Status Quo

Friday March 28th, Matthew 28: The angel spoke to the women: "There is nothing to fear here. I know you're looking for Jesus, the One they nailed to the cross. He is not here. He was raised, just as he said. Come and look at the place where he was placed. "Now, get on your way quickly and tell his disciples, "He is risen from the dead. He is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.' That's the message." And the Angel said to them, fear not!!! Where have heard that before? Every time the messengers of God come into the world, they start with “fear not.” One reason is that the church of the day as the church of our day, seems to preach more fear than faith. The status quo lives in fear that the status quo will no longer be the status quo, so any intrusion of God would indeed be a fearful moment. To the least, lost and lonely, it is always hope, not fear, is reborn and the message is that the status quo may not be the status quo forever.