"The people who influence us most are not those who buttonhole us and talk to us, but those who live their lives like the stars in heaven and the lilies in the field, perfectly simply and unaffectedly. Those are the lives that mould us." (Oswald Chambers)
"I would rather see a sermon than hear one any day."
Without a life lived in the constant principles of Jesus, my words are just sounds on the wind. They are not to be taken seriously, if they are not lived out everyday. I can speak the truth, but if I do not live it, people are turned off, and I have no influence on them at all.
Several years back, and maybe they are still in fashion, there were bracelets with WWJD on them, What Would Jesus Do? I never had one, but I presume that the thought behind it was to get people to think before they acted, so as to do the "right thing", or not destroy any witness that they had, by some foolish act or word.
A book I once read asked the reader to picture what their tombstone would look like if they could write their own epitaph. At the time I remember that I wrote down "He served others in Jesus Name", but maybe a better choice would be "His life was a constant witness to what he believed".
If that is what I would like to be remembered for, I had better start doing life that way before my time runs out.
An impossible task in my own strength but not with God's help.
Help!
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