Thank you for joining us for our 7 day a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 41 of our Trek, and today we are going to trek down the paths that will allow us to become leaders or mentors to others.
Today we are recording our podcast from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Today was a very hot day in North Carolina with temperatures over 100°. Although we usually work entirely at our home, we ventured out into the heat to visit a friend in need and to pick up a new pair of eye glasses for me. The optometrist said they give me the Clark Kent look from Superman, which I guess is okay with me. This would actually fit my personality rather well since, as I remember, the old Superman episodes always referred to him as “the mild mannered Clark Kent. Of all of the superheroes, Superman is still my favorite.
Well, since I do not have any real superpowers myself, let’s break camp for today and head onto the trails of life. We want to consider the three character traits required which to create a living legacy. In order to create a legacy, we must be able to lead or mentor others. In order to lead and mentor others, we need to traverse certain trails, or you might say put into practice certain habits that will allow us to attain the status of a leader and mentor. I will be so brash today as to say that we cannot positively lead or mentor others unless we hike these three trails on a regular basis.
The model for our wisdom nuggets today, which shows us the three trails that we will travel, are learned from a Hebrew priest Ezra who was taken into exile in Babylon by King Artaxerxes. Ezra was allowed to return to Jerusalem to assess the city’s condition. In chapter 7 verses 8-10, “Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in August of that year. He had arranged to leave Babylon on April 8, the first day of the New Year, and he arrived at Jerusalem on August 4, for the gracious hand of his God was on him. This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the Lord and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel.”
Verse 10 gives us the pattern to follow in order to become leaders and mentors.
Our first trail that we will explore is the “Learn It” trail. Before you can ever hope to lead or mentor others you must first learn the practical lessons of life and grow in...
