Hanna here, today I want to talk about how your relationship with Christ impacts the ones closest to you! I’ve been growing my relationship with Christ more in the past two years than ever before! I’ve noticed how its started to impact the people around me. I got baptized last February and not long after that I picked up on some changes with my husband. First he got saved! I then noticed instead of stressing out in situations he would say “its going to be okay”, “Gods got it”, “stop stressing” etc… Its the little things that start to go a long way. If the people around you see how your relationship with Christ is changing you they will soon want that to and they will start to pick up on certain things and think maybe I should change how I do this etc…
Our relationship with Christ could be a saving grace for someone else. You never truly know how you can impact someone or how you have helped them without physically helping them. God may have given you a certain characteristic that someone else may need help with and through you He helps them. There are so many things God is doing through you that you may not even realize. Look around you, has anyone around you slowly started to change little things? I’ve also noticed that when people are around me they tend to cuss less and if they do they always say “oops sorry Hanna” well there is no need to say sorry to me, say sorry to the Lord but the fact they are realizing its wrong is a starting point!
To help us see how our relationship impacts the ones around us and how God can use us, I asked a few of my close friends and family how my relationship with Christ impacts them and here’s what they said:
-“I love it! It inspires me to become closer to God and it helps me feel more relaxed knowing there’s people around me who are willing to be closer to God.”
-“We build our relationship with God together!! So it influences me to keep building it and growing the relationship I have with Him!”
-“Hanna’s relationship with Christ helps me do better as a Christian. If I say or do something she helps me stay on track. My relationship becomes stronger with not only her but with God because of her strong trust and faith in the Lord.”
-“You made me see the bright side to things, the way you show me bible verses to help me understand and you make me realize more and more of the things He is in control of.”
-“It makes me want to become closer to Christ and to set an example for my daughter. With you being so young its amazing to see you on the path and I pray my daughter follows that same path.”
-“You inspired me to make prayer boards!”
-“I see how God has played a part in your life and it makes me want to have a relationship with God like yours. Your relationship has made me open to going to church again and I feel like God is working on me.”
You see if God didn’t put it on my heart to ask the question of how my relationship with Christ impacts the ones around me, I would of never knew I helped/ made this kind of impact on the people above. My mind is blown that God has been doing this through me the whole time. You see we often times wonder what our purpose is and we ask Him to lead us to it but we could be in the middle of it without even knowing. He truly has opened my eyes and heart by this. Maybe you feel as if you aren’t doing enough but just remember God could be doing something through you that you aren’t aware of yet!
Challenge:
I challenge you to ask the people around you how your relationship with Christ impacts them and see what they say, maybe your eyes will be opened to how God has been working through you this whole time. You’ll be surprised by their responses and what He can do through you!
Key Bible Verses:
“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” -Ephesians 3:20
“It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure” -Philippians 2:13