J-Jesus freak-Dc Talk

“What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak?

What will people do when they find that it's true?

I don't really care if they label me a Jesus freak

There ain't no disguisin' the truth”

The chorus of this song has been weighing on me as I wrestled with my identity. Do I really want to be considered a Jesus freak or just a good man who loved his friends and family well?

The term Jesus freak comes out of the Jesus movement of the 1970’s. The term ‘freak’ was considered a neutral term to the general public, just as a person who was focused on a specific subject. However, many people considered the roots of the term to be negative, so they embraced the term ‘Jesus freak’ for their own positive use.

But what does the term mean to me specifically? To me, a Jesus freak is someone who so closely following in the ways of Jesus the world sees something different, counter-cultural and just plain weird in them.

Do I want to be considered weird for Jesus? Or just normal, playing it safe -living out a tame Christianity that doesn’t change anyone?

I want to be weird for Jesus, but my flesh longs for belonging and acceptance from everyone I meet most of the time.

How do I balance this? By surrendering my desires for acceptance to God, and seeking for God’s approval over man’s. May the cry of my heart be to please God over man.

I would rather be a Jesus freak than anything else in this world. I want to be passionate about Jesus and His love for every man,woman, and child.

How do you wrestle with your identity? Do you want your life to be so closely aligned with Jesus that people consider you a Jesus freak?

Let us wrestle with these questions and ponder them. In your pondering, seek to live in a way that points people to realize.

Help us to realize, God, that good people don’t change the world, only people who take risks for You and are passionate about spread Your name to the ends of the earth.