THE BETTER INFLUENCER June 9, 2020
I came across an
online article that said it seems the IG influencers people used to patronize
and idolize before had grown less influential. Probably because with the
pandemic, people have realized that instead of stalking and hanging on every
post and update of their favorite stars, life is better off under the new
normal if they actually try to learn a new skill or earn an income alternative
to the ones they have lost or been reduced to doing.
What do most of these
influencers do anyway? Many of them seem to be endorsing fashion, cosmetics and
beauty enhancements, even immorality and vice, and little in the way of
actually helping people work to better themselves. They are called influencers
because by what they do, what they say, what they wear, they influence people
to do likewise. And because many of their followers are minors, that says a lot
about the kind of things we allow our children to learn and adapt.
But what should be the
kind of influence we expose our children to? We learn in today’s Word in 1
Peter chapter 3 verses 3 and 4 that it is not the outward adornment--ornaments,
beautifully done hair, or the latest fashionable clothes—that determine our
worth as individuals and standing before our Maker, but what is in our hearts,
that is, a humble and quiet spirit. And it is considered a great price itself
in the presence of GOD.
People grow old,
fashions fade, memories are forgotten, pretty pictures soon wear and tear. The
only thing that lasts is character. And this, what reign supreme are humility
and inner peace. It lets us stand and endure amidst trials, it keeps us
grounded in victory and prosperity, and it gives us wisdom and patience in
adversity. It is something that does not tarnish, uncorruptible, and lasts
beyond our lifetimes.
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