Do you want to inspire or impact?

It's great to be inspired, but to make an impact, action is required. Many people talk a great talk, but few people follow through, with the words they have spoken. Think about it. Some one tells you that they are going to lose weight, and get in shape. The next time you see them, they look the same. Even in the church it happens. You talk to some one, and they tell you how much they love Jesus, and how they want to serve Jesus, and the next thing you know they are bar hopping, and partner shopping.

I don't know about you but I don't want to be some one who inspires others, although that is good. I want to have a lasting impact on people. Goosebumps are great. Feeling like you can take on the world, are a great feeling. Driving the devil back and healing the sick are a whole lot better, than a goose bump.

When Apostle Paul spoke he made an impact on people. God backed Paul up because, Paul was walking in obedience to Christ. If we want to make an impact on people, culture, and the world for that matter, we must be walking in obedience to Christ. I wrote a song that says, "Wherever you go I'll go, whatever you say I'll say, whatever you teach, I'll teach and whatever You pray I'll pray..." The words to this song were birthed out of my prayer time with Him. I was singing my commitment back to Him. In being committed to Him, it made it easy to be committed, to those in authority over me. In keeping with that I know the things I taught in other countries, as well as here at home, have had, and continue to have, a lasting impact on the lives of others, and therefore a lasting impact on the culture at large.

So the question then remains. What are you going to do? Do you want to inspire or impact? The choice is yours. Wherever you are or wherever it is you are wanting to go, the first step to doing the latter is obedience to God and His Word. The choice is yours. God's Word has enough power to bring itself to pass without any other evidence in the five physical senses. All God asks us to do is seek and obey for there truly is no other way.

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