Becoming Like Your Teacher, Second Edition

A pp endi x 2 Steps to Equipping Others Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

Step One You become a Master at it, striving toward mastery by practicing it with regularity, excellence, and enjoyment. You must learn to do it, and do it excellently. While you need not be perfect, you should be able to do it, be doing it regularly, and growing in your practice of it. This is the most fundamental principle of all mentoring and discipling. You cannot teach what you do not know or cannot do, and when your Apprentice is fully trained, they will become like you (Luke 6.40). Step Two You select an Apprentice who also desires to develop mastery of the thing, one who is teachable, faithful, and available. Jesus called the Twelve to be with him, and to send them out to preach (Mark 3.14). His relationship was clear, neither vague nor coerced. The roles and responsibilities of the relationship must be carefully outlined, clearly discussed, and openly agreed upon. Step Three You instruct and model the task in the presence of and accompanied by your Apprentice. He/she comes alongside you to listen, observe, and watch. You do it with regularity and excellence, and your

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