WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

What are you doing?
I heard on the radio a gentleman say, “I got tired of being influenced and decided I want to be an influence-er”. Immediately I thought to myself, “I can preach that statement”.

So I ask, what are you doing, are you influencing or being influenced, are you leading or following. Who are you influencing or being influenced by? Who are you leading or following?

What are you influencing others to do or what are you being influenced to do? Where are you leading others or where is the person you are following going?

I finally got it through my thick scull that there will always be leaders and followers.
As a teacher I want everyone to be a leader, but my experience and now common sense reveals that no matter how bad I want it, it will not happen. The world is set up with leaders and followers.
At times I would get angry with followers waiting to see what I was going to say or do before they made a decision. I didn’t understand followers, I thought of them as weak. But now I get it, we all are doing one of two things influencing or being influenced. Leading or following.
As a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, I am careful with the authority I walk in, I am careful to influence others to embrace Christ, His love, and His grace. I understand that Christ has called me to lead and I don’t take that responsibility lightly, because if I am leading, there is someone trusting the Christ in me enough to follow what I am saying or doing to be truth.

What about you, what are you doing?
Love Ya,
Carolyn Denise
www.CarolynDenise.com