Fear God? Really?

In a so-called age of anxiety, the last thing we need is more fear. Yet, one of Jesus' more problematic disciples tells the Church to "Fear God." Within this audacious command is the perspective of a community whose life and imagination have been gripped by resurrection. In week three of our Easter series People of the Resurrection, we continue walking through 1 Peter to discover that perhaps fear is where freedom begins.Journaling Prompts:What are you afraid of? Why?What does this fear reveal about where you might be tempted to find security, hope, life?Where does the act of our gathered worship press against this temptation most for you? Practice — Liturgy as Lab:Liturgy—the form of our gathered worship—is the place where we are encountered and formed by God. We don’t just learn new ideas—we embody God’s new way of being. We gather with those we might not otherwise gather with.We listen for God to speak in a world that tells us the answers are within us.We respond to whatever God has said.We feast at Christ’s table where we are met by Him and leave changed.We are sent to love a world God has not given up on.These movements are formative. They are not just what we do on Sunday—they are forming us into a community that does them everywhere—a people of the resurrection. Sit with the movement you named above. What would it look like to practice this beyond Sunday? Make a plan to do it.