Somehow we all get placed into a mould. People want us to fit a certain requirement, dress a certain way and become a certain mirror of what they want to see. Some people end up becoming the very denomination they are a part of. They act that way, they dress that way, they even fake it till they look the part. Some people dress formal because their pastor said so, they said, "We are going to the house of the Lord" Now we must dress like someone we are not. "No, you are coming to the house of the Lord you must look presentable" is what they say or think when they see you with a jean and t-shirt. Yes sure, you should not be coming half naked to church, that is definitely not what I am talking about. I am talking about dressing a certain way and it is just not you.
One day before church my pastor and I were talking and somehow the topic came about dress code. I decided then to say to him, "Well then, maybe I will grow into wearing formal." You know just trying to be on okay terms with the older generation. His response to me blew my mind. He said, "Well some people just doesn't wear formal." (Paraphrased) The point was not about the clothes, the point is, break out of the mould. Previous generations should understand that the generation that is living now is a generation of expression and freedom. If you are not going to open the door for them to be themselves within the borders of moral, ethical and spiritual values then they are going to take their bags and walk the other way. There must be rules, there must be laws else we would go off the rails. However, rules and moulds are two different restraints.
What do you say you are when people ask you? Do you say I am a singer? Do you say I am a doctor? Do you say I am a student? These things are not who we are Dr. Cindy Trimm says. Who we are is found in Him. That is why we fit so easily into moulds people force us into and we just start running with it, when we were not called to do that. Who we are is ONLY found in Him, what He says about my life and who I am in His Word.
The bible says we must become like a child. Looking at a child, a child does not change who he or she is to accommodate someone else. Quite frankly what you see is what you get and there is no grey shades but only black or white. Growing up I wanted to please people, do things their way. All of their ways are not always the right way. Some people's ways are principles and others are just their own lifestyle and routines. We ought to be like children again and unlearn certain things. Jesus Christ came to set us free not only from sin and shame, but from ourselves. He wants to dress us in who He says we are.
We are royalty. We ought to be like royalty. That is our mould, a mould the Father gave to us through His Word. I refuse to settle or bow to anyone's framework they have set out for me. I am the way I am because God wired me this way. If He wants to change the things not pleasing to Him, then surely He will, but to fit into someone else's mould is not my cup of tea. I will break the mould and everything you brought with it.
Be you and He will use the you inside of you. He does not need another copy or mirrored image of someone else. He wants a real, transparent individual who will show the world the wonders of unique flow. Sometimes we pray and ask Him to strip everything away and we think it is just our sin and the things that make us fall, but He wants to strip away the walls and everything that put you in a box. Allow Him to break what needs to be broken.
Shalom.
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