The Power of Influence...

Influence is one of the natural phenomenons affecting the world of ours today and it’s the oldest phenomenon started in the garden of Eden when the snake influenced Eve to eat the forbidding fruit which later affected Adam too. It is something many people never take cognisance of but it affects them in ways they can never explain. Influence has the greatest power in the life of human being. It is the power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort. Influence could either be positive or negative but the purpose of this write up is to sensitize us to beware of negative influence.

Many people do not believe that they can be influenced, their believe is that you are only influenced because you want to be influenced. The visibility of the power of influence can be seen in the ongoing issue of the newly discovered Nigerian terrorist ‘Abdulmutallab’ who has dragged his name and that of his well respected family in to mud most especially causing the nations name to be listed among the terrorist nations of the world. Come to thing of it, what would have made the young innocent looking boy of 23 years thought of engaging in suicide bombing to kill himself and also kill other innocent people if not that he has been influenced negatively. He has wined and dine with the terrorists group called the AL-QUAEDA who are the world terrorist group headed by the most wanted man in d world “Osama Bin Laden”.

The ideology of many people is that it is only when u are not comfortable that you can join bad heads but this case of Abdulmutallab has over ruled that ideology. The young boy has everything he needs around him at his beck and call yet he did what someone who does not have anything who is even tired of life may never thing of doing,

Citing more examples about the power of influence is what we can notice on our university campuses in the area of Cultism where u see a young boys and girls who finds it difficult to kill mosquitoes in their homes but on coming to campus after being influenced by initiation into cultism, they turn into wolves harassing, victimizing and even shedding blood of fellow students as they like…

Lets us also look at the lives of some innocent girls who comes to the campus with decent character who were well nurtured and brought up in a good and God fearing environment but on getting to the campus they turn to something else joining the so called happening babes popularly known as ARISTO. At least I personally know some of these girls who put on skirt and blouse when they are under their parents at home but on getting to the campus they put on crazy wears like spaghetti, off shoulders, boobs tube, alter neck, hot pants, waistless jeans e.t.c

Still o the campus scene about influence, it is interesting to know that most of the Aristo girls on our campuses to day were products of influence. A story in OAU when a zonal pastor went to Oshogbo for a pastors conference and after the conference in d evening he decide to visit her daughter on the campus before going back to the hotel from where he would leave d following morning. On getting to the hostel where his daughter stays he met a lady outside and sent her to his daughter room but unfortunately d lady was an Aristos too so she thought d man was one of d daddy arristo whon normally comes
around on weekends so she went to the girls room and told her that a man was looking for her outside.

Meanwhile, d girl was expecting someone to come around to pick her so she thought d person asking for her must have been d person so she quickly applied all d make ups, put on one crazy Boobs top in d name of cleavage and ran out. On getting to the car he saw his father…what a great shock and an unexpected scene. The father was shocked to his marrow…he shouted “is this my daughter”, he entered into his car and drove off d scene. The girl couldn’t bear it that she busted into tears in d public.

Influence is like injecting someone, no matter how strong u may be it will penetrate with time. So, d best thing to do is to flee from all trace of negative influence just like the Bible warns to flee from all evil. It is better to be alone than associate with the bad heads and become bad because human being are liable to be influenced by those we associate with. Guide your association carefully and not carefreely. The Bible even confirmed the power of influenced in the book of proverbs 13: 20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, associate with evil and become evil”.

We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us. Show me your friend and I will tell u who u are, the type of friend u keep tell more about u because your friends contributes 60% of what u are presently and what u’ll become in future. Bad heads corrupts good manner “if a man keeps company with those cursed, he will soon find curses and complaints flowing from his mouth like a river”…be wise as doves in associating with people because the power of influence can never be underestimated if not u’lld have been doing what u can never imagine yourself to be doing.

“Guide your association carefully and not carefreely” and be conscious of the fact "the sheep that walks with dog will surely eat bone”

Cheers!

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30/01/2010