It Pays To Be Different

We've heard it said, and they're words of light
That it pays to be different, when different is right,
So we need to be willing to be scoffed at and mocked,
For so was our Master as on Earth he walked.

Let's look in God's word at those doing their part,
Who were willing because of the truth in their heart,
To choose to be different, when different was right,
Not moved by others, but walked in God's sight.

There was Noah, Ruth, Daniel, Mary and Paul
And a host of others, yes, one and all,
Like children of Israel when they left Egypt by night, 
All chose to be different, when different is right.

We, too, are different as we walk in God's way,
And will be thought weird and scoffed at some days,
But gladly will trust him and walk in his might,
'Twill pay to be different, when different is right.

Let's ne'er be like those in 1st Samuel eight,
Who desired a King so they might rate,
Like the nations about them who sought not God's might,
Oh, they failed to be different, when different was right.

There's coming a day, and soon it might be.
When Christ will return and  then all shall see,
Those blood-marked and child-like who walked in his light,
It payed to be different, when different was right.

We;ll be glad to be different on that dreadful day,
When many will hear, "depart ye away,"
Oh may we be willing, the full price to pay,
To have his mark now, to be different that day.

From: Ellen