Women of Influence: Pt. 2 What Influence?

Two entries in one week!?! Well, I am catching up after a weekend women’s retreat. I hope you don’t mind.

The last entry introduced my belief that every woman has a God-given spirit of influence and a sphere of influence. That influence is not limited to possessing a title, a position, or a place in the history books.

Some women fear that they have no influence at all. Perhaps that influence has been diminished from what God had intended. Perhaps the women have believed a lie that they have no influence.

Others fear that they cannot have a positive influence because they are not perfect (who is?) or because of something bad they have done in the past, even though they have repented and have been forgiven.

II Timothy 1:7 tells us that “God has not given us a spirit of fear…but of love, power, and a sound mind.” Some translations say “self-discipline.”

All the fruits of God’s Spirit flow out of this (Galatians 5:22): love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

Every woman has a spirit of influence. That spirit will be a godly one if we are walking in God’s spirit and letting Him produce His life through ours.

Every woman has also been given a sphere of influence. It may be a workplace, a neighborhood, a Sunday School class, or a group of friends. If she is married, certainly it is her husband. And if she is a mom, it is her children and one day, her grandchildren.

Each moment of contact with other people is a sphere of influence, however brief.

To be continued...