Picture your life like a truck. Who has their hands on the steering wheel? God? You? Your appetites? Your anger? Your past? Somebody else’s opinion?

Some men say they want a new destination while allowing the same old driver to keep the wheel.

In this episode of the Sharpening Men Podcast, Tom tackles something that keeps a lot of men chained to their past: condemnation.

Romans 8:1 declares that there is NOW no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. But there is an important difference between God showing you that something in your life needs to change and a voice telling you that you will never change.

Conviction says, “Change.”
Condemnation says, “You’re finished.”

Conviction says something in your life needs to be dealt with. Condemnation tells you that failure is all you’ll ever be. Conviction can lead you toward repentance and freedom. Condemnation often sends you deeper into hiding.

And men can become very good at hiding—behind anger, humor, work, sex, alcohol, drugs, religion, and sometimes even ministry.

But God brings things into the light so they can be dealt with.

So who is driving your life?

Walking after the Spirit doesn't have to be complicated: when God says go right, stop insisting on going left. Obey the next thing you know to do.

Today’s Challenge: Identify one thing you know God has been dealing with you about. Don’t sit there condemning yourself - respond. Confess it. Make the call. Delete it. Pour it out. Break it off. Walk away. Ask another man for help. Whatever obedience requires, take one concrete step today.

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