Conformity

The world system has always put pressure on us to conform. Marketing tells us what food we should consume, what car we should drive, and what house we should buy, among many other things. Political ideologues instruct us how to follow the party line. With social media, we are now told how to speak and who our friends should be.

Following all these voices can be exhausting and frustrating. Exhausting, because so many voices can be heard with so many different judgments. Frustrating, because the voices don’t agree with each other. It would be easier if there was just one voice to follow and if that voice was both authoritative and good.

Well, God has spoken on the matter of conformity and we seem to have gotten it all wrong. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” Instead of having concerns about what other people say we should do, we need to think differently. We should renew our minds in the truth of God’s Word. There we will find what is good and acceptable and perfect. Because there we will find God’s will. Let’s shut out the voices of the world and listen to God, the one true authoritative and good voice.