Find a Mentor

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of seeking wise counsel and mentorship before facing crises in life.

A guardrail doesn't do any good if you build it at the point of crisis. You can't attach a guardrail to open air. You build it before the dangerous curve — in the place where a car can make contact and be redirected rather than going over the edge. That's exactly what wise counsel does. But it only works if you put it in place before you need it. Wise counsel has two primary sources. The first is Scripture and the Holy Spirit — not as a magic formula, but as a slow, consistent practice of putting God's word in front of you and giving the Spirit something to work with. Read a passage. Memorize a verse. Put it on your dashboard and say it out loud. The second is a mentor: someone a little further down the road than you in the specific area where you need wisdom, someone you've sought out intentionally rather than waited for the right person to appear. Two traps to avoid: the echo chamber — seeking counsel only from people in exactly the same position as you — and the search for vindication, where you look for someone who agrees with what you already think. Neither of those is wisdom. Real wisdom redirects the momentum of your life before it becomes unmanageable. And it's available…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Douglas Peake

Topics covered

• mentorship
• wise counsel
• spiritual guidance
• Scripture
• personal growth

Keywords

• mentor
• wise counsel
• Scripture
• Holy Spirit
• personal development
• echo chamber
• vindication

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Scripture

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