“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is
the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the
gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”- Jesus
(Matthew 7:13-14)
I’m
sick of being normal, aren’t you? People look the same, talk the same, walk the
same, think the same groups of people are cool, dress the same way, follow the
same fashions, hold to all the same trends, like all the same popular music,
and often, end up carrying the same hurts, wounds, failures, frenemies
(friend/enemies), broken friendships, and guilt because of these “normal”
choices.
Jesus
does a radical thing: he calls us to be different…like majorly different. See,
there’s a type of weird that looks weird to the outside world because it is so
different than the way everyone else does things. It is so different because
although it is easier in the long run, it sometimes takes that little bit of
extra thought, prayer, and wisdom up front. This is what Romans 12:2 is all
about!
So,
during the next few weeks, let’s commit to being weird in all kinds of ways.
You’re Junior Highers, you could teach the rest of us adults how to do that
better! By the time we finish this series, let’s stand out at our schools and among
our friends by how we treat others, let’s stand out by the words we do and don’t
use, let’s stand out by the things we get stoked on, let’s stand out because of
the stances we take, let’s stand out as if we are followers of the One, True
God! Yeah?
I’m
pretty excited about this. I hope you are, too!
For
Him,
-Brandon
PS:
Two questions for you commenters. 1) What is the weirdest thing you’ve
seen/done/eaten. 2) What is a way you can stand out in your school this week?
