Influence
"He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm." Proverbs 13:20
When our fearless leader showed up with full body white cover ups, I should have known things were about to get really really interesting. The owners of the house, who had no means to pay anyone, had a kitchen drain that had come apart under their crawl space. We were there to fix it in Jesus' name. Water, etc. had been pouring out onto to the ground for who knows how long. We had to lay down some plastic tarp, crawl over the muck and through the cobwebs to get to the drain pipe to repair it. The men I was with that day reminded me that sometimes loving others is a tough and dirty job.
The writer of the Proverbs here lets us know in no uncertain terms that we will come under the influence of those with whom we spend our time. Guilty by association if you will. We get to choose ... Do we want to be guilty of being wise or being foolish? Granted, we are told to love and serve all people, but we are to be very careful about who we allow close enough to influence our thinking and subsequently our actions.
Who is influencing you today? Where are you turning for input regarding your decisions? Maybe we should ask it this way. Are the people whose influence you are avoiding standing for God and his word or not?
Grace and Peace,
Tom
When our fearless leader showed up with full body white cover ups, I should have known things were about to get really really interesting. The owners of the house, who had no means to pay anyone, had a kitchen drain that had come apart under their crawl space. We were there to fix it in Jesus' name. Water, etc. had been pouring out onto to the ground for who knows how long. We had to lay down some plastic tarp, crawl over the muck and through the cobwebs to get to the drain pipe to repair it. The men I was with that day reminded me that sometimes loving others is a tough and dirty job.
The writer of the Proverbs here lets us know in no uncertain terms that we will come under the influence of those with whom we spend our time. Guilty by association if you will. We get to choose ... Do we want to be guilty of being wise or being foolish? Granted, we are told to love and serve all people, but we are to be very careful about who we allow close enough to influence our thinking and subsequently our actions.
Who is influencing you today? Where are you turning for input regarding your decisions? Maybe we should ask it this way. Are the people whose influence you are avoiding standing for God and his word or not?
Grace and Peace,
Tom
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