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Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, ...
webstix.com Tony Herman - the coolest cat on the net
TDAgiantslayer@gmail.com
Once upon a time, there was an old man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach every morning before he began his work. Early one morning, he was walking along the shore after a big storm had passed and found the vast beach littered with starfish as far as the eye could see, stretching in both directions.
Off in the distance, the old man noticed a small boy approaching. As the boy walked, he paused every so often and as he grew closer, the man could see that he was occasionally bending down to pick up an object and throw it into the sea. The boy came closer still and the man called out, “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?”
The young boy paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean. The tide has washed them up onto the beach and they can’t return to the sea by themselves,” the youth replied. “When the sun gets high, they will die, unless I throw them back into the water.”
The old man replied, “But there must be tens of thousands of starfish on this beach. I’m afraid you won’t really be able to make much of a difference.”
Im to busy
I don’t have the talent
I don’t have the resources
I don’t have the intelligence
The problem is too big
The problem is our excuses are based on faulty thinking. What do I mean? Well changing peoples lives or at least influencing them happens in powerful ways… but very subtle. We confuse powerful with big, loud, massive colossal magical moments… These are so rare they should not even be considered. The greatest influence is subtle.
You have heard me say this before, but you don’t learn a southern accent, you slowly align to it from a subtle influence. The same holds true by how you change someones life. Be around them and love Jesus and love them.
Think of Jesus… his goal was to change the whole world. So what did he do? He chose 12 men, one which was a traitor. He spent only 3.5 years with them. He left them confused, wondering and in doubt….
What was the difference? He empowered them with the Holy Spirit and taught them the power of focusing on one at a time.
Even when Jesus ministered in the crowds, he focused mostly on the single individual. What if Jesus said “I can do this miracle, but there is not a big enough crowd”. Or I can do this miracle but it won’t really mean much to this person - they are not of influence. Or I could do this miracle or serve this person, but it is a minor little thing that will have no difference on history.
You sir - yes you who is listening has the chance to change one persons life… you may not know who, you may not know when, you may not know how - but you keep serving people and loving Jesus and watch what happens.
I had a conversation with a traveling evangelist about a time he came and spoke at our camp…. he said I was getting ready to leave and quit the ministry, until you spoke into my life!
Can you change everyones life? NOPE, but can you change 1? Absolutely. Go for it.
