Embrace the Within no. 152

Then he said to them, “Go, eat festive food and drink sweet drinks, and send a share to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our lord. Do not be grieved because the joy of Yahweh is your refuge.” Nehemiah 8:10 LEB

There are too many reasons to smile about what God has given then there are to frown, to hate, to sulk, to worry BUT we would rather make ourselves and others miserable when we are not living the light of the Lord. I have the ultimate gift. So, I should act like that every day.

When I was concerned with the world, most things made me angry or fearful. I was afraid of my neighbors because of mainstream media. I was angry at government and people for getting it wrong. I was angry at violence. I was angry at how folks treated me and each other. BUT being angry or afraid doesn’t change the way of the world. Folks always tell me about how they’re going to change the system. And before I would be all in, however, today I just laugh. I don’t have time to be afraid of systems or people or news. I have a witness to be about. I have the King to serve. And serving Him doesn’t look like the world’s way.

Sure, folks think I am weird. BUT, let’s face it, they always thought I was weird. They thought I was weird when I told them the two-party system was a work and they were being marks. They thought I was weird when I told them that voting doesn’t change anything. They thought I was weird when I told them I was raising chickens. They thought I was weird when I started buying dirt and building my plantation. They thought I was weird when I started reading The Bible. They thought I was weird when I let Christ back in charge of my life. They thought I was weird when I started going to church again. They thought I was weird when I finally got baptized. They thought I was weird for riding a tricycle around the neighborhood. They thought I was weird when I started drinking salted water and changed my diet. They thought I was weird when I started working out and taking supplements. AND THEY ARE RIGHT. I am weird. I am not like this world because I am not of this world. I am only here for a brief time to point to the world to come. I am only here to be an Ambassador for His Kingdom. And that is going to look weird to the world.

If folks don’t see that you are different, then how are they going to know you have something different, that you are something different, that you move differently? For the better part of a decade I have been talking to this fella about government and politics and never once knew he was a Christian until recently. What kind of testimony is that to his way of living the Way of the Lord? I guess it isn’t His Way but his way. And his way looks a lot more like the world’s way than His Way. And that gives me pause at times. Do other folks see me or Him?

I pray today that my weirdness be a beacon for Him. I pray that I stand out for Him in all the right ways. I pray that when folks see me they see Him in my life. I pray that I reflect what He wants others to see. And I pray that the reflections is one of joy and peace and abundance.

I love you. I forgive you. Have a blessed and abundant day!

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