Don't be afraid of the wrong things

Today reading the account of when Judas betrayed Jesus in Luke 22 it dawned on me how messed up these religious people were. They were truly afraid of what the people might think about them or do to them. Never once considering what Jesus might think of or do to them. To me this is crazy but then I realized we, myself included are not much different today. At times we too are more afraid of what other people might think of us or do to us than what Jesus might do or think and our words and actions reflect that.  At that point we are just as messed up as the religious people who plotted to murder Jesus. We need to fear God while being fearless when it comes to people.   

Luke 22:1-6

¹ The Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is also called Passover, was approaching. ² The leading priests and teachers of religious law were plotting how to kill Jesus, but they were afraid of the people’s reaction. ³ Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, ⁴ and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. ⁵ They were delighted, and they promised to give him money. ⁶ So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around.