Thursday, May 8, 2008

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Dare To Be Different
 
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing and perfect will.  Romans 12:2 
 
If a million people do the wrong thing, that still doesn't make it right! Listen: 'To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages...fall down and worship the golden image that the king...hath set up' (Daniel 3:4-5). Everybody in Babylon was doing it. It meant death if you didn't. But neither peer pressure nor the threat of death could move the three young Hebrews. They said, '...our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace...But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods...' (Daniel 3:17-18). That's not stubbornness, its integrity! If there's nothing different about you, it's time to re-evaluate yourself. Peter says you are part of '...a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar [one-of-a-kind] people...called...out of darkness into His marvelous light' (1 Peter 2:9). Did you get that? You're 'one of a kind,' called to bring glory to God in every circumstance and turn on the light wherever you go! Forget about having a consensus before you make a move, or conducting a poll before you obey. Check your Bible; in most battles, God was on the side of the underdog! Don't let people with no vision vote on yours! Listen to God! Walk with Him! Do only what He tells you! When Martin Luther was told, 'The whole world is against you,' he replied, 'Then I'm against the whole world.' That's why he made a difference!
 
Prayer
Heavenly Father, help me to remember that I can only take orders from one person – help me see that it is you.  In the end – obedience to you is what will count.  In Your precious name, Amen
 

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