Game Changers and Tone Setters

Wow, I can't believe it's been two months since I last blogged. I know I kept telling myself that I needed to get back to my blog, but something always seemed to come up that I thought need my attention more. And it's not that I haven't had ideas that weren't blog worthy, just seemed that life happened to get in the way. Seems that is the way it always happens with a lot of things in my life. I have great expectations and plans and then life happens, and I get side tracked. I need to find a way to stay focused on what is important and not loose sight of what it is I'm put here on earth for. So what am I put here for? Quite simple, I'm called to be a game changer and a tone setter. What, you may ask, am I talking about? I, as a Christian, am called to be different, not conformed to the world, but to have my thoughts and actions, my mind and my heart, centered on the things of God. I am to look for ways to show and share God's love with others, in my home, at my work, and on my streets.

How important is this? It's ETERNAL!! I'm still reading in Genesis and the answer to this question can be found in Chapters 18 and 19. These chapters are about God's judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah. We know how the story goes. The Lord tells Abraham that basically Sodom and Gomorrah is going to be destroyed for it's wickedness and Abraham then pleads for them. Abraham successfully pleads Sodom's case and the Lord tells Abraham that if ten righteous people can be found, then He would not destroy Sodom. So, out of a city of thousands, there only had to be ten righteous people. TEN!! Seems pretty easy right, especially to Abraham since he figured that his nephew and his family would easily fulfill the ten. Yet, we all know that God's judgment came upon Sodom and Gomorrah, and it was destroyed. So, not even ten righteous people could be found. Sodom and Gomorrah is no longer on the map not because of the number of unrighteous people. Sodom and Gomorrah is no longer on the map because of the lack of number of righteous people. WHOA!! Abraham was betting on the idea that his nephew Lott, who had been living in Sodom for 20 years, had somehow had an influence on the people around him. Abraham believed that Lott had his same faith and love of God and that he passed that on to his family and friends. How sad that that was not the case.

The question comes to me then. Am I influencing those around me? The righteous will set the tone. Am I being a game changer and a tone setter? The righteous will set the tone. Am I living a life of caring for other people, showing the same love that God shows me to others? The righteous will set the tone. Am I living unexpectedly, surprising others with my godliness? The righteous will set the tone. If God was suddenly to come to Karnes City, looking for ten righteous people, would He find them? Will I have lived here for 20 years and not influenced just ten people to be righteous in the eyes of the Lord? My prayer is then that I would be a game changer and a tone setter, that I would be an influence on those around me, and that God would be able to find a whole lot more than ten righteous people in the wake of my presence!