In our previous topic we said, "If you find obstacles or notice a lack of moral compass for your leader, know at once you need a mentor."

Please also note that it's possible to brand a leader wrongly, simply because of impatience or conflict of interests. In any case, it's not advised to launch an opposition against your leader. Do not even attempt to do so secretly. Instead, please follow internal guidelines and procedures to address your concerns. If these don't help, you might have two options; resign or seek a mentor to help you navigate the difficult season.

In this topic we will look at God walking with Joseph through his terrifying experiences. The rest of us, let's look for human mentors!

The most inspirational story for young people is Joseph’s victorious response to serious problems as recorded in the book of Genesis chapter 39. Joseph was the 11th of the 12 sons of Jacob. He was voluntarily loved by his father, because he was the son of his old age (Gen. 37:3). But his brothers hated him for that. Joseph was an obedient boy as he grew up. His brothers weren’t as well behaved and Joseph kept reporting them to their father.

Joseph had a dream twice, that clearly indicated God was preparing him for leadership and that his parents and brothers would bow before him one day. Jacob didn’t understand but he did not fight the boy. He only kept thinking about it. His other sons were terrible that time. These brothers, ten of them, plotted to kill their brother Joseph just for his dreams and being favored by his father. Reuben advised them to throw him in a dry well instead, and later Judah advised they sell him to Ishmaelite traders. That started his days of suffering as a captive, slave, then prisoner, before God finally fulfilled His plan for him. 

After Joseph was separated from His father Jacob, he was deprived of a credible mentor, at least an encourager. God had already started communicating to Joseph through dreams, which even Jacob was still yet to understand.

Joseph’s life appeared unfortunate even when he was being prepared for a position of high-level leadership. In a dry well – he could have died of hunger or suffocation by water. The traders could have killed him on the way. In slavery he could have been lost forever without trace. After being charged falsely with rape he could have been sentenced to death. In a foreign prison he could have died there and forgotten. None of the challenges he went through stood in the way of his relationship with God. He kept a close relationship with God and by that God’s favor evidently remained on him.

Did the rage kill the dream? No!  Did the tricks of an adulterous woman overcome the dream? No! Did prison life and the test of time stop the dream? No!  So, what helped Joseph? He kept his faith in God and feared Him above all. 

If Joseph was here, I would recommend Him as the priority mentor choice. Now you have to find one that at least beats all others in excellence of character, learning and allegiance to God. If Joseph had discarded God's sovereign power like we often do, where would his stubbornness have reached him? And if we don't learn from Golden history, what type of world will we reap tomorrow?

Just remember to find a mentor who honors God and has triumphantly gone through the experiences you are facing.

Your next step in life is to pledge your allegiance to God. As a leader, start mentoring someone. That's how excellent leaders are raised. If you are already mentoring one, make sure your "mentoring house" is built on the rock. You don't have to waste your valuable time on anyone who is already opposed to God deep inside their hearts. That would look like you care nothing about the God of Truth.

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