Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, ‘What is my world really like?’ Not the world I show to my neighbors or the people in the pew next to me, but the world I live in when the lights are low and the questions are hard? Most of us spend our lives trying to be who we think other people want us to be. We wear masks of strength and competency, all while feeling like we’re falling apart on the inside.
In this video, my friend Steve Fischer and I talk about the liberating—though often painful—process of dropping those masks. Steve shares about the ‘crushing’ seasons of his life that stripped away his scaffoldings of expectation and forced him to get real with himself and with God. We discuss a simple but profound three-step journey: you must know who you are, you must accept who you are, and then you must finally be who you are. My friend, God isn’t looking for a polished version of you; He loves the real you. If you’re tired of the hiding and the lying, I invite you to listen in. Let’s talk about how to live an authentic life, rooted in the hope that the One who knows you the best is also the One who loves you the most.
