Breaking From the Herd

"Following Christ with all your heart is tough. Sometimes God calls you…
to take risks
to stand up against things
to go against the flow
to do something remarkable.

But when you live for the approval of others you limit your life to following the herd.  You see, most people feel safest when they’re in the middle of the herd. What happens when you break off to follow a God prompt, to take a risk, is the herd will criticize you until you fall back with the rest of the crowd. The approval addict is destined for a life of mediocrity because they always have to follow the herd.

So we all have an important decision to make. Are we going to allow the voices of criticism to define us or the voice of the one who gave His very Son for our salvation.

I want to live authentically. And by that I mean, the practice of letting go of who you think you should be in order to embrace who God’s calling you to be.

Choosing to be “real” over being “liked” will not be the safest thing you do, but it might be the most God honoring and rewarding.

Do you know why so few people live like this? It takes tremendous courage. You are constantly bombarded by a culture (sometimes even in the church) that is doing its best, day and night, to make you anybody but yourself.  That’s why authenticity is the cry of all but the game of few.  Letting go of who we think we’re supposed to be and embracing who we are in Christ is one of the most courageous battles that we’ll ever fight."

-Pete Wilson