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Fitting in?
Filed Under Life
The above commercial is a PSA against drug use, but it could be a good representation of us as Christians. How often do we try to just fit in?
In school we dress like our peers, we talk like our peers, and we do the things they do just so we will be liked. We do all the things God hates simply so we can fit in. Our “friends” have a cut-out and if we don’t fit in then we won’t be popular.
In our working life we feel the only way to advance is to give into the pressure to fit the mold the “boss” wants. We run over the people below us and step on those next to us, all for that next promotion, all for that next advancement.
We do so much fitting in that we have left God out of our lives. We give Him a couple of hours on Sunday and we forget Him the rest of the week. We don’t take Him to school with us and we don’t allow Him to be with us on our jobs. We wonder why school violence is up? We wonder why jobs seem so stressful? Where is God? We are so busy fitting in that we gave Him no time.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:2
We have tried so hard to fit in that the world does not see us any different. People complain that the worst sinners are at church. Teens do not see a difference in the lifes of the Christians because they all do the same things. At work you stepped over a co-worker and then tried to witness to them…all to just “fit in”. God calls us to be different then world for a reason. The Bible tells us that that they will know we are Christians (disciples of Christ) by the love we have for each other.
By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” John 13:35
Unfortunately the world sometimes can only tell we are Christians by the hypocrisy of our lives. Our double sided tounge gets us in trouble. Do you want to be a witness to Christ. Do you want your life to be heard? Quit trying to fit in, quit trying to be like the person next to you and start trying to be more like Christ. To truly achieve the success you want in life, to truly be the person God wants you to be, you must first quit being the standard puzzle piece and instead start being different. Show others the love of Christ by first loving them.