Some Christians admire great artists, actors, actresses, singers or athletes more than they do their pastors and ministers. It’s a shame if those are the only people you admire. You should admire people you know God can trust with great responsibilities because they take the things of God seriously. Look out for such people who you can admire for their impact in the Kingdom of God and let what they do inspire you to greater exploits for God.
I have seen people who would dress and cut their hair like Elvis Presley, because they admire him and want to be identified with him, even though the man has been long dead. There are all kinds of hairstyles today because someone somewhere decided one day to start making their hair that way, and because of the influence and fame they had, many who wanted to be like them adopted their hairstyle. Such admiration is of the flesh, but do you know there’s spiritual admiration? Do you know you can so admire the way someone prays that before long you start praying like him? I particularly admire the Lord Jesus. When I read what He did in the Bible, it goes beyond the written pages. I literally begin to walk with Him and watch Him perform all those miracles. I see the love and compassion on His face as He ministers to the people. The more I spend time with Him as I read about Him in the Bible, the more His life influences mine and the more like Him I become, Hallelujah!
Be inspired by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the great men and women of God, who preach the Word of God with boldness and perform mighty miracles in His Name. But don’t just stop at admiring them; let a desire stir from deep within you to want to be like them in their great achievements for God, so that you too can become a source of admiration and inspiration for someone else.
