In this hard-hitting episode of The Warrior Code Podcast, US Army Ranger Raylan Heck tears down the illusion of perfection and calls men back into the grind. Through scripture and raw personal confession, he exposes the poison of “arrival” and the subtle drift that steals momentum.

Raylan reminds us that the warrior’s freedom isn’t found on the podium—it’s forged under the bar, in the weight no one else sees. The extra rep. The early alarm. The push when your flesh screams quit. That, he declares, is worship. That is proof.

This isn’t a call to earn God’s love. It’s the opposite. You press forward because you already have it. The grind is gratitude. The push is your proof.

If you’ve been coasting on yesterday’s victories, or hiding in the comfort of “good enough,” this is your wake-up. Find where you’ve settled. Name it. Break it.

Perfection is a trap. Progress is your weapon. Arriving is a lie. Pressing on is the way.

The few are pressing forward. Will you?