We have a tendency to believe that when God is at work, everything will be easy. We expect smooth sailing when God is in charge. But expectations can ruin relationships. The Bible is full of accounts where God is definitely at work, but rather than things being easy, they can be downright messy and confusing. Acts 5 is a perfect example of this. With all that God is doing inside the early church, we are shocked to see this account of the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira. And to compound it, there are increasing tensions with the Jewish religious leaders.