Be Different

Journey to Holiness: Do not conform to the world

March 20, 2019: Wednesday, Second week in Lent

Jeremiah 18: 18-20; Matthew 20: 17-28

The world tells you to lead; the Word tells you, be led. The world tells you to rule;, the Word bids you, submit. The world tells you to prove yourself; the Word counsels you, be yourself. The world tells you to compete; the Word calls you, collaborate. The world tells you to be the first; the Word reminds you, be the least. The world tells you to dominate; the Word commissions you, serve. The world tells you to go up; the Word challenges you, grow up.

Do not conform to the world, lest you would not belong to Christ! You have a special task: to be different so that you inspire people to be different, and thus make a difference to this world, making it a different place to live. Yes, the crux is, be different!

Your life should make people conspire against you, because you stand out in the crowd, standing for the Reign values of righteousness, peace and joy. Serve, suffer and slog for the least, the lost and the last, you would have done it for the Lord. Power, pleasure and passivity in the face of the miseries around you, will count you among the insensitive lot. To be authentically a Christ-ian, be different. Are you ready to be branded, ridiculed, trodden upon? If yes, you are a true disciple of Christ.

Holiness tip for today: Be different, and make a difference.