Facing Hypocrisy in Pursuit of Impact

Have you ever wondered if you’re living a life impact?

In other words, what is the footprint you are leaving behind? What is the influence you have on others? How are you making a difference in the kingdom of God, today, in the family and community in which you’ve been placed?

I’m sure that if you’re under twenty-two, you’re likely more interested in considering how to get where you’re “going” rather than considering what you’re leaving behind.

Maybe, if you’ve landed your first job after college, you might be enjoying a brand new and independence, with little thought about the rest of your life and the impact you’ll leave behind.

Maybe your a momma of four little ones under six, and you’re too busy cleaning up spilled milk and changing dirty diapers to consider what it would mean to leave a godly legacy for your children. At this point, your focus is on surviving more than it is on impacting. I know. It wasn’t too long ago that I was in that place.

Or maybe, you have teen children heading in a bazillion directions. Maybe time is rushing through your finger tips so fast, dragging your heart across the concrete like skinned knees on a toddler. Your mind can hardly consider living a life of impact, because you’re so consumed with keeping life going.

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It takes a determined focus and an eternal awareness to live a life of impact, as there will always be an excuse at every turn stunting our sphere of influence. These excuses are what the enemy uses to defeat our impact and hold us back from the places of God designed to use us.

The excuses are endless. Whether it is a matter of feeling too young or too old, feeling a lack in gifting or not mature enough in biblical knowledge, women  struggle with believing that they are equipped by God to step into mentoring roles and live out lives of impact today.

The excuse that traps women the most is likely their fear of being a hypocrite. I’m sure you’ve struggled with that issue even within your friendships. So often we hesitate to respond with advice and biblical truth, because we’ve been in their shoes before and made the wrong choice.

Our silent platitudes act like the enemy’s arsenal. Instead, we should standing in the gap with a dear sister, helping her hold up her shield of faith.

Pride trumps truth, and we all suffer in the end.

Past mistakes don’t disqualify us from leading a life of impact today. {<–Tweet This} On the contrary!  Lessons learned should be shared, with glory given to the restorative work of God instead of the gory details of our sin.

I know women struggle with this hypocrisy excuse, because I’ve heard it time and time again and experienced it in my own life. I feel it the most when speaking at a moms group. Who am I to tell women how to mother when I’m still figuring it out myself, and often stumbling from one mishap to another?  But the truth is that a mentor-teacher-friend isn’t in the relationship to prove her success. She is there to point to Christ! It isn’t about proclaiming our story. It is about declaring the powerful, glorious message of the Gospel, full of lessons learned and grace given. It is within the Gospel — the story about our Savior who came to rescue his people — that we find our calling to live a life of impact. See, we aren’t encouraging others to live like us. Not At All!  We are offering to them the one they ought to follow, Christ himself. In word and deed. In thought and speech. Our impact isn’t based on our example unless that example is us following Christ, distinctly and purposefully.

So let me ask you again, have you ever wondered if you’re living a life of impact?

If you seek to imitate Christ, then you most certainly are a woman of impact.

But maybe it is time for you to grow deeper in understand the impact you have on others?

Maybe you are ready to battle those excuses that hold you back from being a woman of influence.

Impact My Life will help you do just that and we have a chance for you to see why…

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Impact My Life was written to give you the tools to see your role as a woman of impact and life as a mentor. Chapter 6 tackles this issue with clear, biblical teaching points and challenging insights for knowing when to step into a mentoring relationship and when to step out.  You can download Chapter 6 for free by clicking the button and sharing a tweet or Facebook post about Impact My Life.

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