I have written before about the podcasts I
follow. I thought I would update the list since I have found quite a few more
that help me in my walk with God. Then I will share a few things I have learned
just this week from podcasts.
Your Daily
Prayer Podcast
Jesus Over
Everything
The Messy
Table with Jenn Jewell
Go and Tell
Gals
Everything
Happens with Kate Bowler
Son of a
Preacher Man
Passion City
Church DC (Ben Stuart Pastor)
Prayers for
Your Day
That Sounds
Fun with Annie F. Downs
The Bible Binge
Jesus
Calling Podcast
Behind the
Scenes
From the
list, it probably looks like I listen to podcasts all day, but most of these
podcasts only post once or twice a week, sometimes less than that. I like to
listen to a few every day.
So, what touched
me this week? I won’t name the podcast or the speaker because when I made notes,
I didn’t jot that down. And these are not verbatim quotes, just the general
idea of what the person was saying.
“Inner peace
is a struggle, a daily battle. It won’t come without a fight. Peace and hope
are essential.” I have found this true for me. The struggle has included more
prayer and believing God will do it for you if you ask. Don’t get discouraged
and don’t get tired of asking for peace and hope. When Jesus said, “Ask for
anything in my name and I will give it to you,” he wasn’t talking about a new
car, house or job. He was talking about spiritual gifts. “Blessed are those who
hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.” Do we believe
that? I didn’t. Now, I do.
Someone
said, “The fact is that we humans have never seen peace between all nations or
all the hungry fed, yet some of us want this and work towards it. Where did
these ideals come from since we have never seen it? God.” Sometimes I think
this is the greatest argument for the existence of a God.
One man told
a story of how he was working 7 days a week as a pastor, overloaded and
stressed. His back was seriously injured and he had to lay face-down for at least
a month. They were not sure if his back would heal and he couldn’t have
surgery. So, he lay there day after day watching movies on his laptop, but naturally
he grew bored. He turned the laptop off and just lay there. He heard God speak
to his mind saying, “Are you ready to talk now?” Lol. (I find God so funny
sometimes.)
Anyway, he
said he and God talked and talked and God showed him how essential rest was to
the human mind and body. Before the injury, this pastor had not delegated work
to others; he had done it all himself. He found out he didn’t have to do that. He
saw his life had been one of unmitigated stress.
The Lord
showed him the wisdom of having a Sabbath day and why that was created along
with everything else. If we don’t rest, we will eventually fall apart. My
father told me once, “If it weren’t for the Sabbath, I think I’d be dead by
now.” He was a workaholic. He hated holidays, because all the businesses were
closed. And the pastor? He went to physio and gradually, slowly, his back
healed.
I appreciate
podcasts so much, because I have sight problems and can’t read on the computer
for long. It is wonderful to lie in bed with my tablet and just listen. These
Christians are doing a wonderful work for God and I thank him for that all the
time.
