We are walking in today: The Principle of Posture--When A Protege Learns To Sit, He Will One Day Stand!!!!
Teaching from the book: Principles of the Protégé: Discover The Pathway To Success, by Dr. Francisco I.Victa III
Witness position throughout the Bible: H4725 ma' kom standing place, station, post, office, give place to, instead of
Jeremiah 50:14; Psalm 2:2; 89:28; 2 Peter 3:17
Acts 22:3
I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.
A protégé must develop a proper posture towards a mentor. In order to be engrossed into the personage of a mentor. To be able to build a personal relationship of hands-on tutelage from a mentor. This development must come from humility and follow every instruction given by the mentor.
Paul mentioned in Acts 22, that he was brought up at the feet of his, Rabbi Gamaliel. Meaning Paul as a Hebrew learned in the customary way of learning from sitting at his Rabbi's feet. This is still the case in modern times as well.
The protégés would sit on the floor or mat while the Rabbi would sit on a pillow and teach. This practice was to show a mentor and protege relationship between rabbi and disciple. The learning of the eastern concept of hearing from the Rabbi to do is not practiced among the western culture. The humbling of protege to sit lower than his rabbi was to show honor and eagerness to learn to be covered by the dust of the Rabbi's feet.
This description of being covered in the dust of their feet has two meanings:
1) The practice of the protégé sitting on the floor was a way of showing honor and preference to the rabbi.
Although it was only a small elevation, the protégé postured himself in a position to learn and receive.
2) The description of being covered in the dust of the feet of the Rabbi speaks of the protégé following so closely behind the Rabbi that he becomes covered with the dust swirling up from his teacher’s sandals. This is a beautiful posture of pursuit and aggressive following.
Ezekiel 20:1 (KJV)
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
Zechariah 3:8 (KJV)
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee:
Proteges learn from their mentors by making themselves available, corrected, attached, humbled and in constant connection to the mentor. Learning the very character and spirit of the mentors lifestyle to comprehend change. It is by this hands-on experience, contrary to the western traditions of a classroom setting--where the teacher (mentor) teach and the student (protege) take notes. Gaining knowledge but no actual application and hands on experiences.
Sort of like a seasoned soldier and a fresh out of Officers Training Course Captain or Commander versus a Non-Commissioned Officer that is seasoned as well. You would have more honor as a soldier to your Sergeant than the fresh out of school Captain or Commander. Due to the fact of experience more valued than newly gained knowledge. One will teach you how to live, while the other will show you how to live. You've developed a hands-on wartime situation experiences and survived with your NCO.
The development of the protege takes time as well--this is not an overnight success when one is in need of a soul transformation. Yeshua could have healed the twelve of their character flaws instantly. Giving them time to grow. He taught, corrected and encouraged His Talmidim, likewise so is the relationship between the mentor and protege.
There must be a close bond with the mentor--that is why the disciples followed Yeshua. Everywhere learning from the dust of the rabbi, sitting at Yeshua feet. Elisha screamed, "My Father, My Father" in anguish when Elijah was taken into heaven. That same closeness it should be with the mentor and protege. That the mentor would be considered as a father or mother figure or even greater. Mentors are looked at as the ushers to the world to come, while the parents are looked at as the ones who brought you into the world. While foreign to us in the western mindset but fully understood in Hebraic thought.
The relationship between the mentor and protege is to be effective. Which must develop a relationship that transcends the bonds a paternal loyalty. Remember the mentor is sent from the cry and the need of the protege heard by God. To set free and promote the protege, the mentor is to be placed at high esteem and honored above all but Yahweh of course. As an example, who's load would you carry first, if your mentor and your father had equal loads? Well in the Eastern mindset from the Hebraic perspective--they would help the rabbi first and this was the common practice even known in Yeshua’s time. Peter stated, "We have left everything to follow you".
Mark 10:28
Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.
Mark 14:31
And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord, and sat before me.
Zechariah 3:8 (KJV)
Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee:
Proteges learn from their mentors by making themselves available, corrected, attached, humbled and in constant connection to the mentor. Learning the very character and spirit of the mentors lifestyle to comprehend change. It is by this hands-on experience, contrary to the western traditions of a classroom setting--where the teacher (mentor) teach and the student (protege) take notes. Gaining knowledge but no actual application and hands on experiences.
Sort of like a seasoned soldier and a fresh out of Officers Training Course Captain or Commander versus a Non-Commissioned Officer that is seasoned as well. You would have more honor as a soldier to your Sergeant than the fresh out of school Captain or Commander. Due to the fact of experience more valued than newly gained knowledge. One will teach you how to live, while the other will show you how to live. You've developed a hands-on wartime situation experiences and survived with your NCO.
The development of the protege takes time as well--this is not an overnight success when one is in need of a soul transformation. Yeshua could have healed the twelve of their character flaws instantly. Giving them time to grow. He taught, corrected and encouraged His Talmidim, likewise so is the relationship between the mentor and protege.
There must be a close bond with the mentor--that is why the disciples followed Yeshua. Everywhere learning from the dust of the rabbi, sitting at Yeshua feet. Elisha screamed, "My Father, My Father" in anguish when Elijah was taken into heaven. That same closeness it should be with the mentor and protege. That the mentor would be considered as a father or mother figure or even greater. Mentors are looked at as the ushers to the world to come, while the parents are looked at as the ones who brought you into the world. While foreign to us in the western mindset but fully understood in Hebraic thought.
The relationship between the mentor and protege is to be effective. Which must develop a relationship that transcends the bonds a paternal loyalty. Remember the mentor is sent from the cry and the need of the protege heard by God. To set free and promote the protege, the mentor is to be placed at high esteem and honored above all but Yahweh of course. As an example, who's load would you carry first, if your mentor and your father had equal loads? Well in the Eastern mindset from the Hebraic perspective--they would help the rabbi first and this was the common practice even known in Yeshua’s time. Peter stated, "We have left everything to follow you".
Mark 10:28
Peter said to him, See, we have given up everything, and come after you.
Mark 14:31
But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same.
The posture of a hungry protege for the word of Yahweh, should be the goal of a protégé towards the mentor. A study in the Hebraic mindset, is the highest form of worship. The word segad means " to bow down, to be in total submission". So should the approach of the protégé when it comes to learning from the mentor. Eager to perform and not just to know the word of Yahweh. Hebrews study to perform--not just to have knowledge. Causing the whole meaning of study God's words to do as an act of submission and reverence (worship).
This is the Hebrew way of mentor and protege versus the Western concepts of study to understand.
When a protege learns to sit he will one day stand!!!
Acts 22:3 (KJV)
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Paul was faithful to his mentor, Gamaliel. As was customary for the Jews, Paul served, followed, and learned from his rabbi. The bond between Paul and Gamaliel was so strong that history tells us that Gamaliel as a strict Pharisee would eventually worship and serve his protégés Savior, Jesus the Christ. Paul was a faithful and loyal protégé when he sat at the feet of Gamaliel. One day, Paul the mentor taught the same Jewish principles of mentoring to the church of Corinth:
1 Corinthians 4:15-17 (KJV)
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
Paul was urging his protégés to sit at his feet and imitate him just as he did with his rabbi, Gamaliel. Like other rabbis, Paul saw himself as a father, sending his beloved protégé and son in the faith Timothy to his other sons and daughters. Paul wanted the church in Corinth to follow in the footsteps of his protégé Timothy, who set such an excellent example of what it meant to be a protégé. Paul writes as a mentor, a rabbi desiring his people to follow him just like he followed Gamaliel. He stands as a mentor to many--because he sat as a protégé to one.
Protégé, if you learn to sit at the feet of your mentor, you will one day stand as a mentor to many! To hear this again click here.
The posture of a hungry protege for the word of Yahweh, should be the goal of a protégé towards the mentor. A study in the Hebraic mindset, is the highest form of worship. The word segad means " to bow down, to be in total submission". So should the approach of the protégé when it comes to learning from the mentor. Eager to perform and not just to know the word of Yahweh. Hebrews study to perform--not just to have knowledge. Causing the whole meaning of study God's words to do as an act of submission and reverence (worship).
This is the Hebrew way of mentor and protege versus the Western concepts of study to understand.
When a protege learns to sit he will one day stand!!!
Acts 22:3 (KJV)
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Paul was faithful to his mentor, Gamaliel. As was customary for the Jews, Paul served, followed, and learned from his rabbi. The bond between Paul and Gamaliel was so strong that history tells us that Gamaliel as a strict Pharisee would eventually worship and serve his protégés Savior, Jesus the Christ. Paul was a faithful and loyal protégé when he sat at the feet of Gamaliel. One day, Paul the mentor taught the same Jewish principles of mentoring to the church of Corinth:
1 Corinthians 4:15-17 (KJV)
15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. 16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach everywhere in every church.
Paul was urging his protégés to sit at his feet and imitate him just as he did with his rabbi, Gamaliel. Like other rabbis, Paul saw himself as a father, sending his beloved protégé and son in the faith Timothy to his other sons and daughters. Paul wanted the church in Corinth to follow in the footsteps of his protégé Timothy, who set such an excellent example of what it meant to be a protégé. Paul writes as a mentor, a rabbi desiring his people to follow him just like he followed Gamaliel. He stands as a mentor to many--because he sat as a protégé to one.
Protégé, if you learn to sit at the feet of your mentor, you will one day stand as a mentor to many! To hear this again click here.
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