In society nowadays, it's easy to get caught up in the conformity. We often lose sight of what's important to us and get lost within our society. Conformity is a common occurrence in our world, and it exists everywhere. It is so common that we don’t even recognize the places it could be hiding, like in your relationships, friendships or even in your faith.

Timothy 6:6-10 states:

“But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have food and clothing, with these we will be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.”

We live in a world that's so materialistic. Our world has become a place where individuals have to take on the latest trend and seek the approval of others. When we do this, we are hurting only ourselves in the process and missing out on the true value, which is God. Most people believe that if they have the finer things in life and possess a lot of money that it will earn them a higher rank in society. However, there is no truth in that. Possession of materials won't get you anything but an inflated ego. Our society might have a skewed sense of rankings but in God's eyes, everyone is equal in their own identity. He seeks no materialistic objects from us; instead, he only asks for our faith in return.

Aside from a materialistic view, conformity exists in other areas of our life as well. Relationships are probably the most identifiable.

It is much too often that we meet another person and they don’t accept us for who we are. Instead, they would rather shape us into an image that is desired by them. No one should ever have to feel as if their identity is not enough. It is more common than not that people find themselves changing their identity for another’s benefit. We shape our personalities, characteristics and images based on who society tells us we should become. It only adds insult to injury when someone who is supposed to accept you tells you to change who you are. That person and society are wrong! You are good enough just the way you are and shouldn’t have to change who you are to please other people. If other people cannot appreciate you for who you are, then those people are not worth keeping around in your life. Those people have not yet come to terms with the fact that God made you the way you are for a specific reason, and He accepts you just the way you are.

I will be the first to admit that at one point I, too, was a conformist.

I hid under the identity that society wanted me to have. I changed my core as a person just to make the other people in my life happy. It wasn’t until I realized there was one person who would accept me anyway that I chose to present myself. I gave my identity over to God and trusted in His judgment to steer me into who I was meant to be. Not everyone is going to like that person, but I am not living a life to please others. I am on this planet to create my own identity and make strides towards what I want to accomplish as an individual. We are all different and unique in our own ways, and it was only possible by God that we were made “fearfully and beautifully."

Don’t you think you owe it to Him to lead a life of your own instead of conforming to whom other people think you should be? I think you should because the person that you truly are on the inside is a beautiful person that the world would be lucky to know.