Blessed Are the Spiraling: 7-Days to Finding True Significance When Life Sends You SpiralingSample

Becoming Yoda

There’s a pattern woven into nearly every great story—Harry Potter, The Lion King, The Matrix, and Moana. It’s the hero’s journey: the call to adventure, the ordeal, the turning point, the return home changed. But one part of the pattern often goes unnoticed until we find ourselves in the middle of life’s spirals: every hero eventually becomes a mentor.

Simba becomes Mufasa. Luke becomes Obi-Wan. What I’m trying to say is, you and I are meant to become Yoda.

Maybe that feels strange. Maybe you still feel like the youngling—confused, overwhelmed, disappointed, or grieving. Maybe aging feels discouraging, or the spiraling feels too fresh. But Scripture insists something remarkable is happening even when we feel unsure: your inner life is growing stronger every single day. While your outward body ages, your spirit is aging in reverse. God is preparing you—not for less, but for more.

Yoda wasn’t impressive by earthly standards. Tiny, wrinkled, tucked away in a swamp, he was easy to overlook. But he carried something the young warrior didn’t have yet: perspective, patience, and power forged through years of struggle and surrender. He had walked through fire long enough to guide others through theirs.

This is what God does with your spiraling—the heartbreaks, disappointments, detours, and battles. He turns your scars into wisdom. Your questions into clarity. Your pain into compassion. The things you thought disqualified you are becoming the very things that will help someone else survive their storm.

You don’t have to have everything figured out. You don’t need a platform or a title. You just need availability. Mentorship in the kingdom is simply the willingness to pour out what God has poured in. It's letting your ceiling become someone else’s floor. Your current season is not a downgrade; it is a commissioning. You’re not losing significance; you’re gaining influence of a different kind—the kind that multiplies.

Becoming Yoda doesn’t mean your battles are over. It means your battles now have purpose. Someone needs what you’ve learned. Someone’s breakthrough will come because you decided to show up.

You are becoming a sage. A guide. A multiplier. And heaven celebrates that.

Prayer:
Jesus, give me eyes to see the people You’ve placed in my path. Make me generous with my wisdom, gentle with my words, and bold in encouragement. Use my story to strengthen someone else’s. Help me become a multiplier who reflects Your heart. Amen.

Today:
Ask God to bring one person to mind—someone younger in age, in faith, or in experience. Write their name down. Then pray, “Lord, show me how to encourage or strengthen them this week.” If you sense a nudge, send a text, speak life, or quietly pray for them. Small acts open big doors.