You’re either being influenced, or you are being the influencer. For Judah, their position was in the center of nations and kingdoms that were fully worshiping false gods. While Judah was in a position to influence the people surrounding them, they were allowing themselves to be influenced by idolatry. Zephaniah gathers the people together to warn them and tell them to return back to God. You may find yourself in the middle of negative influence and surrounded by darkness. Because of this, have you ever prayed for your position to be changed, thinking that it would be easier if God changed your place? We don’t need a change of position but a change of perspective. Oftentimes, God wants us to embrace our position so that we can discover our purpose. The dark and lost world that we are placed right in the middle of is the dark and lost world that we are called to be a light to. Are we going to allow the world to influence us, or are we going to influence the world? Listen to this sermon about embracing our position and influencing the world in the fourth part of our Return series.

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