Titus 2:14 King James Version (KJV) Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

I prefer the wording of the KJV here to remind me that we are odd little fellows. We are not like everyone else.

Luke 19:5 English Standard Version (ESV) And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.”

Zacchaeus was an odd little fellow, a sinner who placed himself in a tree in order to see Jesus. This was Jesus’ response to him. “I must come and stay in your house.”

The abiding presence of Jesus Christ is what makes us different. Placing our faith in Christ brings about all the promises of God that come by faith. The first being that the Holy Spirit comes to be a companion and guide. He leads us in all truth. That truth makes all the difference we need to witness our new creation to the lost.

“What an odd fellow. What makes him different from the rest of us?”

It is right to be different but how we are different means we have to follow the leading of the Holy Spirit to example the right kind of odd.

Philippians 1:20 English Standard Version (ESV) as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

We do not have to be ashamed about being the “odd man out” for it is Christ that is to be honored. It is His glory that shines forth and nothing of ourselves. We only need to be mindful that we are in the world but not of the world.