Dare to be different!

Genesis 37 is probably one of the most famous passages in the Old Testament. It recalls the story of Joseph telling his brothers about some dreams that he's had. His brothers are not too keen on Joseph and so he ends up being sold as a slave to some Ishmaelites.
The story of Joseph's life is so famous that there is even a musical about it. But sometimes we can be so familiar with something that it looses its meaning.
Yes Joseph was a show off, yes he was probably really annoying - but- he was God's chosen. God saw something in Joseph that his family didn't see. He was different - which was something his brothers could see, but they didn't like it.
Sometimes people don't like what they see in us. It's not because we are weird or different, its because we make them feel uneasy. We should be in the world not of the world and so we are meant to be different.
This doesn't mean that we should stand out like a sore thumb, or annoy people so much that they don't want to be in the same room as us. But it does mean that they should see something different about us.
Do we stand out in the crowd? Do we act differently to others? Do we show others that we have something special?
We don't want to be thrown into a pit for being annoying, but we should show others that we are different because we have a Saviour who wants to be their Saviour too!