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Impacting Those Who Watch You

WITNESS

Ephesians 4:17–24

(POSB, note 1, point 7.)

Your witness makes a big difference as you walk with Christ in this world. It is important to guard yourself from the “old man” who wants to represent you. Don’t be discouraged! Your Christian life lived out makes an impact on those who are watching you. Look closely at this story and apply it to your walk:

An old man, walking the beach at dawn, noticed a young man ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Catching up with the youth, he asked what he was doing. The answer was that the stranded starfish would die if left until the morning sun.

“But the beach goes on for miles, and there are millions of starfish,” countered the old man. “How can your effort make a difference?”

The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it to safety in the waves. “It makes a difference to this one,” he said.