires your needs be met, not your wants. When a need manifests in your life it is intended to activate faith in your walk as you pursue your assignment. When you’re pursuing your assignment and a need manifests, it’s intended to demonstrate the providence of God, as He meets it and so He may be glorified.
A Lesson on Provision
In amazement to His disciples Christ’s provision manifested as He moved in His godly assignment: the coin in the mouth of the fish (Matthew 17:27), the new colt (Matthew 21:1-3), and the prepared room for the Passover (Mark 14:14-16), just to name a few.
Provision without an assignment leads to waste because you don’t understand the true purpose or value of the resource!
An assignment without provision keeps you pursuing purpose, because faith assures you that what you need will be there when you have need of it.
Therefore you don’t wait until you have the provision before you obey! You obey because you have faith in the God of your assignment!
In Closing
Remember this, obedience during your assignment makes the difference between you accomplishing or failing to fulfill your purpose. Too many people are waiting to get it all together before moving out on their assignment. Waiting only delays your assignment to the people you’re destined to touch, and it is rooted in fear that leads to disobedience.
Disobedience causes delays, and delays cause people to miss their seasons. These missed seasons are reminders that someone missed an assignment. When you miss your assignment someone doesn’t get the breakthrough intended to come through you.
So, if you’ve been waiting to move out in your assignment realize You will be healed, delivered, and set free as you move in obedience toward your assignment.
Christ told his disciples to come and follow him in his god-given assignment and as they did they received what was needed in the process of going! They left jobs, businesses and family and for three years they were taken care of my their master and mentor.
Today, if you’re blessed and favored to have a mentor, be encouraged to begin moving toward your assignment and committed to the journey of transformation, so that Gods process may be fully at work in your life.
To Your Pursuit!
B.A.
Copyright ©2013 B.A. Ingram. All Rights Reserved. All quotes are the Authors and are not to be used without permission. Excerpt from The Purpose is in The Process, “Understanding Assignment…is my Mentor Failing Me” releasing soon.
