Last month, I attended the company’s annual management conference and during the last day, the company’s CEO was making his usual presentation. In what would be his last company conference before he retires next year, his presentation shifted from the usual spreadsheets, graphs, company plan, etc. This time, he decided to take us through his personal journey and plan in life.
His presentation stole the hearts of those in attendance including mine.
As he openly shared his heart, he mentioned of a time in which things weren’t going so well in his personal life despite initial career success and when things hit rock bottom, he turned his life around by making a decision to model the life of David in the bible (his first name is David). He quoted the bible books of Acts 13:22 and Acts 13:36 as one of his favorite scriptures which speaks of David as a man after Gods heart.
He credits this single decision as one which transformed his life forever.
When I heard this, I remember thinking: “Being a Christian, I have never thought of modelling a bible character before?” I know a good number of bible characters and most of them its simply surface knowledge.
The bible has over 100 good characters or models from Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Noah, Jacob, Hannah, Sarah, Racheal, Paul, John, Peter, Moses, Solomon, David, Daniel, Matthew, Samson, Samuel, Timothy, Mary, etc. Each one led a different and unique life (in terms of circumstances and experiences) from the other but ultimately found favor in Gods eyes.
They must be a reason why the bible is not a “one man show” book as the characters give us a wide choice from which we can relate our own experiences and deeply learn from each individual.
In a way, you might be facing similar circumstances to one of them or might even be named after one giving you a good head start on which role model to pick.
Once you decide on which character, you can start following their stories in the bible in a similar way that we follow modern day role models on social media.
And if you follow closely enough, it could have a profound effect on your life.
Who are you modelling?
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