When Jesus sends you out he says to expect resistance.
Resistance that comes not just from outside but from inside.
Yes, that Confirmation bias, your brain's tendency to reject anything that does not already fit in with our current understanding, belief system, or paradigm.
Or our Complexity bias, and our brain's tendency to prefer a simple lie to a complex truth.
Our Community bias, our brains tendency to reject any idea that will threaten our status in our communities, so that we choose tribe over truth.
Our Comfort bias, when our brains reject information that is inconvenient, or will disrupt our complacency.
Or our Confidence bias, and our brain's tendency to believe people who come across as confident, leaving us susceptible to those who come on strong even when they're wrong, like authoritarians or con men.
These are just a few of the built in biases we all have that make up the resistance we often have to new ideas and new ways of being.
Before we head out to change the world, we must allow Jesus' radical message of acceptance, forgiveness, hope, and love to change us first.
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