Different

There is a song by Micah Tyler, titled Different, that I have really enjoyed listening to, playing, and trying to sing. While I certainly haven't lived Micah Tyler's life, nor he mine, I can relate to wanting to be different. Not, different in a physical sense; different in a spiritual sense.

I shared with the congregation yesterday that I want to be different for my LORD, and I want to be different for my wife and kids, and all those others that GOD puts in my path. I want my wife and kids to know that I know the LORD, and that relationship positively affects every relationship I have or will ever have. I want them to be able to look at others and say that the most noticeable thing about my husband/Dad is that he knows JESUS.

Today's word is one that I have used before but it reminds me that we are called to be different: 2 Corinthians 6:17, NLT, reads, "Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them says the LORD. Don't touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you."

The reason I want so desperately to be different is because it is getting harder and harder to tell the difference from those that profess Christianity and those that don't. There are those, and I am included at times, that profess to wanting to live for JESUS that are doing things that are so far removed from Him that there is no way that you can do that and be right with Him.

I want to be His, useful to Him. I want my kids to know that my relationship with JESUS permeates every decision I make and every step I take. I want them to know that it is because of Him that I am what I am. I want them to know that my faith is in Him and I know that I know that He has it all under control. I want them to see that I am different.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T