Your Influence

On yesterday I said we would see what really belongs to us and where we can or can’t take it. I was talking about what is really ours. We buy a house and we pay a mortgage; we call it our house but it’s really not ours because we signed an agreement that we would pay so much for a period of time. We buy a car and we call it ours but it’s not either.  One day if we live long enough we’ll have the house and car paid for but it still won’t belong to us. You see we really don’t own anything and it’s for sure we can’t take anything with us when we die. We all came into this life the same way naked and broke and we will all leave it taking nothing with us.    

1Timothy 6:7  For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

We get to thinking that we own some things but if you will take some post-it notes and place one on everything you will take with you at the point of your death then you will see what you really own. We don’t really own anything but I believe we can influence others so they too can go to heaven. If you will remember Noah while building the Ark tried to influence others, but on the day the Ark set sail there was just Noah and his family on board. Is it possible that you and I could have enough influence on our families that they would put their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ? Maybe that’s what we are being told in:

Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Why waste our time if our training won’t make a bit of difference. No, we will not be racing up and down the golden avenues of heaven in our BMW or anything else we think we can take with us. As Noah left with his family all aboard the Ark safe and sound we too can also influence our family for heaven. It is true we brought nothing into this life and it’s certain we won’t be carrying anything out; but we can influence many while we are here. Have you had a part in the influence of others? Have you been an influence on your family, your friends and those around you for the cause of Christ. I hope the answer is YES!