The Most Common Command in the Bible
I was surprised recently to learn what the most common command is in the Bible. Go ahead and guess what it is. My first guess was: worship God. Jesus says that the greatest commandment is to love God and the second greatest is to love our neighbor as ourselves. But this is actually not the most repeated command in Scripture. The most common, most repeated, command in the Bible is "Do not be Afraid." As someone who has struggled with anxiety recently this really struck me. A lot of my anxiety comes from a fear of not being able to control the future. What if this happens... What if that happens... And what if it's my fault. But God repeatedly throughout Scripture commands us to not be afraid. I've been working on some Christmas messages lately and you find this command to not be afraid even in the Christmas story. Joseph, Zechariah, Mary, and the shepherds are all told "do not be afraid." There is something about the Chris...