Aug 30, 2026 · 45 min · 13 segments
Are you all in with God, or have you gotten comfortable standing near the shore?In this episode of the Revive Outdoors Podcast, Taylor Philpot and Jad Buchanan use a simple river analogy to challenge…
Taylor PhilpotHost
Jad BuchananGuest
You know, are you looking at the river and saying, oh, man, that's really pretty? You know, that looks cool.

You know, and in your relationship with the God, it's kind of reflecting the same thing.

It's like, is your relationship with the Lord not there yet either? Are you not ready to jump in because of whatever reason is holding you back? Or when you self-evaluate, are you the person that takes that next couple of steps in and you're like ankle deep? And so like, oh, yeah, this is refreshing.

You know, like you're probably saved or baptized as a kid or you had that one moment where you know that the Lord showed up in your life.

Or are you self-evaluating and you're kind of waist deep? You know, you're starting to feel the current of the river.

You know, like you're not out in the channel yet, but you're waist deep and you're starting to feel, you know, like if you jumped up in the water, it would push you a couple of feet.

And are you like leaning back into it and resisting it? Are you trying to walk upstream? Like, are you resisting? You know, you're starting to feel conviction.

You're starting to feel like, you know, my life, I think I need to change some things, but it's really comfortable where I'm at.

You know, are you looking at the river and saying, oh, man, that's really pretty? You know, that looks cool.

You know, and in your relationship with the God, it's kind of reflecting the same thing.

It's like, is your relationship with the Lord not there yet either? Are you not ready to jump in because of whatever reason is holding you back? Or when you self-evaluate, are you the person that takes that next couple of steps in and you're like ankle deep? And so like, oh, yeah, this is refreshing.

You know, like you're probably saved or baptized as a kid or you had that one moment where you know that the Lord showed up in your life.

Or are you self-evaluating and you're kind of waist deep? You know, you're starting to feel the current of the river.

You know, like you're not out in the channel yet, but you're waist deep and you're starting to feel, you know, like if you jumped up in the water, it would push you a couple of feet.

And are you like leaning back into it and resisting it? Are you trying to walk upstream? Like, are you resisting? You know, you're starting to feel conviction.

You're starting to feel like, you know, my life, I think I need to change some things, but it's really comfortable where I'm at.
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