Influence

As I wait for my running buddy, I was thinking over the week so far. Can I just say... GOD IS GOOD!!!! This week I'm being influenced by a very young girl. You know... it absolutely does not matter how old you are. You can influence those around you. You have the opportunity every day to make an impact. It can be a good one or a bad one. It's totally up to you. I can say this... you will have ALOT more friends if you choose the good over the bad. Anyway.. there is currently a young girl...She's either in 8th or 9th grade. I need to find that out for sure, but Ohhh MY... this kid is CHALLENGING ME! She is loving on me in HUGE GOD ways! I'm overwhelmed by the things that she is saying about me!!
I was thinking about the Bible this morning. Think about all the Young people that God used. There was David. David faced a HUGE giant of a guy that made everybody scared to death. What was different about David was that he believed God. He believed that God was on his side. That believe came from the relationship that David had with God!! It's sooo easy to forget what we believe. It's what the enemy wants. He doesn't want us to remember God. His idea is to get us sooo inwardly focused that we forget that we have someone who will fight our battles for us and that we have NO reason to fear. Here was this enormous man who was intimidating everyone around him. Everyone was afraid of him. David comes along and says I'm not afraid... Fear doesn't control my life. I have God to fight for me. Everyone looks at him like he's crazy! But he has an intimate relationship with God. He knows If God is for him who can be against him. Sooo...he pulls out his slingshot and a rock and pow...down goes Goliath.
Everyday we have things that come against us..and sometimes we are too inwardly focused to have enough faith in God to fight the battle for ourselves. Maybe discouragement comes your way and you are too weak to fight..so you give in. Well... God knows when that happens. He's the kind of God who will send in someone to fight it for you. Maybe a friend..Maybe a 9th grade girl..just practicing believing God. We are NOT alone!
For me.... things are good in my world right now for the most part. God has put me in this girl's life for a reason. Maybe it's just to influence each other. Influencing each other to be better Christians. To get closer to Jesus.....I don't know, but I can say this... I don't know what I did to deserve such love, but I'm certainly glad that Faith Price is in my life! She is a GIANT slayer! She's gonna be a powerhouse for the Kingdom and I'm gonna be on the front row cheering her on!!