Tribe Church

Testing circumstances are inevitable, but how we respond is what matters. The flesh reacts, but the Spirit responds. When we allow His peace to prevail in our lives, we can pause, choose to respond by the Spirit, and remember that we are exactly where we ought to be.

Just as Paul called the Church at Corinth to open up, Benjamin beckons Tribe to do the same. Listen as he discusses the meaning and what it looks like to truly open up.

No matter what we walk through, sometimes we have to press through the crowd and get to Jesus. His glory is there. His Spirit is there. And in His presence, we find His peace. He reminds us of His word over our life, and brings us back to the assurance that, in Him, things are as they ought to be.

The word "Shalom" means so much more than peace. It speaks of wholeness, completeness, well-being, harmony, prosperity, and the beautiful reality of things being exactly as they ought to be.

Jesus has given us this gift of Shalom—not just the idea of peace, but the actual, tangible expression of His abundant peace at work in our lives. It’s His peace restoring what is broken, bringing us into wholeness, and aligning our lives with the fullness of His goodness.

In this podcast, Benjamin invites us to wake up to “who” we really are—this comes by getting quiet long enough to listen to the song of the Lord, as referenced in Zephaniah 3:17, that is going on over us all the time. Knowing who we are, comes so easily when we hear His song over us. We are praisers. We are worshippers. We are lovers.

You are not your circumstances, your failures, or your past actions. That is not how God sees you.

You were created and intentionally designed in His likeness and image. Before you were ever born, He placed something wild, amazing, and divine within you—a nature that reflects who He created you to be. There is so much more to you than you know. Awaken to the nature that our Father placed within you and begin to see yourself the way He sees you.

Jesus used the wind to help us understand Holy Spirit. You can’t see the wind, but you can see its evidence in the trees, the leaves, and the waves. You may not know where it’s going, but you can see where it’s been.

It’s the same with Holy Spirit. He is like the wind; you can see His evidence in the lives of those who yield to His leading—joy even in trials, peace in a storm, and even speaking with confidence when no answer has been given. 

His wind may not always take you where you expected to go, but you can trust the One who knows exactly where He's leading you. So raise your sails. Yield to the wind. Let His presence carry you farther than your own strength ever could.

Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here?

When we understand the answers to these questions through the lens of the Lord’s word over our lives, our perspective begins to shift. We stop searching for the “easy button” and begin embracing the purpose for which we were created.

Discovering who we are, where we are, and why we are here gives us perspective on how to deal with trials and difficult things. It moves us from simply trying to get through each day, to intentionally living out our God-given purpose. We are here to season the world around us—to be salt wherever God places us—so that in everything we do, the Father is glorified.

When the Lord comes and invites you to a new level of glory, will you say yes? Stepping into a new glory means stepping into another layer of the fear of the Lord where you receive a new breath from the Father. It means to see something you have not seen and hear something you have not heard. It means to truly tremble in a new way involving your body, soul, and spirit.

Listen as Benjamin explores this using the examples of Moses and Daniel.

It’s a no-brainer that if you live long enough, life will have its interruptions and distractions. We all experience these hiccups from time to time. But, sometimes, those blocks in the road are actually the “good things” in life. As awesome as something as wonderful as your dreams coming true is, it can bring changes that take navigating.

Listen as Benjamin shares his testimony of remembering the importance of praise while he navigates through the “good things.”