My life influences people . Guess what ? So does yours.
Sunday, I shared about leveraging our influence—the influence that God has given NewPointe--influences and resources, not to make us comfortable but to position us to make a difference in our world. One of the things that I said was I would rather fail at attempting to fulfill what God is calling us to than to succeed in the eyes of men and fail in God’s eyes. I mentioned that I am even willing to be misunderstood.
A young man came up after the service and said, “Dwight, I want to share something with you. Your obedience affects my obedience, so please always be obedient to God even if it means being misunderstood.”
I want to challenge you today to remember that your obedience affects other people’s obedience. It gives people the courage to do the right thing, when they see others obeying God. You are either influencing people towards Christ or away from Christ.
PS. Every action and every word either causes you to gain influence with others or lose it.
