An Enemy Called Average by Mason John

Author:Mason, John [Mason, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Insight International
Published: 2013-09-19T00:00:00+00:00

The majority, many times, is a group of highly motivated snails. If a thousand people say something foolish, it is still foolish. Truth is never dependent upon consensus of opinion.

The Bible says of us Christians, “You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9 NKJV). “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how His ways will really satisfy you” (Rom. 12:2 TLB, italics mine).

One of the greatest compliments anyone can say to you is, “You’re different.” Christians live in this world, but we are aliens. We’re destined for another place; this earth is not our final destination. We should talk differently, act differently, and perform differently. We should stand out.

There should be something different about you. If you do not stand out in a group, if there is not something unique or different in your life, you should re-evaluate yourself. Take a close look at your thoughts, conversations, and actions.

One way to stand head-and-shoulders above the crowd is to choose to do regular, ordinary things in an extraordinary and supernatural way—with great enthusiasm. God does some of His very best work through people right when the circumstances appear to be stacked against them. In fact, God sided with the underdog in every battle described in the Bible—the minority.

Majority rule isn’t always right. It is usually those without dreams or visions of their own who want to take a vote on everything. People in groups tend to agree on courses of action that they as individuals know aren’t right.

Don’t be persuaded or dissuaded by group opinion. It doesn’t make any difference what anyone else believes; you must believe.

Never take direction for your personal life from a crowd. Never choose to quit just because somebody disagrees with you. In fact, the two worst things you can say to yourself when you get an idea are: “That’s never been tried before, so I can’t do it” and “That’s been tried before, so I can’t do it either!” Someone else’s failure in a certain area does not guarantee your failure.

Be a pioneer and stand out! Don’t be afraid to get hit with a few arrows! Be who you are and do what you know you should do.

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