Being different from the world is a choice. A choice we so rarely make. What is so bad about being different? Or is the issue we have, not that difference is bad, but that we are scared to be different? Being different is scary. It means being separate from the crowd, whether it be by the way we dress, live, talk, or act. It means people probably making fun of you because your different. It means putting yourself in the spotlight. Doing that is ridiculously scary.
I can honestly say that I have always hated being in the public eye. I've always preferred to blend in and not be noticed. It is a whole lot easier for m. However, while in my Old Testament class this morning, my teacher was talking about how the Israelites never wanted to be different from those around them and that they kept trying to conform to the world. I then realized that that is exactly what everyone, including me, do. We try not to stand out, we try to "be normal". We try to do this, but this is actually opposite of what God is calling us to do. He is calling us to be different from the world. Being different by obeying His laws, listening to what He says in His Word, and being a light in a darkened world. He calls us to be a light, not another worldly man or woman.
I think all of this then poses the question: What do we do about it? There's no easy answer to this question. We stand out. It's hard to do, but it needs to be done. To be light to the world, we need to step out from underneath the bushel we are hiding under. So, I don't know about anybody else, but I need to step out. I need to be a light. I need to be who God wants me to be and I don't think that includes me hiding in a corner somewhere.
"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of
your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what
is good and acceptable and perfect."
Romans 12:2
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