Be Separate

Be Separate

 “Therefore, Come out from them and be separate,” says the Lord. 2 Corinthians 6:17

There really is a call on our lives to be distinct, to be different. Even with the relentless pull of culture to blend in and conform, the call of our Lord is for us to be “other worldly” in the midst of this one.

Consider some of these biblical admonitions:

Do not conform 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
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. John 17:15
Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life. Philippians 2:14-16
You are the salt of the earth. . . .  You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Matthew 5:13-14

I find these scriptures to be very humbling. They’re good reminders that my life really isn’t my own, and that I really am on loan here from God.

I am supposed to be different. I am not supposed to fit in.

And neither are you.

It’s not that we’re to be troublemakers or trying to draw attention to ourselves by seeing how much we can stick out. It’s rather that the more we become like Jesus the less this culture and this world will have for us. We’ll be distinct.

Why not spend some time today evaluating your own distinctiveness.

Lord, help us to be in this world, but not of it.