What do you do when you know Jesus commands you to love people, but frustration, anxiety, shame, and your own ADHD wiring seem to get in the way?

I walked into a school gym carrying a problem I didn't know how to solve. And God met me.

Jesus' words in Matthew 7:12 stopped me cold and gave me something concrete I could actually do. Then came a kind word from a woman I didn't even know, and a morning where the providential kindness of God seemed to be everywhere I looked.

This is a testimony about coming to God with what you cannot solve, pursuing Christ for all that He is, and remembering what God has done so His faithfulness is not forgotten when darker days come.

Maybe you've been rowing for a long time.Longer than you want to admit.And it seems like Jesus is nowhere to be found.In John 6, a handful of exhausted men are out on the sea in the dark, rowing hard against the wind, making no progress, and waiting for Jesus to show up.He does show up.But not the way they expected.And what he declares when he gets there changes everything.**SCRIPTURE REFERENCES: FULL LIST **• Terrified — Matthew 14:26 • Mark 6:49• Ghost cry — Matthew 14:26 • Mark 6:49• Burning bush — Exodus 3:14• Martha then Mary — John 11:21 • John 11:32• Lazarus already dead — John 11:14–15• “Come forth” — John 11:43• “You would see...” — John 11:40• Stormy wind — Psalm 107:25• Treads the waves — Job 9:8• Life and breath — Acts 17:25• Sustains all things — Colossians 1:17 • Hebrews 1:3**STILL ROWING?**This video is not about grinding harder or trusting the process.It is about what Jesus is actually doing in the hard season.Two big thoughts.**A SUPER-SPIRITUAL THOUGHT**Ask: Is it possible that the terrifying thing coming toward me in this storm is actually Christ himself, declaring his glory?**A PRACTICAL THOUGHT**I don't know what your storm is.It could be a marriage.It could be a job that won't come together.It could be a faith that feels like it's going nowhere no matter how hard you row.What I know is this.Jesus loved Mary and Martha and Lazarus.So he let Lazarus die.He loved the disciples.So he sent them out into the storm.The hard season is not evidence that he has forgotten you.It may be the very means he uses to show you his glory in a way you've never seen before.Keep rowing.He's watching and waiting for the right time.**THE WAY OF WISDOM**GOD's GLORY: THE SATISFACTION OF THE HUMAN HEART • Show me your glory — Exodus 33:18• Behold my glory — John 17:24• Fullness of joy — Psalm 16:11• Satisfied with goodness — Psalm 65:4• One Thing: Behold His beauty — Psalm 27:4**DAILY FORMATION**Knowing Jesus is eternal life. (Jn. 17:3)And eternal life starts now.Radical pursuit of deepest joy in knowing Christ and ever-deepening likeness to him is the priority of the Christian life. (Phil. 3:1, 7–21)The storm is not the end of the story.The shore is.The UNLOSABLE CATECHISM & PRAYER GUIDE is a gift to help you live out this truth.📄 Download here:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EJSgo77thQSET6hkw38yKD3g2nIY0rTW/view?usp=sharing**SING**M–F music and devotionalShane & Shane • The Worship InitiativeI'm not officially connected with these guys.I simply love their music and the work they do.A great way to experience deeper joy in Christ through song.https://worship.ltd/share4**GO DEEPER****Watch:** You’ve Been Stuck for Years. That’s Not Your Real Problem.https://youtu.be/a8ro1ZmZwrQ**Watch:** You've Been Waiting For A Sign. He Already Said Go. (John 4)https://youtu.be/EdCTPIYWcjI**Action:** Pray that Christ would meet you in the rowing, while you wait for His deliverance. **ABOUT THE STORM**Sometimes Jesus sends you into the hard season.Not because he has forgotten you.Not because you have failed.Because he wants to show you something about himselfthat calm water never could.A man can row hard in the right directionand still feel completely alone.You are not alone. Call out to Christ. And reach out to a br whatother this week.

What does it mean to follow Jesus?

What does it mean to follow the risen Christ?

Even more specifically, what does it mean to follow the risen-Rabbi-Messiah, God-Man, Jesus?

Today, we give some essential answer to that question from the life of Peter. Come and see.

Texts: Matthew 4:18-21; Matthew 14:25-33; Matthew 16:13-20, 21-23; John 21:20-22.