Impact

Some of the things that people share on Facebook are truly inspiring...
Ok, granted there is lots of stupid as well, but let's focus on something good for a moment.

It was an old BBC TV type excerpt of a talk show kind of thing.
An older gentlemen was sitting in a studio audience totally unaware what or who was seated around him. The host then goes on to ask anyone who owes their life to this particular gentlemen to stand, and all of sudden heaps of people stand up.
Before World War II, 669 children who were destined for Nazi death camps were rescued and transported to England by Sir Nicholas Winton. And many years later, they had came together for a touching surprise tribute to their hero.

If you are like me, then you find this stuff so inspiring...
Sir Nicolas Winton didn't realise what impact he had had on so many.

As I was reading another book yesterday on the life of William Wilberforce, I saw was struck by the impact he not only had on abolishing the slave trade, but on society all together. His legacy or the impact of his life spanned generations! Reforms he prayed for and fought for changed his world!

Now I have never met these gentlemen so I am going to go out on a limb here.
But I don't think they did what they did for fame, fortune or even Facebook likes.
It was something deeper and more profound for them.

They didn't see their lives as merely their lives.
They sensed in some way that they were here for more than themselves.
And because of how they choose to live and use their lives, they impacted the world!

I think that if you want to have an impact you need to be willing to sacrifice something.
Whether it be comfort or resources or safety or pride or position or ....?
Sir Winton and Mr Wilberforce seemed more than willing to go that way, to have their particular impact on the world. 
The question is..."Are we you and I willing to do the same?"
How much I am willing to sacrifice seems intrinsically linked to my impact.

Something to think about...