Last night I was watching some sermons by Craig Groeschel from his series entitled "Weird: Because Normal Isn't Working." The series is built around Matthew 7:13-14: “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it." Most people are cruising through the broad gate, which, unfortunately, leads to their demise. But the brave few, the "weird" as Groeschel calls them, find the small gate and enter onto the narrow road.
Anyway, here's one critical point he made: Normal people desire the please themselves and/or other people. Weird people desire to please God. And I started thinking about how confusing and frustrating it can be to meet people's expectations. First off, friends, parents, siblings, co-workers, neighbors, etc. each have separate expectations for you. What happens when your parents want you to study more but your friends want you to party more? It's impossible to satisfy everyone else's requirements for your life, because chances are, they don't overlap. Moreover, chances are higher that they'll change their minds about what they want from you. People are fickle like that. Pleasing people can become a huge mess.
And, of course, there are those people who say "I do my own thing" or "I don't care what people say about me." Well... Those people are lying. It's natural to care what others feel about us. As humans we long for significance in the world. We desire to feel important to others. If we don't, well... let's just say that's one reason anti-depressant prescriptions are filled.
But there's hope. In fact, there's no need for
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