Fear Not!
Warning! I am posting a sermon here. You are under no obligation to read this…
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A church member responded to my Ask, Seek, Knock sermon of last week, with a very interesting observation. He basically said that the things I was asking him, and each of you, to do, filled him with fear. If you’ll recall, the things I suggested were to Ask for what you need from others, Seek justice for others and the Kingdom of God, and Knock on doors, in other words, build relationships with people, cross the lines of your cubicle, your office doors, your neighborhood and begin to really get to know people.
I think that the church member’s observations were really correct. We’re all scared. But courage, as you all know, isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the willingness to do something in spite of the fear.
Let’s look, for a minute, at the text for today. Here’s Mary, doing what she’s supposed to be doing, a young teen mother getting betrothed. She’s hanging in her tent one night and this happens:
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