INFLUENCE
Today's reading: Jeremiah 13-15

"...You are to influence them; do not let them influence you!" Jeremiah 15:19 NLT

Influence-the power or capacity of causing an effect in indirect or intangible ways; corrupt interference with authority for personal gain.

There is a great possibility that 'they' have already influenced you this morning.

Maybe in what you will wear?

How you will feel about what you see in the mirror?

About what you are dreading that's penciled in on your planner?

In regards to who might approach your sales counter?

About whether or not you will fall short, again, in comparison to another?

But that's not how we are supposed to be living.

We are to be the influencers.

The people who make a mark.

The ones who set the bar, encourage others and mark the course.

We have God living in our very souls, and to a world that's hungry for His peace, we have the opportunity to share Him with them...to be Him in flesh...to influence them for Him.