Light Bearers in Training

On today’s episode we are going to talk through remembering that God is Still on his Throne even in suffering and trials. 

It's hard to explain to my boys why we humans do what we do to each other as they look at me with sadness, fear, or anger in their precious eyes at the loss of a life. Why didn't God stop 9/11? Why didn't he stop the assassination of Charlie Kirk? Unfortunately, I can't answer those questions for my boys, but I can remind them that God is still on His throne. The enemy wants us distracted, furious, and without grace for others, but that wasn't what Jesus modeled for us to do during trials and suffering.

In our daily lives, as Light Bearers, Jesus is our example for how to cope with a broken world.

On today’s episode, we are going back to the basics. What does it mean to hear God? What does it mean to commune with God?

Today some people believe that we can no longer hear God, that the Bible is the only way to hear from Him, but scripture doesn’t support this. All throughout the Bible people heard from God, talked to God, and met with God. Why would God stop? He wouldn’t. He is unchanging, so that means he still speaks to us today. In fact, Jesus himself said in John 16 that he needed to leave so that we would get something even better in the Holy Spirit. In John 16: 3 Jesus said, “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.”

In today’s episode, let’s remind ourselves who we are listening to, who we are communing with, and who we are meditating on. The God of the universe. 

Secular nuances and other religions have tried to take words like meditation and pervert them. Meditation simply means to focus on something or on some thought intently. Merriam-Webster defines mediate as a verb that means to engage in contemplation or reflection; to focus one’s thoughts on, to reflect on or ponder over. If we are taking two minutes to focus on the God of the Bible we are meditating on Him or if we take 5 minutes to focus on a passage of scripture we are mediating on His words.

On today’s episode, I felt like the Lord was leading me to talk to you about what we all need to unpack. It’s been a lot of packing and unpacking for our family since April and wouldn’t you know it, I hate packing! 

We lived in our camping trailer for 8 weeks and then a friend’s house for 4 weeks. We move into our house this week, the last week of July.

As you might expect, we are living without most of our things while they remain in storage, but through this process, we have seen how God provides. 

In this episode, we are finishing our three-part series on my tagline. You are seen. You matter. And now we are ready to receive what God wants us to know about being loved by Him. Each one of us needs to know that we are deeply, steadfastly, and unconditionally loved by the Creator of the Universe. 

1 John 3:1 states it outright, “See what an incredible quality of love the Father has shown to us, that we would (be permitted to) be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are!”

As Light Bearers in Training we have to put God first, but there is therefore now condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Period. So don’t allow feelings of guilt and shame, just start again today. God deserves to be in a place of honor in our lives because He matters to us.

Today, we are going to continue our three-part series with the next statement, you matter. Each of us needs to know that we matter in our home, in our community, in relationships, and in God’s big story. 

I’m sure by now you’ve heard my tagline. You are seen. You matter. You are loved. This was a phrase given to me by the Lord when I was trying to figure out what my brand would be as an author. I didn’t want my website or my podcast to be about me. I wanted them to be about you, my audience and that’s what I feel like He gave me. 

Every person needs to know that they are seen by God, that they matter greatly in His story, and that they are deeply, steadfastly, and unconditionally loved by the Creator of the Universe. In light of that, we are going to do a three-part series with an episode on each of these statements.

In today’s episode, we’re going more in depth on what it means to be seen by God. 

In today’s episode we are going to talk about the eternal impact in the everyday moments of our lives. Let’s take some deep breaths as we settle in together. 

Last week, we talked about God making a way in circumstances. While the scenario I shared happened over months, God only needs a moment.

In today’s episode we’re going to talk about God, our Way Maker. So let’s settle in with Him to receive the Word He has for us today. 

God is a Way Maker. Many times when we want something, we can’t see this. It can often feels like He’s standing in our way. But I have learned many times over the almost 15 years I’ve been walking with Him, that if He says no or stands in my way, it’s for my good or for the good of someone around me. 

Have you heard the song, Graves into Gardens? I love the lyrics that state, “He turns seas into highways. He turns dry bones into armies. He turns graves into gardens. He’s the only one who can.” He makes a way where there is no way. In our human eyes we can’t see His purpose playing out, but we can trust in His steadfast love for us.