We don’t belong to the fear-based crowd desperate to control others through political power. We’ve been liberated from that worn-out paradigm. We don’t need to manage our fear like that anymore. We’ve heard Jesus tell us not to be afraid because it’s the Father’s good pleasure to give us the kingdom. Receiving God’s government as a sheer gift of grace liberates us from the anxious drive to fight for “our rights.” Because we pray, “Thy kingdom come,” we don’t have to desperately clutch to some mythical past. We can believe in the future. Dread gives way to hope.
