Paul calls the people of faith to become “transformed non-conformist”, when he wrote: “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds …” (Romans 12:2). Two midwives, Shiphrah and Puah, in the story of Moses (in Exodus chapter one) provide us examples of non-conformity. They refused to march to the music of the King of Egypt. The two women by choosing “non-conformity” as their life style perhaps missed much awards and accolades. They risked dismissal, imprisonment and possibly death from the powerful king. Many today think this as imprudence and utter foolishness, a psychological and social maladjustment! But, wasn’t Jesus, an imprudent maladjusted Rabbi of his time? We need to stop being “a parrot” parroting easy popular slogans and conforming to dominant cultural mould, imitating its values in preference to those values of God’s Kingdom! God’s rule is often promoted when we disobey the “Multinational Corporations”, the “Mass Media”, and many other local paraphernalia that supports the opposite of godly values, promising personal progress and prosperity, distorting our humanity and dictating our living style.
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