When Dick Fosbury failed to clear 5 feet as a sophomore in high school, he began a search to find a better way to high jump.  The result, the Fosbury Flop, propelled him to great things in track.  The athlete who could not clear 5 feet became an olympic gold medalist who could jump over 7’4”.  What would have happened to Fosbury had he done it the way everyone else did?

 

The same could be said for Tom Brady.  An unathletic, weak-armed, and undersold quarterback from Michigan, Brady had done nothing but win.  Still, no one was too impressed with his lack of physical abilities.  That did not stop Tom Brady from developing into the greatest quarterback of all time.  He simply did not do what everybody else was doing.  He found things to push him harder.  What would have happened to Brady had he done it the way everyone else did?

 

I think we all know the answer.

 

2 Corinthians 10  5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

 

Here is some advice about FITTING IN……….

Don’t Do It!

 

Fitting is exactly the opposite of what you should be doing.  You should be asking God to lead your life in the direction where He has you going.  And most of the time, it is not always the popular, or status quo, route.

 

You were not built to “fit in” or “join in” or “follow” … You were built to lead.

 

Jesus not only emphasizes leadership and plowing your own path, He demands it.

 

Not HALF IN.

Not, “TEST THE WATER”, IN.

Not, “ONLY WHEN IT WORKS”, IN.

ALL IN.

 

In Revelation 3, He tells the Church of Laodicea (which you can visit in Turkey) that He was about to “spit them out of his mouth because they were luke warm”.

 

Jesus walked on the earth and died on the cross to free a people.  He asked that we “pick up our cross and follow Him daily”. DAILY.  He wanted a movement of disciples to change the world in mighty ways, and to some degrees, we have.

 

But He is calling on a new generation.

 

It is a generation that includes you…..and me.

 

It is a generation that is called to love, but not necessarily fit in with, all.

 

It is a generation of TRUE BELIEVERS.

 

Are you stuck in a rut?  Or feeling like you don’t fit well with others?  Or wondering why you feel so differently?

 

It might be God telling you He wants to launch you into something amazing.

Be willing to go along for the ride.  Because fitting in with God is the best thing that you could ever do.

 

Father,

Drive My World

Turn Me Into Something Great

Lead Me In The Way Everlasting

Lead Me To The Cross

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8SZuUM3HLY

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J