[Verse]

Winds howl through the narrow lane

But faith lights up the darkened plain

Mile by mile we bravely ride

With God’s goodness as our guide

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

[Verse 2]

The road may twist and rivers rise

But hope reflects in open skies

Each struggle paints a sacred hue

Life’s a canvas he’s painting

Too

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

[Bridge]

Through valleys deep through mountains tall

His voice calls soft above it all

No fear can linger no shadow stay

When his grace leads us day by day

[Chorus]

Oh we’re finding our way through this wild life

His love shines brighter than the brightest light

When we stumble and fall he holds our hand

Together we’ll find goodness in this land

Welcome to Finding Our Way

From the transcript...

But that doesn’t mean God’s not drawing and He’s not teaching. It’s, I don’t see it, I don’t perceive it, I’m not responding—I’m fighting against it, whether it’s consciously or subconsciously. And He’s just patient, waiting on us and working in us. Scripture says He tasted death for every man. Yeah. Okay, and He takes away the sins of the world. He’s the Savior of all men, especially those that believe.

Okay, so… for whom did Jesus die? Sins. Whose sins did God remove in Jesus? Are you asking me a question? Yeah—that you want me to answer? Whose sins did God remove in Jesus? Well, I think it’s the sins of the world. It wasn’t just Israel—that was all. Okay. So in Hebrews chapter 8—that’s my opinion—where He’s talking about, “I will remember their sins and iniquities no more,” right? Yeah. Okay, so is that the same people He’s talking about earlier in Hebrews chapter 8 where He says, “I’ll write my laws on their minds and put them in their hearts?”

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We didn’t even finish chapter five. He talks about, “Do not think I will accuse you to the Father.” That’s a good one. We don’t have to—we’re looking at everyone. Oh well, verse 43 and 45: “I have come to represent my Father, yet you refuse to embrace me in faith. If someone comes in their own name and with their own agenda, you readily accept it. Of course, you’re unable to believe in me, for you live to enjoy the praises of others and not the praises that come from the one true God. I will not accuse you before the Father. The one who will incriminate you is Moses, the very one you claim to obey, the one in whom you trust.”

Okay, so we know what he does with Moses’ law. Yeah—he nails it to the cross. He does. But if you want to keep living under it, you’re just going to keep condemning yourself. I don’t accuse you, but you won’t believe it. You won’t accept it. You’re insistent that this law of Moses is how it is. As long as you keep doing that, you’re condemning yourself under that system. I’m going to take that system out of the way—maybe you’ll believe. Yeah, that’s good.

Did you find the next verse? I think after—I think then we go to chapter 6 after that. Yeah. Okay, chapter 6, we’ve got the feeding of the 5,000, the miracle of the loaves and the fishes. And following that, he starts teaching. And I will point out, I believe at the end of the teaching, most of them walk away. Oh yeah, out of that. So we probably have some pretty heavy teaching going on in that. Jesus says, “Will you too? Will you also go away?”

From the transcript...

So you don't think when Jesus said have meat to eat you don't know if he found some musky dines on the side of the road like we just did. No, she was talking about the Father's will. It was the Father's will that I came down this road and ate those musky dimes on the side of the road, and they were good.

This next passage—oh, what's your next one? Ought to be really good. John 5:17. I think he healed somebody. Yeah, he healed a man at Bethesda, and out of that comes a conversation because they want to know why he's doing it, because he does it intentionally on the Sabbath, and they get bent out of shape about it. And Jesus answered his critics by saying, every day my Father is at work and I will be too. And that was his—why are you working on the Sabbath? He's like, well, my Father was working on the Sabbath. I'm just with Him.

John's also laying out the plot—why they killed Him—all the way back in verse 5. See, here it is again. Jesus is talking about His Father. He's going to talk about judgment. That's all. We finally get into, we finally get the revelation.

From the transcript...

Oh man, that was a good breakfast. Always is.

Yeah—good, steady kind of place. Nothing flashy, just consistent. Good food, good service, familiar faces. Something about sitting there, coffee in hand, not in a hurry… it does something to you. Slows things down a bit.

Looks like the whole town’s out today.

Oh, they’ve got a big garage sale going on—up and down the road. One of those “main to main” kind of deals. Folks scattered everywhere, tables set up, people digging through things, looking for something they didn’t even know they needed.

It’s funny how that works.

You see a crowd like that and it almost pulls you in—makes you wonder if there’s something out there you’re supposed to find. Maybe we stop, maybe we don’t. Maybe we just keep driving and watch it pass by.

I like that old Bronco, though. Something about it—worn, but still carrying a story. You can almost feel the miles in it.

You doing alright?

Yeah… just getting settled. Got to be comfortable when you’re looking out the window.

There’s something about that posture—just looking out, taking it in. Not trying to control anything, not trying to make something happen. Just present.

Honestly, moments like that feel a lot like what we were just talking about earlier. Learning to live from what’s already been given, instead of always reaching for something else.

Like sitting at the table after a good meal—you’re not striving anymore. You’re just… full.

From the transcript...

Jesus is the crescendo of God's conversation with us. He gives context and content to the authentic thought that God had in mind for mankind is voiced in him. Jesus is God's language. His name declares his mission. As savior of the world, he truly redeemed the image and likeness of the invisible God and made him apparent again in human form. The God who gave you birth is your father. Jesus is God's language. His name declares his mission. He's his savior. Yeah, Jehovah saves.

The destiny of the Logos was not the printed page, but you. Yeah. Yeah. The word became flesh and dwelt in us. Among us, what the English says. But the word is in. Yeah, the Greek preposition's in. It's just a revelation of what's always been. That's where I am. I ain't going to argue with nobody about it. But you can't exist without it. Yeah. A mirror can only reflect the object. Likewise, the purpose of the page was only to reflect the message, which is Christ in you.

Oh, I see it right there. That's what was hidden for ages and eternity past. What? Christ in you. That's right. If it was hidden for ages, was it always there? It had to be if it was hidden. Oh, yeah. That's such a mind-blowing, veil-lifting, light-shining, piercing-the-darkness revelation. Yeah. It was always true. We just couldn't see it. We didn't believe it. We were looking in the wrong place for it, looking in the wrong direction. We're looking out here. Had the wrong perspective.

I mean, yeah. Simply put, as a human being, I can only see basically one direction. I cannot see what's behind me. So there could be, I don't know, there could be anything behind me. I can't see it. I know it's a real simple thing, but it was as if Adam turned away from God, and when he did, he could not see. He had no ability to turn back around. I don't know if that's the right way to say that or not. Well, he could. And Jesus came and turned us back around. He saw us in the darkness, wandered, failing to remember. Yeah.

Well, okay. There's some language in Scripture. Though it's there, it's not in my history has never been an emphasis of things because the emphasis has always been on You're a sinner. You're judged. You're guilty. And you know it. And here's how bad it is. And here's the punishment. And here's what you need to do. And here's what you need to do. Yeah, that seemed to be the drum that got beat. And then there's the language of, like you mentioned, Eve was deceived. Yep. Okay. So there's deception language. And it's in other places in the scriptures that we're deceived, which is a different thing. I know Adam was willing in his transgression. I've had that drum beat. But how about the deception that we're under and that the whole world is under about who God is that we're deceived?

From the transcript...

Well, it's because we believe that we were far from love and that heaven had turned his face. We believe that sin had slammed the door on grace and left us feeling displaced. Yeah. But could a father, son, and spirit whose bond no dark can sever create us in communion's flame, then cast us off forever? In other words, is God out of this love relationship, face-to-face-to-face, communion with himself, wants a big family, doesn't set it up in his son? He creates us. Is He going to create us to throw us off forever?

Not the Father, Son, and Spirit. Not the one I know. No, the one that we know hung on a cross and said, Father, forgive them. Yeah. Well, I keep going back to that idea that we want to make God in our image instead of realizing we're made in His image. Yep. Because this is how we do, that's how God's got to do. I'm going to run out of patience with you, so we think he's going to run out of patience. He don't run out of patience. I'm only going to be in relationship with you as long as you do like I think you ought to do. Act a certain way. Walk a certain way. Believe a certain way. If you don't, then we're not going to be friends. You're not going to be my child. Yeah.

Well, and then, okay, I have to admit, in this world system, you go to work and you've got to perform in order to get paid. But that's this world system. And then we want to take this world system, created by our fallen minds, and put it upon the kingdom of God and the way God is. That's right. That he's not going to provide or bless you if you don't do some mysterious something or other. Yeah. Yeah, that's lie. Yeah. Religion.

I like what it says here. The cross was not a bridge for God as if he went away. The cross revealed his great desire, love's greatest grand display. He was never separate. From us. If you go to hell, David said, I'm there. If you go into Hades, you're already there. How are you going to get away from God? The Lord told me that years ago. I mean, it's been over 23, 24 years ago when the Lord said, show me and help me understand. I can't get away from Him. I mean, really, where am I going to go?