Mark Richt is weird. I want to be weird, too.
That is weird in the God way.
Recently I heard about this new book called Weird: Because Normal Isn’t Working by Pastor Craig Groeschel, but had not read it or heard too much about it. Then I watched a few video clips on Lysa TerKeurst’s blog featuring Craig Groeschel. Shortly after that my friend, Laura, told me about his sermon series entitled “Weird” and how it was a must hear. After that I had to find out more. So for the next several days I listened to my IPod every chance I got to learn how to become “Weird”. The longer I listened the weirder I wanted to become and the more secure I became in the ways that I am already considered weird. I talked about being weird so much that my husband never wanted to hear the word again.
“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first. The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.”
John 15: 18-19
John 15: 18-19
This morning as I was reading through Twitter I saw this article about Mark Richt, the head coach of our beloved Georgia Bulldogs football team, and I was inspired to become weird all over again. In this article, Mark Richt talks about his decision to sell his second home on the lake to use his money for “eternal things”. From the perspective of the world that is definitely weird.
Of course some will say that it is to make a decision like that when you have so much money to begin with, but as Christians we know that actually the opposite is true. The more we have the harder it is to trust God by giving it away. The more we give away the more we are entrusting to God. And ultimately the harder it is to be weird in a God way.
This is not just true of money. It is also true of all our resources – our time, our intellect, our thoughts. The more I have of me – what I want, what I think – the less I have of God. I put myself in God’s place which only leads to unrest.
“Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.”
Romans 12:2
Romans 12:2
As Christians we also know where the source of our peace comes from – the kind of peace that others wonder about and question. It comes from this whole idea of being weird and the weirder we become the more of God’s peace we will experience. When I live by God’s plan I experience what most people in the world do not – peace. Why would I continue to do the same things I’ve done to be normal when normal has left me no better off – only still questioning how to find peace?
“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:7
Philippians 4:7
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