Your Distinguishing Characteristic
I was in a conversation recently when I was asked the following question about someone I know very well.
“Tell me what distinguishes him from so many others”.
I had never been asked that question about this particular person so I thought about it for a few moments before answering…
1. Good communicator? Yes. Distinguishing characteristic? No.
2. Good leader? Yes. Distinguishing characteristic? No.
3. Engaging Personality? Yes. Distinguishing characteristic? No.
After a couple minutes of thinking through some of the potential answers, I blurted out the following. ”The distinguishing characteristic of that man is that when I am around him it is evident that he has been with Jesus. As a matter of fact, I want to be more like Jesus every time I am with this person.”
I am not sure that there was a greater compliment I could have given him. I am not sure there is a greater compliment that anyone could ever give us.
That said, what is our (yours and mine) distinguishing characteristic? I am not sure what it is right now but I know what I desire for it to be.
Acts 4:13 When they saw the courage of Peter and John and realized that they were unschooled, ordinary men, they were astonished and they took note that these men had been with Jesus.
