Stop Trying to Fit into the World

When you find yourself unable to fit in with nearly any group it may be that you are too radically Christians in a "cultural Christianity."

We are not of the world and the world does not know us nor does it want to know us.

John 15:19

"If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you."

Romans 12:2

"Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect."

Many of the things the world loves we hate or at the least very unimportant to us. The world is looking for recognition and pleasure but we have moved past those things as we love the things of God more than we love our own lives.

Luke 14:26 "

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple."

Many parents are catering to their adult children when they should be letting them go when they are not walking with Christ. They are not on the same path that believers are on and will only deter us from what God wants for us.

James 4:4

"You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God."

We are considered adultresses if we love our families more than we love God.

What the world loves are not enjoyable to us. The world finds our enjoyments repulsive to them. We love to speak of Christ, we love to study His Word, we love to live a quiet life without unnecessary adventure or pleasure. The world thinks we are strange, and have no inkling of how wonderful our life with Christ is as we walk with Him.

When we attempt to fit into the world to be accepted only brings us pain, it is not the life our Spirit wants us to live.

Born-again believers have so radically changed that the pleasures of this world are unattractive to us. The need for superiority over others, competition with others and boasting to appear special are abhorant to the born again believer.

Our contentment in Christ is based on His love and provision very little in this world is attractive to us other than His creation. We enjoy the simple things that He has given us, nature, peace, joy and all the fruit of the Spirit dwell so richly in us that we need nothing else of this world.

Galatians 5:22-23

"22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law."

We must accept that we have changed and continue to change all the time as we grow in the Spirit. Very few people will understand us or even want to understand us. We must let people go who do not want to walk the path with us.

Sentimentality over past relationships is a little like idolatry, it removes our dedication to Christ while causing us to ruminate on the loss instead of moving forward in joy with Him.

We find our identity in Christ and our family are those who have also found their identity in Christ. Our family are those who love Him as much as we love Him. This is rare in our day and we must trust Christ to bring us together in His timing His way.