The Joy Ride #152

Welcome, fellow adventurers, to the Masculine Journey Joyride Podcast. This is a brand-new show from the guys you know.

I'm talking, of course, about the Band of Brothers. My name is Keith, and I'm the producer for Masculine Journey and Masculine Journey After Hours. In this podcast, you will hear funny stories, exchanges, and thought-provoking moments that will amuse you, make you smile, and draw you closer to Jesus Christ in your journey of life. Hey, hey, joyriders. Welcome to a brand-new episode of The Joyride. So, this week the guys are talking about when they saw the light. Now, we're not talking about a flashlight. Not a red light, certainly not a neon light, and definitely not a stoplight.

Nope. They mean when they finally saw what God was trying to show them, as in they saw the light. Now, these are pivotal moments. These are the moments when what was once misty and cloudy has been revealed through God's glorious light.

So, dear listeners, what about you? When was the last time you experienced that moment where it all suddenly made sense? When it all clicked in your head and in your heart, when was the last time you were shown the light?

When I was in my 20s and 30s, I was going the wrong way. My mom, I know she was a prayer warrior and began to pray for me. Me and this girl were dating, and I wanted to do my thing and told her I would. I did, and she said, fine, see you later. Then I got scared, and I was like, oh no, I don't want to miss out on this, and tried to win her back. In doing so, I began to seek God to do it.

Well, God, it was a great setup because he did a bait and switch, and I ended up with the better deal, no offense. God really did come into my life and change me in a lot of ways, but not everything that I needed. I think all of us have those stories where you get a little bit of light as you go along.

There's things that you don't know. That light that comes in, when you see the light, it's progressive to me. It's like he shines a light on who he is initially, and that changes tons of things, but I didn't have any light shined on really at the time of about myself and what was going on in me in this stuff. Morgan from the Wild at Heart team speaks and does the Sonship talk and really is a powerful talk. He says he feels like he has two conversions, one whenever he met Jesus and one when he really received God as Father. I feel like when I separated from my wife later on in life, I just can't seem to get these relationship things right, but I began to seek God again and got exposed to this Wild at Heart message.

Really, it took me some time. There's so many things that God brought to my attention and ways that I could just understanding myself, not just him, but understanding myself and how he created me. When I did, that was truly like a second conversion to me. It filled in so many of the gaps, put light on situations. He spoke light into my life. Again, we've talked about at the Band of Brothers, that doesn't hurt either when they're just voices who can speak into you and bring what the Father has for you through individuals. It's just coming to the light to me is progressive. Most of the people in the Bible didn't get it all right the first time. They would come and receive him and then go off and make stupid mistakes just like we do, and there's a lot of consolation in it. So from the guys on Masculine Journey, I'm Keith, and we'll see you down the road. This is the Truth Network.