The One Year Bible - Day 230

We read today at the start of Esther about the importance of people in leadership being responsible since they influence other people. Queen Esther, whether or not she should have gone when the king asked, was a role model whether she accepted that or not. We often like to think that we are not role models, not because we think it is a bad idea but because we want to be able to do things we know are not very good and get away with it. Even casual things like swearing, smoking, rebelliousness or lack of commitment are picked up by others, inside and outside the church. It is a fact that if someone else does something bad but sees everyone else doing it, they justify it and lower their standards. If on the other hand, we keep our integrity (in a non-judgemental way) then people are reminded that they need to sort out things in their own life and are hopefully compelled towards Christ.