Desire to have influence? I think all of us would desire that people would follow
us. I mean, we want to be the next famous person. We want to be the one that
everybody's looking to for answers and solutions. But oftentimes I find myself
with excuses. And you know, I didn't get that opportunity. I don't have that
platform. There's excuses that I have about my speech and who I am and where I
come from. What the Bible teaches us in 1st Timothy chapter 4 verse 12, it says
that we shouldn't let anybody look down on us because we are young, because of
who we are. But rather we should be the example in life and love and speech and
impurity. The Bible doesn't give us excuses. It gives us the truth. If we want
to have influence, if we want to impact others, we've got to start doing
something. Setting the example. So reflect on that today. It's not the excuses that
hold us back. It's us. Let's be the example.