It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know we often try to mold people into our idea or view of what should be. It is one thing to talk about “not making God fit into our mold”; it is another to then turn around and try to do the same to people. For various reasons, it is wrong.

No one likes to be someone’s idea of what they ought to be. For years society has rebelled against the “Barbie” idea of little girls. We realize not all boys can fit the “superhero” mold.

Why then, do we try to form people into our mold when it comes to following Jesus? Be as I am. Think as I think. Act like I act. Talk like I talk. Dress as I dress. All nice and cookie-cutter like. We ought to run as far away from that as we do a skunk when it crosses our path. That type of thinking smells THAT bad.

While reading Mary DeMuth’s new book, Everything, I ran across a quote I had long forgotten (to my detriment I might add):

Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you. Oswald Chambers

WOW! That hit the nail on the head!! Just as I don’t like to be put into a mold, neither should I expect God to work the same in another person’s life as He does mine. God chooses to work in our lives in different ways. Stop expecting a “ditto” performance.

Have you struggled with this in any way? What have you done about it?