Grow your influence for God's kingdom, not yourself. The speaker uses Daniel's refusal to compromise with corrupt power as a model, and warns that taking offense sabotages your witness. Real influence comes from your work and relationships, not your image.
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For us to get the gospel of the kingdom to the ends of the earth, we need influence. And you see, the gospel is powerful enough, but never you speak against those realities. They are important. As you mature, you will see kingdom needs. Some of them will require finance. You will understand the importance. But you will also see kingdom needs, some of them don't require finance, they require relationships. You will also see the importance. You see, I'm saying it is those at the lowest part of the pyramid that burn bridges. Elites don't. You see it on your screen. Even in America, I was watching the burial ceremony of Jimmy Carter, and you see Trump and Obama chatting. I'm saying part of the things you've got to learn is emotional intelligence. You are not smart if you are burning bridges. Daniel chapter number 5, when the king saw an handwriting on the wall, Daniel walked with his father, but Daniel was not working with that king. If Daniel had gone to form opposition party, they won't call him. There are people you want to fight, but you can't fight them because you are a kingdom elite soldier, so you refrain because you know that they are also useful in the world to come. You grow the influence not for you, but for kingdom to be bettered. It's not popularity, it is the ability to make things happen. You cannot be influential if you are not inspiring, and you cannot inspire if you are not doing. You can't tell me that God makes you influential except that he spreads your work. Your work, not your face. Your work, your impact.
Do it. Put it there, send it.
You see, let me just give you one code. When I tell you this, you can't say I've not tried. When the devil sees that you have what it takes to be influential with the gospel, the way he knows he can puncture you is to get into personal offense so that what should have been served to the whole world, your blood is on it. Because as you are speaking, you are bleeding. It is the content of kingdom and Christ that is in it that makes it go far. If it is you that is there It is too heavy to fly. That's the reason why you know offense is too risky. Imagine me coming here now, what I'm teaching is about somebody who look at me and didn't greet me well. They will hear it in Kenya and say, what's this?
Say it again, elite soldiers.
Come on, say it one more time. I am not dumb. I belong to the elite squad.
