"that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises."
Hebrews 6:12 (NKJV)
There are some people today who are referred to as "influencers." Generally speaking, these are people who create content, mostly on social media, which gives them some level of credibility in some area and because of this they have gained a following. People will follow some influencer to see what they are saying or doing about a certain thing. The people who follow these influencers are paying attention to what the influencers are saying, as a source of information about how they themselves can do things like the influencers have done.
There are many people in the world today who are exerting an influence on other people, but that is not always good. Sometimes people have some level of credibility with people for whatever reason, but what is really being represented is not so good. We are all influenced by others in some way, and it is good to have examples in our life and people that we can look to as a pattern of how we can do things successfully. But if someone has not really done something of lasting or significant value, should we really be following that person and allowing them to be an influence in our life?
Long before the world came up with the term of "influencer," God already knew the value of a person's influence. As Hebrews 6:12 tells us, we should imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. There are many "influencers" today, but we should not just imitate someone who seems popular according to the world's standards. The people we should follow and allow to be an influence in our lives are those who have successfully followed God and fulfilled His purpose in their life, they are a pattern of how we can do the same things and succeed in our own life.
Hebrews 6:12 (NKJV)
There are some people today who are referred to as "influencers." Generally speaking, these are people who create content, mostly on social media, which gives them some level of credibility in some area and because of this they have gained a following. People will follow some influencer to see what they are saying or doing about a certain thing. The people who follow these influencers are paying attention to what the influencers are saying, as a source of information about how they themselves can do things like the influencers have done.
There are many people in the world today who are exerting an influence on other people, but that is not always good. Sometimes people have some level of credibility with people for whatever reason, but what is really being represented is not so good. We are all influenced by others in some way, and it is good to have examples in our life and people that we can look to as a pattern of how we can do things successfully. But if someone has not really done something of lasting or significant value, should we really be following that person and allowing them to be an influence in our life?
Long before the world came up with the term of "influencer," God already knew the value of a person's influence. As Hebrews 6:12 tells us, we should imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. There are many "influencers" today, but we should not just imitate someone who seems popular according to the world's standards. The people we should follow and allow to be an influence in our lives are those who have successfully followed God and fulfilled His purpose in their life, they are a pattern of how we can do the same things and succeed in our own life.
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