FEARLESS

Let's face it. All of us are afraid of something, whether it's clowns and spider or heights and water or failure and rejection. No matter what we all fear something. Week 2 in the study of Acts brought about the bottom line that the Church as it should be, should be FEARLESS!

Acts 3:1-10 tells the story of Peter healing the lame beggar and proclaiming the gospel of Christ and you know what happened because of this. Acts 4 shows us that he was arrested and 2000 came to know Jesus as Savior. Think about it. Put yourself in his position. If you knew you were going to be arrested or even die would you still have proclaimed the Good News? Sadly the answer for to many of us is the answer would be no. But the thing is Peter had no fear because he knew no matter the consequence the only thing to fear was God alone.

We all too often listen to our fears versus listening to God's leading. What would happen if we begun to listen to God alone and ignored our fears of rejection, failure, persecution, and being outcasted for our beliefs??? We need to come to the place where we simply trust Jesus' leading. Trust that our Father only has the best in mind. Remember we are His BELOVED.

Peter had no clue what would happen and what was at stake in following Jesus but he followed because he loved and trusted his heavenly Father. What is it in your life that God is calling you to do that you are afraid to do? Is it to love the out cast in your class, tell others that you are a Christian, is it to respect your parents when everyone else is bashing theirs? What ever it may be that He is calling you to, know that He is with you, He loves you and because of those things you can FEARLESSLY do the things He calls you to.