Aug 30, 2026 · 44 min · 10 segments
JP reminds us that freedom begins when we stop trying to fight sin and our struggles in our own strength and surrender to God. Through Romans 7, we’re reminded of three simple truths: I can’t, God…
Jonathan BacludaGuest
Hey, you may remember that metaphor from the Conflicted series, which is just this idea that while a lot of animals run from the storm, the buffalo is said to turn into the storm and move toward the storm, which is to go through the storm.
So it minimizes the time in the storm while other animals will go as they run from the storm.
I can remember one particular day where there was this hailstorm said to be coming to this small farming community.
which my uncle said that's gonna be difficult to do because we just released them in the pasture and they're grazing and they're not gonna wanna walk away from that green grass.
And so my grandfather left on the four-wheeler, my uncle left on a horse, and they were trying to bring in the cows but were struggling to do so because the thing that they wanted in front of them was keeping them from getting the protection that they needed.
And that is a great picture of how we handle addictions and our sin nature in our life.
There's something in front of us that we want that we don't want to give up.
We can hope that we don't have to have conversations that the Holy Spirit would say that we should have.
And we remain distracted by our own addictions and sin nature rather than getting the help, protection, and freedom that we need.
Rather than turning toward the storm to go to the storm and through the storm.
What is that turning like? If there's something in front of you that you want, that your sin nature desires, and you turn, right? That's repentance, right? It's a great picture of repentance.
This idea that I can't, I'm not strong enough to defeat this thing that I've invited into my life.
We all, you need to be thinking, what is that thing for you? And so for some, it may be gambling.
Hey, you may remember that metaphor from the Conflicted series, which is just this idea that while a lot of animals run from the storm, the buffalo is said to turn into the storm and move toward the storm, which is to go through the storm.
So it minimizes the time in the storm while other animals will go as they run from the storm.
I can remember one particular day where there was this hailstorm said to be coming to this small farming community.
which my uncle said that's gonna be difficult to do because we just released them in the pasture and they're grazing and they're not gonna wanna walk away from that green grass.
And so my grandfather left on the four-wheeler, my uncle left on a horse, and they were trying to bring in the cows but were struggling to do so because the thing that they wanted in front of them was keeping them from getting the protection that they needed.
And that is a great picture of how we handle addictions and our sin nature in our life.
There's something in front of us that we want that we don't want to give up.
We can hope that we don't have to have conversations that the Holy Spirit would say that we should have.
And we remain distracted by our own addictions and sin nature rather than getting the help, protection, and freedom that we need.
Rather than turning toward the storm to go to the storm and through the storm.
What is that turning like? If there's something in front of you that you want, that your sin nature desires, and you turn, right? That's repentance, right? It's a great picture of repentance.
This idea that I can't, I'm not strong enough to defeat this thing that I've invited into my life.
We all, you need to be thinking, what is that thing for you? And so for some, it may be gambling.
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