Suffering is disorienting. Persecution can make you doubt what you know is true. Our instinct is to fight back or run away from the things that harm us. However, Peter calls us to a different way. In an unexpected (and often unwanted) set of instructions, Peter tells us the way forward is through careful, strategic submission. While this idea feels unnatural and unhelpful, a quick study of Peter’s life and Jesus’s teaching show us why this is such a powerful position- even when it doesn’t feel that way.
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