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🎙️Episode 17: Barefoot in Suburbia, Broken in Spirit


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🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 17

Title: Barefoot in Suburbia, Broken in Spirit

Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Location: Delhi, Ohio — 4:55am walk near Zach’s childhood home

Description:


This one’s a triple-layered soul excavation.


Three confessions. One aching heart. No filter. No polish. Just Zach and God in the suburbs where it all began.

💥 Confession 1: I don’t know how to slow down. I say I trust God’s timing, but I keep sprinting like it’s all on me.


💥 Confession 2: I’m judging the neighborhood I grew up in—and resenting the life I chose because it doesn’t look “stable.”


💥 Confession 3: I’m scared to succeed. Scared that if CRUMB actually works, it’ll mean God really hasn’t forgotten me... and I don’t know if I can handle that kind of blessing.

Key Scriptures:


  • Ecclesiastes 3:11 – “He has made everything beautiful in its time.”
  • God’s timing isn’t slow. It’s sovereign.
  • Jeremiah 17:9 – “The heart is deceitful above all things…”
  • Even the heart of a missionary can secretly judge, envy, and resent. Zach brings it to the light.
  • Romans 2:11 – “For God shows no partiality.”
  • Whether in a hut or a cul-de-sac, grace is grace. No suburb is outside the reach of God’s mercy.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:7 – “But we have this treasure in jars of clay…”
  • Zach confesses he’s terrified God might actually pour out too much treasure into a fragile jar.
  • But this is the gospel: God chooses the weak to display His strength.


Takeaway Question:


What if your greatest fear isn’t failure… but favor?

Closing Line:



“If CRUMB actually works, and I get to provide for my family doing what I love, I’m scared my head will explode from gratitude. And part of me still thinks… You’re not that good, God. But what if You are?”
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