The idea for this podcast and blog has been marinating inside my head for a while. I came up with the concept in early 2024, bought some equipment with an Amazon gift card I’d gotten as a gift, and started recording interviews later that year. And those interviews sat, because I was trying to get things lined up, just right. I was trying to learn everything I needed to know before proceeding. I was trying to make things perfect – or at least as perfect as I could make them.
A few weeks ago, I finally realized…perfect is not going to come. In fact, the search for perfection was prohibiting progress. So, at the encouragement of a very special person in my life (my wife), I purchased the domain, wrote my first blog post, and started reaching out to my previous interviewees to update them, and scheduled a new interview. It’s not perfect…but it’s progress.
How often do people delay committing their life to God for a similar reason? Over the years, I have heard people say “I don’t know enough,” as a justification for delaying the decision to become one of His children. To be sure, there is a basic foundation a person needs before making the decision to follow Christ. What I found is that not knowing “enough” was sometimes code for not knowing “everything.” Thankfully, that’s not the expectation.
Matthew 11:28-30 reads “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”
There’s a few things to unpack in that passage (and when episode 5 of the podcast goes live, our guest will break it down). Today, I want to take note of the order: come to Jesus, and learn from Him. Our spiritual growth during our time in this world is not a destination; it is a journey. There will always be more to learn, more to study, more to understand. We don’t come to Christ perfect – His grace perfects us (2 Corinthians 12:9).
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