S7E24: Prayer of Seeking (A Journey Through Lent pt. 2)

Sermon #213

Fear. It's what drives us. It's what motivates us to action. The ancient Greek response to fear is not to get to attached to things or people. The modern humanist perspective is that we should get over our fear, conquer our fear. The Biblical response to fear is what we see in the Psalm today. David, facing enemies behind him and in front of him cried out to God to deliver him from his fear. Fear can be healthy, but it can also be crippling, and so David's prayer is one we can use to arise from our fear into a place of faith, the antithesis of fear.

By the way, I just wanted to make a note about the quality of this recording. This recording was originally saved but unprocessed (I never listened to it), and when I went to put it together for the podcast, it turns out that both this recording and the one from Ebenezer had a lot of scratchy noise and I have no idea what it is. Being that this was a Communion Sunday, I am guessing that the microphone was behind my alb (I also used to keep it behind my tie but this time it may not have been). Rest assured I was not holding a newspaper the entire time. But the message is there so focus on that.

Psalm 34

Recorded at Hudson UMC on March 5, 2017 (First published March 6, 2020)

S.D.G.