In Sunday’s lectionary, Peter and the apostles are before the High Priest and Council. They say, “We must obey God rather than any human authority.” There may be times when this is easy. But for the Priest and council, living under a brutal Roman empire, this must have been much harder. Some sort of compromise is almost inevitable. So it is that Peter accuses them of having Jesus put to death, even though it was the Romans that did it. The council were complicit in this.
Sometimes I retreat from obeying God and just go with the flow. Sometimes I find it hard to know what God is asking me to do.
Sometimes I’m pretty sure that others have got God wrong: is God really an antivaxer?
Nevertheless, remember the apostles’ courageous words.