Think Different

Here’s to the crazy ones, (Jesus Freaks in the Jesus Movement, who just loved to talk about Jesus)
the misfits, (a bunch of college students who were called the “holy club,” who led a great awakening)
the rebels, (Paige Patterson and others who led a conservative resurgence in the SBC)
the troublemakers. (the Anabaptists, who led a “radical” reformation)
The round pegs in the square holes. (Ezekiel the prophet)
The ones who see things differently. (David, looking at Goliath; Wilberforce, looking at slavery in England)

They’re not fond of rules (Jesus confronting the Pharisees in Matthew 23)
and they have no respect for the status quo. (i.e., Jonathan Edwards, Evan Roberts, anyone who ever led a movement of God)

You can quote them, (it’s easy to quote them and do nothing)
disagree with them, (it’s easier to point out problems than be part of needed change)
glorify or vilify them. (you cannot be neutral with them)
About the only thing you can’t do
is ignore them, (Rosa Parks, William Carey, Nelson Mandela, Jonah)
because they change things. (Moses, Luther, Platt)
They push the human race forward. (the book of Acts)

And while some may see them as the crazy ones,
we see genius. (Adoniram Judson, Jim Elliot)

Because the people who are crazy enough to
think they can change the world
are the ones who do. (and thus, you find this little poem intriguing at least and inspiring at best)

Think Different. (Be remarkable. Change the world, for the glory of God and the sake of the gospel.

You and I have one life. Do not spend it with trivial things.


I borrowed this from Alvin Reid's blog: http://alvinreid.com/

He is a professor at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.