The toughest thing you will face when mentoring / discipling another person is that the person you try to help refuses vehemently to change - to change for the better. When you start to represent God's voice in his life, he will start to avoid you, resist you, and sometimes even attack you. All these he will do, unknowingly. This will cause you great heartache.
But take heart that the Bible has already given us such examples:
After the Isrealites slaved for Egypt for 400 years, Moses spoke up to the Pharaoh to request their freedom. As a result, Pharaoh treated the Isrealites in a harsher manner. Instead of looking forward to freedom, they turned around to accuse Moses for being a trouble making.
They said to him, "May the LORD look upon you and judge you! You have made us a stench to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword in their hand to kill us."
The Isrealites were angry with Moses for disrupting their life of slavery!
Ask yourself these questions: Have you been lulled into a comfortable relationship with your bondage? Do you fear change more than you fear God? Are you willing to allow God to do what is necessary in order to free you? Will you cooperate with your mentor to bring about a better you ?
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