This is the podcast of Reflecting the Creator, giving practical answers and application about the Bible, theology and living out your Christian faith.
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Learning to be a reflection of Jesus Christ to the world around us.
What Are We Striving For? When Knowledge isn't Good. - Ecclesiastes 1:16-18
Our world can get so wrapped up in the pursuit of knowledge but is that really something that is a good thing? Could our pursuit of always knowing actually be robbing our true fulfilment in our lives? What should we be striving for? That is what Brian discusses today. Here are the two links Brian mentions in the podcast from The Bible Project:https://bibleproject.com/videos/ecclesiastes/ (https://bibleproject.com/videos/ecclesiastes/)https://bibleproject.com/videos/wisdom-ecclesiastes/ (https://bibleproject.com/videos/wisdom-ecclesiastes/)
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22 May 2026
Getting Cross-eyed
Have you ever played the game of trying to focus on something close, then focus on something far away, then back again? As a child, I tended to do this when I was bored. From one eye to the other.
As adults, we can get caught in the same trap, focusing on this, then that, then back again. Before we know it, we end up with a headache. Are we causing ourselves stress in the moment because we don’t just focus on what is in front of us? Are we so wrapped up in going between our phones, our laptops, the kids’ games, the job, the house, the recovery, our spouse, etc?
On and on the list goes. We have so much screaming for our attention that it is difficult to truly focus on anything. Is this the life of a child of God? What if we stopped and simply focused on what God has placed in our hands today and focused on faithfulness? That is what we will discuss today.
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15 May 2026
Unless the Lord Builds the House - Psalm 127:1-2
Psalm 127:1-2
Unless the Lord builds a house,They who build it labor in vain;Unless the Lord guards a city,The watchman stays awake in vain.It is futile for you to rise up early,To stay up late,To eat the bread of painful labor;This is how He gives to His beloved sleep.
This passage reminds us of the authority and power God has over the results in our lives. We can get so wrapped up in the work that we believe the results of our efforts are all up to us. This passage reminds us that the results are up to the Lord. This doesn’t excuse us from hard work or giving our best effort. Read through Proverbs, and that will deteriorate that thinking. But the results themselves are up to the Lord. Today, we examine our lives through this passage in Psalms and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to us areas and ways that are carrying the stress of results that are up to the Lord to give. Join me as we dig into Psalm 127:1-2 and ask the Holy Spirit to reprove, correct, train, and make us clearer image bearers of Christ Jesus today.
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