4 Weeks Of Foundation By PlanetboomSample

New & Different

You are a New Creation! What good news this is. Praise God that we are not the sum of our mistakes, the things we have thought and done wrong, because I don't know about you, but I sure ain't perfect.  When we ask Jesus into our life, the Bible tells us that we are a NEW CREATION, that the old has gone and the new has come. God gives us a fresh start, a clean slate. He forgives us of our sins and everyday His mercies are NEW. But it gets better, because once we are in Christ not only are we made new, but we are different/set apart. You know what? I feel like this isn't necessarily something that everyone wants to hear straight away.  Comparison is everywhere...on social media, at school and everywhere else. We can work so hard to 'fit in' and be like everyone else that being told we are 'different' doesn't feel like a compliment. But today I want you to understand the beauty and the power in the truth that you aren't just a cookie-cutter version of the next person. You have been set apart, chosen, hand picked by God. There is a unique, unlike-anyone-else purpose and destiny upon your life. God has recreated you to be set apart from the world, a light on a hill! Your light, the power of what Jesus has done in your life, plus your personality & your gifts were not designed to be hidden or conformed to society's patterns or ideals. You have been created to stand out, to be different. So today as you read through these scriptures would you take some time to think...when everyone else is gossiping at school, what does that look like to be different? When everyone is going out and partying, what does it look like to be different? When everyone is compromising what they believe in, what does it look like to be different? What does being set a part look like for you today?