<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cultivating a faith-filled and love-fueled lifestyle with Jesus 🔑Themes: Jesus, Avodah with God, Redemptive Entrepreneurship, Prayer, God at work in the world, living on mission. Posts/podcasts every week!]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EA39!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F41398b6d-8f22-486a-8255-8e145d011d56_500x500.png</url><title>LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</title><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:27:51 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[kleinhausbooks@gmail.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[kleinhausbooks@gmail.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[kleinhausbooks@gmail.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[kleinhausbooks@gmail.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing REST WITH GOD: A New Series on Finding the Rest Our Souls Were Made For]]></title><description><![CDATA[REST WITH GOD, Part 1 (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 14:22:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212880442/0ea9dc0431965b4519bd08dc879fadec.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:847871,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/212880442?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Jesus said,</p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.&#8221; &#8212; Matthew 11:28</span></strong></h4></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><span>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong><span> with Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Today, we&#8217;re introducing what I believe will be a power-packed series on </span><strong><span>REST WITH GOD.</span></strong></p><p><span>As always, my aim is to write and share these posts with the Lord who is with us, so:<br></span><em><strong><span>Lead the way, Lord Jesus, and be glorified through this.</span></strong></em></p><p><span>I want you to think about the last time you actually rested.</span></p><p><span>Not the last time you sat down. Not the last time you scrolled through your phone until your eyes glazed over. Not the last time you binge-watched a show, or slept in, or laid on a beach somewhere with your body still but your mind running full speed on tomorrow&#8217;s to-do list.</span></p><p><span>I mean </span><em><span>rested</span></em><span>. <br>  Deep soul-level rest.</span></p><p><span>The kind of rest where you breathe in deeply, and exhale slowly, like you mean it.</span></p><p><span>  Where your mind is happily silent.</span></p><p><span>  Where you sense God&#8217;s pleasure and peace regardless of what&#8217;s going on around you.</span></p><p><span>If you&#8217;re anything like me, that memory might be harder to find than it should be.</span></p><p><span>It is strange: almost everyone agrees we need rest.</span></p><p><span>Doctors tell us. <br>Parents and friends tell us. <br>Social media tells us.</span></p><p><span>Our bodies tell us, usually by breaking down in some way until we respond.</span></p><p><span>We nod along. We know, in our heads, that rest matters.</span></p><p><span>And yet almost nobody actually rests. <br>Not well, at least.</span></p><p><span>Not on purpose, typically.</span></p><p><span>Not in a way that leaves us restored instead of just distracted.</span></p><p><span>That gap &#8212; between what we know and what we practice &#8212; is exactly why I am writing this series with the Lord&#8217;s help.</span></p><p><span>There is no doubt about it:</span></p><h3><strong><span>We Are a Restless People</span></strong></h3><p><span>We live in a restless generation.</span></p><p><span>Look around at the world we&#8217;ve built.</span></p><p><span>We carry the entire internet in our pocket, which means we carry the entire world&#8217;s noise with us into the day and into our beds at night.</span></p><p><span>We wear busyness like a badge of honor.</span></p><p><span>We say &#8220;I&#8217;m busy&#8221; way too much &#8212; reflexively, constantly, almost proudly.</span></p><p><span>Vacations come with laptops.</span></p><p><span>Even our stillness is restless: we sit still and our minds sprint.</span></p><p><span>It seems evident that Western culture, as a whole, does not know how to rest.</span></p><p><span>And many of us who follow Jesus have quietly absorbed the same restlessness.</span></p><p><span>Augustine wrote, centuries ago, that our hearts are restless until they find their rest in God.</span></p><p><span>I believe that&#8217;s still the truest diagnosis of what ails us.</span></p><p><span>We were not built for the pace we&#8217;re keeping.</span></p><h4><span>We were built for </span><em><strong><span>communion</span></strong></em><span>, and communion requires stillness that can feel unbearable in our constantly connected world.</span></h4><p><span>So here&#8217;s what I want to offer you over the next several weeks: a compelling, Biblical, Christ-centered vision of </span><em><span>real</span></em><span> rest &#8212; not the rest the world is selling you, but the rest God designed, offers, empowers, and ultimately receives glory through.</span></p><p><span>Rest that&#8217;s good for the long haul.</span></p><p><span>Rest that overflows into our marriages, our parenting, our friendships, our work.</span></p><p><span>Rest that actually restores us to </span><em><span>avad</span></em><span> with God again &#8212; to offer Him our love-fueled work, service, and worship &#8212; with fresh strength instead of running on fumes.<br></span></p><h3><strong><span>This Is Not a Series About Doing Less</span></strong></h3><p><span>I want to be upfront with you all: this series is not going to tell you that rest is the most important thing, or that inactivity is the goal, or that slowing down is automatically holy.</span></p><p><span>It isn&#8217;t.</span></p><p><span>Scripture doesn&#8217;t celebrate laziness.</span></p><p><span>Proverbs has plenty to say about the sluggard.</span></p><p><span>Jesus Himself, in the very same Gospels that record His invitation to rest, is almost constantly on the move &#8212; teaching, healing, praying, equipping, sending, going.</span></p><p><span>And there&#8217;s one particular scene in the Gospels that&#8217;s been on my mind as I&#8217;ve prepared this series: the Garden of Gethsemane.</span></p><p><span>The night before the cross, Jesus asks His closest friends to stay awake and pray with Him.</span></p><p><span>And what do they do? They sleep.</span></p><p><span>Not because they were lazy men &#8212; but because in the exact moment they were called to watchfulness, to prayer, to being present with their Lord in His anguish, they chose rest instead.</span></p><p><span>Wrong rest.</span></p><p><span>Rest in the wrong moment, for the wrong reason, at the highest possible cost.</span></p><p><span>That story matters for this series, because it tells us rest can be misused.</span></p><p><span>Rest can become an excuse.</span></p><p><span>Rest can shade into apathy, into spiritual slumber, into avoiding the very things God is calling us toward.</span></p><p><span>So, we will not idolize rest here.</span></p><p><span>We are not using &#8220;self-care&#8221; as a spiritual bypass for faith-filled obedience and action, empowered by the Spirit of God.</span></p><p><span>But &#8212; and this is the whole point &#8212; the answer to that danger is not to swing back into restless striving.</span></p><p><span>The answer is to actually understand what God means by rest, so we know the difference between Sabbath and sloth, <br>between abiding and avoiding, <br>between resting </span><em><span>in</span></em><span> God and resting </span><em><span>from</span></em><span> God.<br></span></p><h3><strong><span>What We&#8217;ll Explore Together</span></strong></h3><p><span>Over this series, we&#8217;re going to dig into some of the richest, and maybe most overlooked territory in the Scriptures . <br><br>Here are a few places we&#8217;re headed:</span></p><p><strong><span>Where rest began.</span></strong><span> Before there was ever a command to rest, there was a rhythm established &#8212; God himself rested on the seventh day, not because He was tired, but because He was finished, and because He was setting a pattern into the fabric of creation itself for us to walk in and follow.</span></p><p><strong><span>Hebrews 4 &#8212; the rest that remains.</span></strong><span> This is one of the most powerful, and often misunderstood passages on rest in the whole Bible. It tells us a rest still remains for the people of God, and that we strive to enter it not by our own willpower, but by faith. We&#8217;ll spend real time here.</span></p><p><strong><span>Matthew 11:28-29 &#8212; Christ&#8217;s direct invitation.</span></strong><span> Jesus says:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Friends, that is one of the most compelling invitations in all the Scriptures, spoken by God Himself, to </span><em><span>you</span></em><span>. We&#8217;ll unpack what it actually means to come, to take Jesus&#8217; yoke, to learn from Him, and to receive the rest He&#8217;s offering.</span></p><p><strong><span>Gethsemane &#8212; the counterfeit.</span></strong><span> We&#8217;ll return to the disciples sleeping when they should have been praying and watching, and let it sharpen our understanding of what rest is </span><em><span>not</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><strong><span>How to actually rest.</span></strong><span> This is where we&#8217;ll get extra practical &#8212; preparing for rest, building rhythms, unplugging in ways that are genuinely life-giving, and learning to receive from God rather than just striving toward Him even in our rest.</span></p><p><strong><span>Rest and avodah.</span></strong><span> We&#8217;ll bring it full circle to the heart of this whole </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong><span> publishing ministry &#8212; how real, God-given rest is what enables sustainable, faith-filled and love-fueled avodah. Rest isn&#8217;t the opposite of meaningful work; it&#8217;s what makes meaningful work possible over the long run.<br></span></p><h3><strong><span>Rest is an act of faith</span></strong></h3><p><span>Here&#8217;s something I hope settles into our hearts over the coming weeks:</span></p><p><span>Sabbath rest is not passive. <br>It is not simply the absence of labor.</span></p><p><span>It is an act of trust.</span></p><p><span>When we stop, we&#8217;re declaring &#8212; with our calendars, our bodies, even our unanswered emails &#8212; that the world will keep turning without your constant striving.</span></p><p><span>We&#8217;re declaring that God is God, and you are not.</span></p><p><span>We&#8217;re declaring that our worth isn&#8217;t manufactured by our output.</span></p><p><span>That is not weakness. That is faith.</span></p><p><span>And faith, as we know, is exactly what pleases God (see Hebrews 11:6).</span></p><p><span>Isaiah put it this way to a restless, self-reliant people:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and trust shall be your strength.&#8221; </span></strong><span>(Isaiah 30:15)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>And then, heartbreakingly, the very next line records their response: </span><strong><span>&#8220;But you were unwilling.&#8221;</span></strong></p><p><span>I don&#8217;t want that to be our story.</span></p><p><span>I don&#8217;t want it to be mine.<br></span></p><h3><strong><span>Where this is going</span></strong></h3><p><span>My hope &#8212; my prayer, honestly &#8212; is that by the end of this series, you won&#8217;t just </span><em><span>know</span></em><span> more about rest.</span></p><p><span>I hope you&#8217;ll actually rest&#8230;with God.</span></p><p><span>I hope you&#8217;ll hear Jesus&#8217; invitation in Matthew 11:28-29 not as a nice verse you&#8217;ve heard before, but as a real, standing offer from the God who made you, knows you completely, and sees exactly how heavy your burden has been.</span></p><p><span>I hope you&#8217;ll understand the Holy Spirit as your Helper in this &#8212; the One who doesn&#8217;t just tell you to rest, but empowers you to actually receive it, moment by moment, rhythm by rhythm.</span></p><p><span>I believe families will rest together and come out more unified.</span></p><p><span>I believe parents will become more present.</span></p><p><span>I believe grace will be received in fuller measure, and then given away more freely, because rested people tend to be more gracious people.</span></p><p><span>And I believe, above all, that as we learn to rest in God, we&#8217;ll love Him more &#8212; not because we understand a doctrine better, but because we&#8217;ve actually tasted His rest, and seen for ourselves that it is good.</span></p><p><span>So wherever you&#8217;re listening or reading from &#8212; whether you&#8217;re running on empty right now, or you&#8217;ve just never quite known how to slow down without guilt creeping in &#8212; I&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re here.</span></p><p><span>This one&#8217;s for the tired.</span></p><p><span>This one&#8217;s for the restless.</span></p><p><span>This one&#8217;s for anyone who&#8217;s ever wondered if there&#8217;s a better way to live than in constant busyness, stress, and restlessness.</span></p><p><span>There is a better way.</span></p><p><span>And that better way is the Way, the Truth, and the Life Himself.</span></p><p><span>His name is Jesus, and He&#8217;s already extended the invitation.</span></p><p><span>We just have to come.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Let&#8217;s Pray before we go</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>God our Father, <br>Our Maker,<br>Our most faithful Friend,</span></strong></p><p><span>Thank You for resting on the seventh day and enjoying Your good work.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for setting the example for us.</span></p><p><span>I am so glad that rest was Your idea before it was ever our need.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for Your Son, Jesus, who looked at weary, burdened people and didn&#8217;t tell them to try harder or figure it out &#8212; He told them to come.</span></p><p><span>Holy Spirit, Spirit of truth, teach us over these next weeks what it means to actually rest in God &#8212; not as an escape, and not as an idol, but as an act of faith, as an act of love and trust.</span></p><p><span>Restore what&#8217;s worn down in us.</span></p><p><span>Recalibrate our rhythms to align with Your design and desires, Lord.</span></p><p><span>And may our rest become a doorway into deeper intimacy with You.</span></p><p><span>We ask and pray in the name of Jesus, <br>Amen.</span></p></blockquote><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, in advance, gracious God.</span></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><span>This is Part 1 of the </span><strong><span>REST WITH GOD</span></strong><span> series.</span></p><p><span>If this stirred something in you, share it with someone who could use an invitation to rest.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><span>Next time, we&#8217;ll go back to the beginning &#8212; to a garden, a seventh day, and the rhythm God built into creation itself before sin ever entered the picture.</span></p><p><span>Subscribe to catch every episode.</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><span>Until next time, thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong><span> with Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</span></strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p>Also, feel free to check out the other podcast-posts in our recent series on redemptive entrepreneurship and business strategy, linked below:</p><ol><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP &#8212; An Introduction</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">EXPLOITATIVE vs. ETHICAL vs. REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The Three Ways We Build</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVATING the HEART of a REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEUR: Surrender, Faith in Action, &amp; the Fear of the LORD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, &amp; Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">What Are We Aiming At? Success or Faithfulness?</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership">Business as Stewardship, Not Ownership</a></strong></p><p></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:847871,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/212880442?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; </strong>SE REPOSER AVEC DIEU : Une nouvelle s&#233;rie pour trouver le repos pour lequel nos &#226;mes ont &#233;t&#233; cr&#233;&#233;es</h1><h2><em>SE REPOSER AVEC DIEU, Partie 1</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>J&#233;sus a dit :</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#171; Venez &#224; moi, vous tous qui &#234;tes fatigu&#233;s et charg&#233;s, et je vous donnerai du repos. &#187; &#8212;</strong> Matthieu 11:28</h4></blockquote><p><br>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, on lance ce qui va &#234;tre, je crois, une s&#233;rie qui va vraiment nous marquer : SE REPOSER AVEC DIEU.</p><p>Comme toujours, mon but c&#8217;est d&#8217;&#233;crire et de partager ces billets avec le Seigneur qui est avec nous, alors :</p><p><em><strong>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur J&#233;sus, et sois glorifi&#233; &#224; travers &#231;a.</strong></em></p><p>Je veux que tu penses &#224; la derni&#232;re fois o&#249; tu t&#8217;es vraiment repos&#233;(e).</p><p>Pas la derni&#232;re fois o&#249; tu t&#8217;es assis(e). Pas la derni&#232;re fois o&#249; tu as fait d&#233;filer ton t&#233;l&#233;phone jusqu&#8217;&#224; en avoir les yeux vitreux. Pas la derni&#232;re fois o&#249; tu as encha&#238;n&#233; les &#233;pisodes d&#8217;une s&#233;rie, ou fait la grasse matin&#233;e, ou &#233;tendu(e) quelque part sur une plage avec le corps immobile mais l&#8217;esprit en train de courir &#224; pleine vitesse vers la liste de choses &#224; faire de demain.</p><p>Je parle d&#8217;un vrai repos.</p><p>Un repos au niveau profond de l&#8217;&#226;me.</p><p>Le genre de repos o&#249; tu inspires profond&#233;ment, et o&#249; tu expires lentement, comme si tu le pensais vraiment.</p><p>O&#249; ton esprit est joyeusement silencieux.</p><p>O&#249; tu ressens la faveur et la paix de Dieu, peu importe ce qui se passe autour de toi.</p><p>Si tu me ressembles un peu, ce souvenir est peut-&#234;tre plus difficile &#224; trouver qu&#8217;il ne devrait l&#8217;&#234;tre.</p><p>C&#8217;est &#233;trange : presque tout le monde reconna&#238;t qu&#8217;on a besoin de repos.</p><p>Les m&#233;decins nous le disent.</p><p>Nos parents et nos amis nous le disent.</p><p>Les r&#233;seaux sociaux nous le disent.</p><p>Notre corps nous le dit, g&#233;n&#233;ralement en l&#226;chant d&#8217;une mani&#232;re ou d&#8217;une autre, jusqu&#8217;&#224; ce qu&#8217;on r&#233;agisse.</p><p>On hoche la t&#234;te. On sait, dans notre t&#234;te, que le repos compte.</p><p>Et pourtant, presque personne ne se repose vraiment.</p><p>Pas bien, en tout cas.</p><p>Rarement volontairement.</p><p>Rarement d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui nous laisse restaur&#233;s plut&#244;t que juste distraits.</p><p>Cet &#233;cart &#8212; entre ce qu&#8217;on sait et ce qu&#8217;on pratique &#8212; c&#8217;est exactement pour &#231;a que j&#8217;&#233;cris cette s&#233;rie, avec l&#8217;aide du Seigneur.</p><p>&#199;a ne fait aucun doute :</p><h2>On est un peuple agit&#233;</h2><p>On vit dans une g&#233;n&#233;ration agit&#233;e.</p><p>Regarde autour de toi le monde qu&#8217;on a b&#226;ti.</p><p>On porte tout Internet dans notre poche, ce qui veut dire qu&#8217;on porte tout le bruit du monde avec nous dans notre journ&#233;e et jusque dans notre lit le soir.</p><p>On porte l&#8217;agitation comme une m&#233;daille d&#8217;honneur.</p><p>On dit &#171; je suis d&#233;bord&#233;(e) &#187; beaucoup trop souvent &#8212; presque par r&#233;flexe, sans arr&#234;t, presque avec fiert&#233;.</p><p>Les vacances viennent avec l&#8217;ordinateur portable.</p><p>M&#234;me notre immobilit&#233; est agit&#233;e : on reste assis, et notre esprit sprinte.</p><p>Il semble &#233;vident que la culture occidentale, dans son ensemble, ne sait plus se reposer.</p><p>Et beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous qui suivons J&#233;sus avons discr&#232;tement absorb&#233; cette m&#234;me agitation.</p><p>Augustin a &#233;crit, il y a des si&#232;cles, que nos c&#339;urs sont agit&#233;s jusqu&#8217;&#224; ce qu&#8217;ils trouvent leur repos en Dieu.</p><p>Je crois que c&#8217;est toujours le diagnostic le plus juste de ce qui ne va pas chez nous.</p><p>On n&#8217;a pas &#233;t&#233; con&#231;us pour le rythme qu&#8217;on maintient.</p><p>On a &#233;t&#233; con&#231;us pour la communion, et la communion demande une immobilit&#233; qui peut sembler insupportable dans notre monde constamment connect&#233;.</p><p>Alors, voici ce que je veux t&#8217;offrir dans les prochaines semaines : une vision convaincante, biblique, centr&#233;e sur le Christ, du vrai repos &#8212; pas celui que le monde essaie de te vendre, mais celui que Dieu a con&#231;u, qu&#8217;il offre, qu&#8217;il rend possible, et &#224; travers lequel il re&#231;oit finalement la gloire.</p><p>Un repos qui tient sur la dur&#233;e.</p><p>Un repos qui d&#233;borde dans nos mariages, dans notre fa&#231;on d&#8217;&#234;tre parents, dans nos amiti&#233;s, dans notre travail.</p><p>Un repos qui nous restaure vraiment pour qu&#8217;on puisse &#224; nouveau <em>avad</em> avec Dieu &#8212; lui offrir notre travail, notre service, et notre adoration, anim&#233;s par l&#8217;amour &#8212; avec une force renouvel&#233;e, au lieu de tourner &#224; vide.</p><h2>Ce n&#8217;est pas une s&#233;rie sur le fait d&#8217;en faire moins</h2><p>Je veux &#234;tre clair avec vous tous : cette s&#233;rie ne va pas vous dire que le repos est la chose la plus importante, ni que l&#8217;inactivit&#233; est le but, ni que ralentir est automatiquement saint.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas le cas.</p><p>Les &#201;critures ne c&#233;l&#232;brent pas la paresse.</p><p>Les Proverbes ont beaucoup &#224; dire sur le paresseux.</p><p>J&#233;sus lui-m&#234;me, dans ces m&#234;mes &#201;vangiles qui rapportent son invitation au repos, est presque constamment en mouvement &#8212; enseignant, gu&#233;rissant, priant, &#233;quipant, envoyant, allant.</p><p>Et il y a une sc&#232;ne particuli&#232;re dans les &#201;vangiles qui m&#8217;est rest&#233;e en t&#234;te pendant que je pr&#233;parais cette s&#233;rie : le jardin de Geths&#233;man&#233;.</p><p>La nuit avant la croix, J&#233;sus demande &#224; ses amis les plus proches de rester &#233;veill&#233;s et de prier avec lui.</p><p>Et qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;ils font ? Ils s&#8217;endorment.</p><p>Pas parce que c&#8217;&#233;taient des hommes paresseux &#8212; mais parce qu&#8217;au moment pr&#233;cis o&#249; ils &#233;taient appel&#233;s &#224; veiller, &#224; prier, &#224; &#234;tre pr&#233;sents avec leur Seigneur dans son angoisse, ils ont choisi le repos &#224; la place.</p><p>Le mauvais repos.</p><p>Un repos au mauvais moment, pour la mauvaise raison, au co&#251;t le plus &#233;lev&#233; possible.</p><p>Cette histoire compte pour cette s&#233;rie, parce qu&#8217;elle nous montre que le repos peut &#234;tre mal utilis&#233;.</p><p>Le repos peut devenir une excuse.</p><p>Le repos peut glisser vers l&#8217;apathie, vers un sommeil spirituel, vers le fait d&#8217;&#233;viter les choses m&#234;mes vers lesquelles Dieu nous appelle.</p><p>Donc, on ne va pas idol&#226;trer le repos ici.</p><p>On n&#8217;utilise pas le &#171; self-care &#187; comme un contournement spirituel de l&#8217;ob&#233;issance et de l&#8217;action pleines de foi, port&#233;es par l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu.</p><p>Mais &#8212; et c&#8217;est tout l&#8217;enjeu &#8212; la r&#233;ponse &#224; ce danger, ce n&#8217;est pas de basculer &#224; nouveau dans un effort agit&#233;.</p><p>La r&#233;ponse, c&#8217;est de vraiment comprendre ce que Dieu entend par repos, pour qu&#8217;on sache faire la diff&#233;rence entre le sabbat et la paresse,</p><p>entre demeurer et &#233;viter,</p><p>entre se reposer en Dieu et se reposer loin de Dieu.</p><h2>Ce qu&#8217;on va explorer ensemble</h2><p>Au fil de cette s&#233;rie, on va creuser certains des territoires les plus riches &#8212; et peut-&#234;tre les plus n&#233;glig&#233;s &#8212; des &#201;critures.</p><p>Voici quelques-uns des endroits o&#249; on va se rendre :</p><p><strong>L&#224; o&#249; le repos a commenc&#233;.</strong> Avant m&#234;me qu&#8217;il y ait un commandement de se reposer, il y avait un rythme &#233;tabli &#8212; Dieu lui-m&#234;me s&#8217;est repos&#233; le septi&#232;me jour, pas parce qu&#8217;il &#233;tait fatigu&#233;, mais parce qu&#8217;il avait termin&#233;, et parce qu&#8217;il installait un mod&#232;le dans le tissu m&#234;me de la cr&#233;ation, pour qu&#8217;on marche dedans et qu&#8217;on le suive.</p><p><strong>H&#233;breux 4 &#8212; le repos qui demeure.</strong> C&#8217;est l&#8217;un des passages les plus puissants, et souvent les plus mal compris, sur le repos dans toute la Bible. Il nous dit qu&#8217;un repos demeure encore pour le peuple de Dieu, et qu&#8217;on s&#8217;efforce d&#8217;y entrer non pas par notre propre volont&#233;, mais par la foi. On va vraiment prendre le temps l&#224;-dessus.</p><p><strong>Matthieu 11:28-29 &#8212; l&#8217;invitation directe du Christ.</strong> J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Venez &#224; moi, vous tous qui &#234;tes fatigu&#233;s et charg&#233;s, et je vous donnerai du repos. Prenez mon joug sur vous et recevez mes instructions, car je suis doux et humble de c&#339;ur ; et vous trouverez du repos pour vos &#226;mes. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Les amis, c&#8217;est l&#8217;une des invitations les plus saisissantes de toutes les &#201;critures, prononc&#233;e par Dieu lui-m&#234;me, pour toi. On va d&#233;cortiquer ce que &#231;a signifie vraiment de venir, de prendre le joug de J&#233;sus, d&#8217;apprendre de lui, et de recevoir le repos qu&#8217;il offre.</p><p><strong>Geths&#233;man&#233; &#8212; la contrefa&#231;on.</strong> On va revenir vers les disciples qui se sont endormis alors qu&#8217;ils auraient d&#251; prier et veiller, et laisser &#231;a affiner notre compr&#233;hension de ce que le repos n&#8217;est pas.</p><p><strong>Comment se reposer, concr&#232;tement.</strong> C&#8217;est l&#224; qu&#8217;on va devenir vraiment pratiques &#8212; se pr&#233;parer au repos, b&#226;tir des rythmes, se d&#233;connecter d&#8217;une mani&#232;re vraiment vivifiante, et apprendre &#224; recevoir de Dieu au lieu de simplement s&#8217;efforcer vers lui, m&#234;me dans notre repos.</p><p><strong>Le repos et l&#8217;avodah.</strong> On va boucler la boucle jusqu&#8217;au c&#339;ur m&#234;me de tout ce minist&#232;re de publication <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> &#8212; comment un vrai repos, donn&#233; par Dieu, est ce qui rend possible une avodah durable, pleine de foi et anim&#233;e par l&#8217;amour. Le repos n&#8217;est pas l&#8217;oppos&#233; du travail porteur de sens ; c&#8217;est ce qui rend le travail porteur de sens possible sur la dur&#233;e.</p><h2>Le repos est un acte de foi</h2><p>Voici quelque chose que j&#8217;esp&#232;re voir s&#8217;installer dans nos c&#339;urs au fil des prochaines semaines :</p><p>Le repos du sabbat n&#8217;est pas passif.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas simplement l&#8217;absence de travail.</p><p>C&#8217;est un acte de confiance.</p><p>Quand on s&#8217;arr&#234;te, on d&#233;clare &#8212; avec notre agenda, notre corps, m&#234;me nos courriels sans r&#233;ponse &#8212; que le monde va continuer de tourner sans notre effort constant.</p><p>On d&#233;clare que Dieu est Dieu, et que toi, tu ne l&#8217;es pas.</p><p>On d&#233;clare que notre valeur n&#8217;est pas fabriqu&#233;e par notre production.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas de la faiblesse. C&#8217;est de la foi.</p><p>Et la foi, comme on le sait, c&#8217;est exactement ce qui pla&#238;t &#224; Dieu (voir H&#233;breux 11:6).</p><p>&#201;sa&#239;e l&#8217;a formul&#233; ainsi pour un peuple agit&#233;, qui comptait sur lui-m&#234;me :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; C&#8217;est dans la tranquillit&#233; et le repos que sera votre salut, c&#8217;est dans le calme et la confiance que sera votre force. &#187;</strong> (&#201;sa&#239;e 30:15)</p></blockquote><p>Et puis, de fa&#231;on d&#233;chirante, la phrase suivante rapporte leur r&#233;ponse : &#171; Mais vous ne l&#8217;avez pas voulu. &#187;</p><p>Je ne veux pas que ce soit notre histoire.</p><p>Je ne veux pas que ce soit la mienne.</p><h2>Vers o&#249; &#231;a nous m&#232;ne</h2><p>Mon espoir &#8212; ma pri&#232;re, honn&#234;tement &#8212; c&#8217;est qu&#8217;&#224; la fin de cette s&#233;rie, tu ne saches pas juste plus de choses sur le repos.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que tu vas vraiment te reposer... avec Dieu.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que tu vas entendre l&#8217;invitation de J&#233;sus en Matthieu 11:28-29, non pas comme un joli verset que tu as d&#233;j&#224; entendu, mais comme une offre r&#233;elle, toujours valable, venant du Dieu qui t&#8217;a cr&#233;&#233;(e), qui te conna&#238;t compl&#232;tement, et qui voit exactement &#224; quel point ton fardeau a &#233;t&#233; lourd.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que tu vas comprendre le Saint-Esprit comme ton Aide dans tout &#231;a &#8212; Celui qui ne se contente pas de te dire de te reposer, mais qui te donne la force de vraiment le recevoir, moment apr&#232;s moment, rythme apr&#232;s rythme.</p><p>Je crois que des familles vont se reposer ensemble et en ressortir plus unies.</p><p>Je crois que des parents vont devenir plus pr&#233;sents.</p><p>Je crois que la gr&#226;ce va &#234;tre re&#231;ue de fa&#231;on plus pleine, puis donn&#233;e plus librement, parce que les gens repos&#233;s ont tendance &#224; &#234;tre des gens plus pleins de gr&#226;ce.</p><p>Et je crois, par-dessus tout, qu&#8217;en apprenant &#224; nous reposer en Dieu, on va l&#8217;aimer davantage &#8212; pas parce qu&#8217;on comprend mieux une doctrine, mais parce qu&#8217;on aura vraiment go&#251;t&#233; &#224; son repos, et vu par nous-m&#234;mes que c&#8217;est bon.</p><p>Alors, o&#249; que tu sois en train d&#8217;&#233;couter ou de lire &#8212; que tu sois en ce moment vid&#233;(e), &#224; bout de forces, ou que tu n&#8217;aies simplement jamais vraiment su comment ralentir sans que la culpabilit&#233; s&#8217;installe &#8212; je suis content(e) que tu sois l&#224;.</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie est pour les fatigu&#233;s.</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie est pour les agit&#233;s.</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie est pour quiconque s&#8217;est d&#233;j&#224; demand&#233; s&#8217;il existe une meilleure fa&#231;on de vivre que dans l&#8217;agitation constante, le stress, et l&#8217;inqui&#233;tude permanente.</p><p>Il existe une meilleure fa&#231;on.</p><p>Et cette meilleure fa&#231;on, c&#8217;est le Chemin, la V&#233;rit&#233; et la Vie lui-m&#234;me.</p><p>Il s&#8217;appelle J&#233;sus, et il a d&#233;j&#224; lanc&#233; l&#8217;invitation.</p><p>On n&#8217;a plus qu&#8217;&#224; venir.</p><h2>Prions avant de partir</h2><blockquote><p><strong>Dieu notre P&#232;re,<br>Notre Cr&#233;ateur,<br>Notre Ami le plus fid&#232;le,</strong></p><p>Merci de t&#8217;&#234;tre repos&#233; le septi&#232;me jour et d&#8217;avoir savour&#233; ta bonne &#339;uvre.</p><p>Merci de nous avoir montr&#233; l&#8217;exemple.</p><p>Je suis tellement content(e) que le repos ait &#233;t&#233; ton id&#233;e avant m&#234;me d&#8217;&#234;tre notre besoin.</p><p>Merci pour ton Fils, J&#233;sus, qui a regard&#233; des gens fatigu&#233;s, charg&#233;s, et qui ne leur a pas dit d&#8217;essayer plus fort ou de se d&#233;brouiller &#8212; il leur a dit de venir.</p><p>Saint-Esprit, Esprit de v&#233;rit&#233;, enseigne-nous, dans les semaines qui viennent, ce que &#231;a veut dire de vraiment se reposer en Dieu &#8212; pas comme une fuite, pas comme une idole, mais comme un acte de foi, un acte d&#8217;amour et de confiance.</p><p>Restaure ce qui est us&#233; en nous.</p><p>Recalibre nos rythmes pour qu&#8217;ils s&#8217;alignent avec ton dessein et tes d&#233;sirs, Seigneur.</p><p>Et que notre repos devienne une porte vers une intimit&#233; plus profonde avec toi.</p><p>Nous demandons et prions cela au nom de J&#233;sus,</p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Merci d&#8217;avance, Dieu de gr&#226;ce.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, ceci est la Partie 1 de la s&#233;rie SE REPOSER AVEC DIEU.</p><p>Si &#231;a a remu&#233; quelque chose en toi, partage-le avec quelqu&#8217;un qui aurait besoin d&#8217;une invitation &#224; se reposer.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/introducing-rest-with-god-a-new-series?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>La prochaine fois, on retourne au commencement &#8212; vers un jardin, un septi&#232;me jour, et le rythme que Dieu a int&#233;gr&#233; dans la cr&#233;ation elle-m&#234;me, avant m&#234;me que le p&#233;ch&#233; n&#8217;entre en sc&#232;ne.</p><p>Abonne-toi pour ne rater aucun &#233;pisode.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> avec TANNER KLEIN</strong> est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux posts et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>D&#8217;ici la prochaine fois, merci de nous avoir rejoints dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer vers 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; dans la demeure, la fid&#233;lit&#233;, l&#8217;apprentissage et la croissance, avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci d&#8217;avance, P&#232;re !<br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p>Aussi, n&#8217;h&#233;site pas &#224; consulter les autres podcasts-billets de notre r&#233;cente s&#233;rie sur l&#8217;entrepreneuriat r&#233;dempteur et la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise, li&#233;s ci-dessous :</p><ol><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">L&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR &#8212; Une Introduction</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">ENTREPRENEURIAT EXPLOITEUR vs. &#201;THIQUE vs. R&#201;DEMPTEUR : Les Trois Fa&#231;ons de Construire</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVER LE C&#338;UR D&#8217;UN ENTREPRENEUR R&#201;DEMPTEUR : L&#8217;Abandon, la Foi en Action, et la Crainte du SEIGNEUR</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">Vers quoi on tend ? Le succ&#232;s ou la fid&#233;lit&#233; ?</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership">L&#8217;entreprise comme intendance, pas comme possession</a></strong></p><p></p></li></ol><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:847871,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/212880442?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_PUr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3d53d012-f97b-4c2e-a2fb-994a53878ce9_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Glory That Cannot Be Stopped — The Global Glory of God Series, Part 5 / 🇫🇷 — La Série sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 5]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Holy Week Series (&#127467;&#127479;La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:22:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211415329/76299128903d3bd6c93934db8e34237c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p></p><p><span>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/"><span>LIFE ON MISSION</span></a></strong><span> with Jesus!</span></p><p><span>This is our fifth and final post in a Holy Week series centered on The Global Glory of God. Parts 1-4, are linked below. As always, you can listen to the podcast or read the post. If you are blessed by these posts, be sure to share them with friends. </span></p><h4><strong><span>The Global Glory of God Series</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong><span>Part 1: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything"><span>KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 2: &#8220;</span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken"><span>My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?&#8221; - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 3: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king"><span>The Deceiver DEFEATED by the KING of kings</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 4: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory"><span>The Veil Is Torn</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Part 5:</strong> <strong>The Glory That Cannot be Stopped </strong>(this post)</p></li></ul><p><span>I had a ton of fun going deep into Good Friday in our last post, </span><strong><span>The Veil Is Torn, </span></strong><span>so if you haven&#8217;t already, I encourage you to go and check it out first, because today, we&#8217;re going into Resurrection Sunday.</span></p><p><span>Holy Week may have been a while ago now but it is always good to remember Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross and celebrate His resurrection.</span></p><h2><strong><span>JESUS IS RISEN. HE IS ALIVE.</span></strong></h2><p><span>Hallelujah! All glory to our God! The victory belongs to God and the victory is ours in Christ.</span></p><p><span>Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday may have come and gone but I hope the power of these historic days and Christ&#8217;s victory are not lost on us. They have everything to do with your life and mine today, now and forever.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s look back together at what Jesus did and the most important Sunday in history.</span></p><p><span>As always, my aim is to write and share these posts with the Lord who is with us, so:</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Lead the way, Lord Jesus, and be glorified through this post.</span></strong></em></p><div><hr></div><h4><strong><span>&#8220;He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.&#8221;</span></strong><span> &#8212; Matthew 28:6</span></h4><div><hr></div><h3><strong><span>The Third Day</span></strong></h3><p><span>I bet that Saturday, the day before Resurrection Sunday, felt like the longest day in history.</span></p><p><span>The disciples were in hiding.</span></p><p><span>The women were in grief.</span></p><p><span>It was a Sabbath day of rest, so there was no busyness to distract them.</span></p><p><span>The disciples on the road to Emmaus would later describe what they were feeling with a sense of heartbreaking honesty:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;We had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel&#8221; </span></strong><span>(Luke 24:21).</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Notice the past tense. &#8220;Had hoped.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>It was as though their hope was buried in the grave, sealed with a massive stone and a Roman guard of soldiers.</span></p><p><span>The deceiver must have thought it was over, that darkness had overcome the light.</span></p><p><span>The world must have felt like it does on a morning after a great tragedy &#8212; cold, empty, and longing for meaning.</span></p><p><span>But God was not sleeping on Saturday.</span></p><p><span>In the stillness of a garden tomb, the same Spirit who hovered over the formless void in the beginning was at work.</span></p><p><span>The same God who said </span><strong><span>&#8220;Let there be light&#8221;</span></strong><span> into darkness that had never known the light was preparing to speak again.</span></p><p><span>And on the third day, He spoke.</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Matthew 28:2-4)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The guards &#8212; hardened Roman soldiers, men for whom violence and death were occupational hazards &#8212; became like dead men at the sight of an angel sitting casually on the stone he rolled away.</span></p><p><span>That rolled-away stone represented what seemed impossible.</span></p><p><span>Death had been reversed.</span></p><p><span>The fundamental assumption of all human experience &#8212; that death is final &#8212; had been shattered from the inside.</span></p><p><span>He is not here.</span></p><p><span>He has risen.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Why the Resurrection Changes Everything</span></strong></h3><p><span>The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not an addition to the Gospel of Jesus.</span></p><p><span>It is not the feel-good ending bolted onto an otherwise tragic story.</span></p><p><span>It is the event upon which the entirety of Christian faith, hope, and mission is built &#8212; and if it did not happen, as Paul says with conviction, our faith is worthless and we are of all people most to be pitied (see 1 Corinthians 15:14&#8211;19).</span></p><p><span>Paul is not being rhetorical.</span></p><p><span>He is making a claim with the full weight of history behind it.</span></p><p><span>The resurrection is a historical event &#8212; witnessed by more than five hundred people at one time (see 1 Corinthians 15:6), by the apostles repeatedly, by Paul himself on the Damascus road.</span></p><p><span>The tomb was empty.</span></p><p><span>The Roman authorities never produced a body, though doing so would have stopped the Jesus movement in its tracks.</span></p><p><span>The disciples who had been in hiding on Saturday were, within weeks, standing in the streets of Jerusalem proclaiming the resurrection to the very people who had called for the crucifixion &#8212; and they did not stop even when it cost them everything, even unto death.</span></p><p><span>People do not die for what they know to be a lie.</span></p><p><span>But far beyond the historical argument &#8212; and the case is very strong &#8212; the resurrection matters because of what it </span><em><span>means.</span></em></p><p><span>The resurrection means the Father accepted the Son&#8217;s sacrifice on our behalf.</span></p><p><span>As it says in 1 Corinthians 15:17,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins</span></strong><span>.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The empty tomb is the Father&#8217;s verdict on the cross: </span><em><span>accepted, sufficient, final.</span></em></p><p><span>The debt has been paid and the receipt is the risen Jesus.</span></p><p><span>The resurrection means death is not the end.</span></p><p><span>For those who are in Christ, death is the last enemy &#8212; and it is a defeated enemy.</span></p><p><span>1 Corinthians 15:53&#8211;57 clarifies what Christ&#8217;s resurrection means for us and for all who will pass from life, through death, to new resurrection life:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Death is swallowed up in victory.&#8221;<br> &#8220;O death, where is your victory?<br>    O death, where is your sting?&#8221;</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>The resurrection of Jesus proves the weakness of death and the power of His resurrection life that now lives in us who have anchored our faith in Him.</span></p><p><span>We are not spinning in meaningless cycles.</span></p><p><span>We are moving toward something: <br>toward the day when we who have trusted in Jesus will meet Him face to face, when our mortal and perishable bodies are swallowed up with new glorified, immortal, and imperishable bodies, and even more, toward the consummation of all things, toward the day when the One who rose will return, when every knee will bow, when the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.</span></p><p><span>Friends, it&#8217;s easy to get caught up in the busyness of our lives, in the chaos of current events, and challenging circumstances around the world that we cannot control, but let&#8217;s not forget to look ahead and remember what is coming.</span></p><p><span>Of all people, we followers of Jesus should be the most grounded, rooted, steady, joyful, love-fueled, faith-driven people on the planet.</span></p><p><span>We know how all this will end.</span></p><p><span>And that brings us real and lasting hope and perspective, as well as clear motivation to make the Good News of Jesus known because the day is coming when everything as we know it will be transformed and made new, and we all will stand before a just God.</span></p><p><span>That is amazing news if you have trusted in Jesus as both the Savior and Lord of your life.</span></p><p><span>And that is not good news at all for those who refuse His offer of grace through faith and ultimately reject their Maker who died for them.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>The Great Commission: The Scope of the Risen King&#8217;s Authority</span></strong></h3><p><span>Matthew records the risen Christ going to a mountain in Galilee &#8212; and when Jesus goes to a mountain you already know some powerful truth is coming.</span></p><p><span>There He delivered the call to action that has shaped the history of the world:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;And Jesus came and said to them,</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>&#8216;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, <br>teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. <br>And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.&#8217;&#8221; </span></strong><span>(Matthew 28:18&#8211;20)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Let&#8217;s unpack this great commission slowly.</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me,&#8221;</span></strong><span> Jesus said.</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is the foundation. Not some authority. Not spiritual authority in religious contexts.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>All authority</span></strong></em><span> &#8212; everywhere, over everyone, in every domain of reality.</span></p><p><span>The One who sends us rules over everything.</span></p><p><span>Over every government, every principality, every cultural force, every closed border, every hostile regime &#8212; all of it is ultimately under the authority of the risen Jesus.</span></p><p><span>This does not mean all doors are easy.</span></p><p><span>It means there is no door our God cannot open.</span></p><p><span>Thousands of missionaries and church planters in the hardest places on earth have learned that the risen Christ goes ahead of His people into places that human strategy could not unlock.</span></p><p><span>He opens doors no man can shut (see Revelation 3:8).</span></p><p><span>He prepares hearts in advance of the messenger (see Acts 16:14 &#8212; Lydia, &#8220;The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul&#8221;).</span></p><p><span>He orchestrates the circumstances of entire nations to position the Gospel to be received  (see Acts 17:26&#8211;28 &#8212; God determines the times and places of people&#8217;s dwelling so that they might seek and find Him).</span></p><p><span>All authority has been given to Jesus, who then proclaims:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Go therefore.&#8221;</span></strong><span> </span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The &#8220;therefore&#8221; is load-bearing.</span></p><p><em><span>Because</span></em><span> all authority belongs to Jesus &#8212; </span><em><span>because</span></em><span> the cross was accepted and sufficient for our redemption, the enemy was defeated, the veil was torn, the resurrection has happened &#8212; </span><em><span>therefore</span></em><span>, go.</span></p><p><span>The going is not optional for those who have been gripped by these realities and the self-giving love of God on display through Jesus.</span></p><p><span>It is the natural, compelled response of a people who know what has happened and what it means for them.</span></p><p><span>Next, Jesus declares,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Make disciples of all nations.&#8221;</span></strong><span> </span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The Greek phrase is </span><em><span>panta ta ethne</span></em><span> &#8212; all the peoples.</span></p><p><span>Not just the nations in the modern political sense (196 countries), but all the distinct people groups, the </span><em><span>ethnolinguistic</span></em><span> groups, the tribes and clans and language communities of the earth.</span></p><p><span>There are roughly 17,000 such groups identified today.</span></p><p><span>More than 7,000 of them are considered </span><em><span>unreached</span></em><span> &#8212; communities with no indigenous church capable of reaching their own people without outside help.</span></p><p><span>These are not just statistics.</span></p><p><span>Each number represents a grandmother who has never had the opportunity to hear that Jesus loves her.</span></p><p><span>A young man searching for meaning who has never heard that there is a God who knows his name.</span></p><p><span>A child who, if no one obeys Jesus&#8217; commission to go, will grow up, live, and die without ever hearing: </span><strong><span>the LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.</span></strong></p><p><span>Does this break our hearts? It should.</span></p><p><span> It moved God&#8217;s heart enough to send His Son Jesus to die for us so that we would know Him, receive Him as our Savior and Lord, and make Him known, fueled by His love and powered by His Holy Spirit.</span></p><p><span>The love of God compels us to go and make disciples. And that&#8217;s not all.</span></p><p><span>Jesus continued:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.&#8221;</span></strong><span> </span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The promise is not a comfort for those who stay home safely.</span></p><p><span>It is the commission-empowering presence given to those who trust in the Lord and go.</span></p><p><span>The same Jesus who conquered death accompanies every missionary into every jungle, every hostile city, every prison, every workplace, every home, everywhere the Gospel is not yet known.</span></p><p><span>This is not poetry.</span></p><p><span>Ask anyone who has gone into the hard places in the name of Jesus.</span></p><p><span>They will tell you &#8212; the presence of Christ in the fire is realer than anything they had ever experienced in comfort.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Romans 8: The Unbreakable Chain</span></strong></h3><p><span>We speak of life on mission with joy &#8212; and we also speak of it with compassion.</span></p><p><span>Going where the Gospel has not been is hard.</span></p><p><span>It costs&#8230;a lot</span></p><p><span>Many have lost everything.</span></p><p><span>Families are disrupted.</span></p><p><span>Careers are abandoned.</span></p><p><span>And sometimes &#8212; often &#8212; the results are not evidently visible in a human lifetime.</span></p><p><span>Paul knew this better than most. And in Romans 8, writing from experience, he gives us the theological backbone that makes suffering for the Gospel not just endurable but </span><em><span>transforming</span></em><span>:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.&#8221;</span></strong><em><span> </span></em><span>(Romans 8:28)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>All things.</span></p><p><span>Not some things. <br>Not the comfortable things.</span></p><p><em><span>All things</span></em><span> &#8212; including closed doors, hostile governments, illness, persecution, failure, and death &#8212; working together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose.</span></p><p><span>The purpose is defined in the next verse:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Romans 8:29)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The goal of history &#8212; the goal of your life, my life, the global mission &#8212; is this: a vast family of brothers and sisters conformed to the image of the Son, walking in the Spirit as redeemed sons and daughters, glorifying the Father, reflecting the glory of God into every corner of a redeemed creation.</span></p><p><span>This is the end.</span></p><p><span>This is the joy set before the Son when He walked to the cross.</span></p><p><span>This is the fruit of Jesus resurrecting from the dead.</span></p><p><span>So, now what? Consider Paul&#8217;s response:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Romans 8:31&#8211;32)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Right?! Friends, let&#8217;s wake up to the reality of this good news!</span></p><p><span>God did not spare His own Son but gave him for you and me, His perfect life for yours and mine.</span></p><p><span>This is the measure of His commitment to us, His children, and His mission of bringing redemption.</span></p><p><span>God held nothing back.</span></p><p><span>And having given the greatest possible gift, will He withhold the lesser?</span></p><p><span>Will He fail to open doors for those who pray and seek to answer His call?</span></p><p><span>Will He abandon those He sends?</span></p><p><span>Will He let the nations remain in darkness because the circumstances are too complicated?</span></p><p><span>Absolutely not.</span></p><p><span>As Paul writes in Romans 8:38&#8211;39,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Hallelujah!</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Philippians: The Joy That Fuels the Mission</span></strong></h3><p><em><span>What if God is most glorified as we are most satisfied in Him?</span></em></p><p><span>Paul, writing from prison &#8212; chained to a Roman soldier, awaiting a verdict that could mean execution &#8212; writes what is probably the most joy-saturated letter in the New Testament.</span></p><p><span>Read it aloud and count how many times he uses the word &#8220;joy&#8221; or &#8220;rejoice.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>The command that sounds almost impossible in any other context:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Philippians 4:4)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>How? How does a man in chains rejoice?</span></p><p><span>How does a missionary who has been beaten, shipwrecked four times, and abandoned maintain joy?</span></p><p><span>In Philippians 4:11&#8211;13, Paul writes,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;I have learned, in whatever situation I am, to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Paul learned to be unshakeably content.</span></p><p><span>Not because the circumstances were pleasant. <br>Not because the mission was going smoothly.</span></p><p><span>Content because Christ is present, Christ is sufficient, Christ is the prize, and Christ cannot be taken away.</span></p><p><span>Paul put it this way in Philippians 1:21,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is not bravado.</span></p><p><span>This is the profound, lived-out theological conviction of a man who has found that knowing Christ is worth more than anything the world can offer or threaten.</span></p><p><span>And it is exactly this &#8212; this joy-rooted, Christ-saturated, Christ-treasuring contentment &#8212; that makes the Good News of Jesus credible to a watching world.</span></p><p><span>Joy is not incidental to mission.</span></p><p><span>Joy </span><em><span>is</span></em><span> the enduring fruit of a life on mission abiding in the Source of joy Himself.</span></p><p><span>The world is not compelled by grim-faced duty.</span></p><p><span>The world is compelled &#8212; drawn in, arrested, curious, hungry &#8212; when it encounters people who have found something worth living and dying for, and whose faces show it, over and over again, even more so over the long duration of a life lived with God.</span></p><p><span>John Piper&#8217;s great thesis, drawn from Jonathan Edwards, is a missional thesis:</span></p><blockquote><p><em><span>&#8220;God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.</span></em><span>&#8221;</span></p></blockquote><p><span>When we delight in God more than in the things of this world &#8212; when we count everything as loss for the surpassing worth of knowing Christ &#8212; we really do become the most potent advertisement for the Gospel that exists.</span></p><p><span>We become living proof that God is worth it.</span></p><p><span>Even that enduring suffering for the sake of Jesus is worth it, because while all endure suffering, we get to go through it with the God who sustains us and walks with us through every dark valley.</span></p><p><span>We become living proof that Christ is our treasure, and His Kingdom endures forever.<br>  That everything given up for the sake of Christ is not loss but gain.</span></p><p><span>This joy &#8212; not manufactured cheerfulness, not denial of suffering, but the deep-rooted, tested, and proven joy of knowing the risen Christ &#8212; is powerful fuel for the global mission of God.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>The Vision: A Throne and an Uncountable Multitude</span></strong></h3><p><span>Holy Week ends in a garden, with an empty tomb, and a risen Jesus igniting unmatched awe and wonder in His disciples.</span></p><p><span>But the whole arc of the Scriptures points further &#8212; forward, to the fulfillment, to the day the mission of God reaches its final destination.</span></p><p><span>The Apostle John, exiled on the Greek island of Patmos, was given a vision. He recorded:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from </span></strong><em><strong><span>every</span></strong></em><strong><span> nation, from </span></strong><em><strong><span>all</span></strong></em><strong><span> tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice,</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>&#8216;Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!&#8217;&#8221; </span></strong><span>(Revelation 7:9&#8211;10)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is the destination.</span></p><p><span>This is what the mission is moving toward.</span></p><p><span>  Not a Western church transplanted around the world. <br>  Not a single cultural expression of Christianity dominating all others.</span></p><p><span>But a magnificent, irreducible, glorious variety &#8212; every nation, every tribe, every people, every language &#8212; standing together before the throne, unified not by culture but by the blood of the Lamb, singing loudly together with one voice to the One who redeems us.</span></p><p><span>This is what God is doing in history.</span></p><p><span>The cross was for this.</span></p><p><span>The resurrection was for this.</span></p><p><span>The Great Commission is for this.</span></p><p><span>The prayers of every saint who has ever interceded for an unreached people are for this.</span></p><p><span>And this </span><em><span>will</span></em><span> happen.</span></p><p><span>Not because we are diligent enough or resourced enough or strategic enough &#8212; though diligence and strategy and resources matter.</span></p><p><span>It will happen because the One seated on the throne is the same One who said </span><strong><span>&#8220;It is finished&#8221;</span></strong><span> from the cross, and </span><strong><span>&#8220;All authority has been given to me&#8221;</span></strong><span> from the Galilean mountain, and who lives forever to make intercession for His people (as it says in Hebrews 7:25).</span></p><p><span>The glory of God will fill the earth.</span></p><p><span>This is not wishful thinking.</span></p><p><span>It is the declared purpose of the sovereign God who raises the dead to new life.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>So now what? The Questions We Must Take to God</span></strong></h3><p><span>This is not the kind of message that should produce a comfortable nod before we return to ordinary life.</span></p><p><span>These truths demand a response.</span></p><p><span>Not a performative one.</span></p><p><span>A real one &#8212; taken directly to the God who is present, personal, and passionately committed to the salvation and sanctification of every people group on earth.</span></p><p><span>So take these questions to Him.</span></p><p><span>If not now, when?</span></p><p><span>Here&#8217;s my strong encouragement, and I will be doing this with you, not just suggesting this from afar.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s open our Bibles.<br>Bring a notebook and pen. <br>Turn off our phones or leave it in another room. <br>Go somewhere private. <br>Get on our knees before God (honestly, our physical posture impacts our heart posture). If that is painful for you &#8212; I get it, I&#8217;ve had serious knee problems in the past that the Lord has healed &#8212; you can kneel on pillows or on your bed.<br><br></span></p><p><span>And let&#8217;s seek God and with the help of the Holy Spirit. <br>As we invite God to search our hearts and bring hidden things into the light and the truth to the surface, let&#8217;s be ready and willing to listen and respond by faith and without any shame, self-condemnation, or fear.</span></p><p><span>Join me in going to the Source, humbly asking:</span></p><blockquote><p><em><span>Lord, You know me. Do I really know You? Not just know about You &#8212; but know You? Is my relationship with You alive, growing, and transforming my life from the inside out? Or have I settled for going through religious motions without a living and active communion with You?</span></em></p><p><em><span>Lord, You see my life, my decisions, what I do and what I don&#8217;t do. Does my life clearly reveal that I believe the Good News of Jesus? Do I live as though Jesus is the Savior and Lord, my Savior and Lord? Do I really live as though heaven and hell are real, as though the stakes are eternal, as though the most loving thing I can do for the people around me is to introduce them to Jesus? Does Your love motivate my life and actions or is something else motivating me?</span></em></p><p><em><span>Lord, have I given You space in my heart and life, to equip and mobilize me toward faith-filled action as Your disciple &#8212; or am I sleepwalking? Do I have Your perspective and heart to pray for specific peoples who haven&#8217;t been reached by the Gospel of Jesus or anyone who follows You? Am I giving sacrificially toward Your global mission of redemption and if not, why not? Am I willing to go wherever You lead, whenever You lead, however You call?</span></em></p></blockquote><p><em><span>(Friends, remember, as we bring these real questions before God, it may feel challenging and confronting, but we can trust in His mercy and grace, knowing there is room for growth and grace to make changes that align with God&#8217;s heart and make Him smile. Be encouraged by Philippians 2:13 and remember, </span></em><strong><span>&#8220;it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.&#8221;</span></strong><span>) Ok, let&#8217;s continue&#8230;</span></p><blockquote><p><em><span>Lord, have I allowed Your love to motivate me to mobilize and invest in those You&#8217;ve placed in my life? Considering the people You have placed in my sphere of influence &#8212; my family, my community, my colleagues &#8212; is my life and witness drawing them toward and into the global story of what You are doing in the nations? Or is that story confined to Sundays alone, if at all?</span></em></p><p><em><span>Lord, what would it look like for me to live Colossians 4 &#8212; making the most of the time You have given me, speaking graciously, walking wisely, praying for open doors &#8212; this week?</span></em></p><p><em><span>Lord, am I willing? Willing to be sent? Willing to send? Willing to be inconvenienced, to sacrifice comfort, to give up my preferred future, as You call me into the work of the harvest?</span></em></p></blockquote><p><span>Friends, as we bring these questions before the Lord, know that He sees our hearts behind these questions and our desire to be with Him, to grow, to be shaped by His Spirit, to be faithful to Him, and to take action in faith.</span></p><p><span>Be encouraged by these words in 2 Timothy 2:11-13,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;The saying is trustworthy, for:<br>If we have died with him, we will also live with him;<br>if we endure, we will also reign with him;<br>if we deny him, he also will deny us;<br>if we are faithless, he remains faithful&#8212;<br>for he cannot deny himself.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><h3><strong><span><br>The Final Word: Going With Joy</span></strong></h3><p><span>The first witnesses to the resurrection did not walk away from the empty tomb with a theological observation.</span></p><p><span>They ran.</span></p><p><span>Matthew says they left </span><em><strong><span>&#8220;with fear and great joy&#8221;</span></strong></em><strong><span> </span></strong><span>(Matthew 28:8).</span></p><p><span>That sounds about right.</span></p><p><span>Those two things together &#8212; holy fear and great joy &#8212; are the appropriate posture of every person who has encountered the risen Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Set apart fear: because what has happened here is the most impactful thing in all of creation &#8212; the God of the universe has acted in history in a way we&#8217;ve never before seen:</span></p><h4><strong><span>The Messiah died and rose again. <br>Death couldn&#8217;t hold Him down. <br>The grave couldn&#8217;t keep Him bound.</span></strong></h4><p><span>The axis of reality as we know it has shifted.</span></p><p><span>Death is defeated. <br>Sin is overcome. <br>The deceiver is humiliated. <br>Darkness is expelled by Light.</span></p><p><span>This is not casual. <br>This is absolutely radical, holy, and awe-inspiring.<br>This changes everything.</span></p><p><span>And Great Joy: because the One who rose is not a distant theological figure or great moral teacher.</span></p><p><span>He is the living Lord, present with His people, for us, never against us, making all things work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His beautiful purposes.</span></p><p><span>He is the One who says: </span><strong><span>I am with you always.</span></strong><span> <br>  And He means it.</span></p><p><span>Encounter the Lord and go with awe-filled fear of the Lord and great joy.</span></p><p><span>Go knowing what your redemption and freedom cost Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Go knowing who goes with you.</span></p><p><span>Go knowing what awaits at the end &#8212; the uncountable multitude before the throne of God and the Lamb, singing a song of adoration to the Redeemer.</span></p><p><span>And go knowing this: there has never been better news in the history of the world.</span></p><p><span>Jesus is risen.</span></p><p><span>And the whole earth is His inheritance.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Let&#8217;s Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>Lord of all nations,</span></strong></p><p><span>Today we celebrate what no human heart could have invented and no human power could have accomplished &#8212; the resurrection of Your Son.</span></p><p><span>Death is swallowed up in victory. <br>The grave is empty. <br>The enemy is defeated. <br>The veil is gone forever.</span></p><p><span>Conquering King, Lord Jesus, we worship You. <br>And in worshipping You, we are reminded of what we stand for.</span></p><p><span>We are for Your glory.</span></p><p><span>We are for Your name being known and loved among all peoples.</span></p><p><span>We are for the redemptive work of Jesus, ransoming lost souls from the darkness and delivering them into Your radiant light.</span></p><p><span>We are for the day when the great multitude stands before Your throne, in every language, singing the song of praise to the Lamb with loud voices in unity, celebrating Your glory and reign.</span></p><p><span>Set our hearts on fire for this, for what moves Your heart, Lord.</span></p><p><span>Father, give us the joy of the Lord that sustains long-lasting, faith-filled obedience.</span></p><p><span>Empower us to receive and walk in Your love that casts out the fear of going.</span></p><p><span>Give us the faith that believes You can and will open doors &#8212; even in the hardest places, even in the most resistant hearts, even in the nations where Your name is not yet known.</span></p><p><span>Let faith and conviction arise is us, Worthy One.</span></p><p><span>Mobilize us, Lord of the harvest.</span></p><p><span>Fill us up and send us out.</span></p><p><span>Equip us as Your love-fueled disciples and send us to raise up and send out others in Your name.</span></p><p><span>Grant us more of Your heart for the souls, families, peoples, and nations that have never had the opportunity to hear the best news ever.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to commit to praying for specific peoples, families, neighbors, and colleagues who do not yet know Your name.</span></p><p><span>Jesus You came to seek and save the lost.</span></p><p><span>Awaken our hearts to partner with You in Your life-changing mission.</span></p><p><span>May our giving be generous and joyful, motivated by Your love to reach the 3 billion or so souls who have not heard or known of You.</span></p><p><span>Let our lives be the kind of lives that make people hungry for the Treasure we have found in You, Lord.</span></p><p><span>We thank You for the reality that </span><strong><span>&#8220;Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,&#8221;</span></strong><span> as Your Word proclaims in Romans 10:13, and we acknowledge the reality of the following verses too:</span></p><p><strong><span>&#8220;How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? <br>And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? <br>And how are they to hear without someone preaching? <br>And how are they to preach unless they are sent? <br>As it is written, &#8216;How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!&#8217;&#8221;</span></strong></p><p><span>May we be those who believe, hear, share, send, and go, preaching the Good News of our resurrected King locally and globally, day by day.</span></p><p><span>May we be those who don&#8217;t just hear all of these eternally significant things and calls to action, and do nothing &#8212; may we be those who wake up, count the cost, and actually follow You, Lord.</span></p><p><span>May we be the ones who don&#8217;t sit idly by as Your mission of redemption advances on earth.</span></p><p><span>May our lives and our mouths compellingly convey that Jesus Christ is Lord, our Source of joy, life, and salvation, our Treasure, and our exceedingly great reward.</span></p><p><span>We ask all of this and pray that our hearts and desires would better align with Yours, God, in the name of the risen Lord, Jesus &#8212; the One who is the same yesterday, today, and forever.</span></p><p><span>We pray in the name of the One who is worthy of all glory, honor, and praise, from every nation, language, and people under heaven.</span></p><p><span>Amen.</span></p></blockquote><p><span>Wow, thank You, Father. <br>Jesus, You are risen. You are risen indeed.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><span>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post and every post in this five-part Holy Week series.</span></p><p><span>All the posts in this series are linked below.</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><span>Part 1: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything"><span>KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 2: &#8220;</span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken"><span>My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?&#8221; - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 3: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king"><span>The Deceiver DEFEATED by the KING of kings</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 4: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory"><span>The Veil Is Torn </span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Part 5:</strong> <strong>The Glory That Cannot be Stopped </strong>(this post)</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><span>What can you do now?</span></h4><p><strong><span>Share</span></strong><span> this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. People are already wondering about Jesus and what all of this means.</span></p><p><span>You can click the </span><strong><span>Share</span></strong><span> button below.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><span>Add your email below to </span><strong><span>subscribe </span></strong><span>and catch the upcoming posts, including our new series on REST WITH GOD.</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong><span>Turn</span></strong><span> to the Lord. Pray. Listen. And enjoy seeking and finding Jesus and engaging with God in deeper and richer ways than you ever imagined possible. Anything is possible with our God.</span></p><div><hr></div><p><span>The journey continues next week.</span></p><p><span>   Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</span></p><p><span>Until then, thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/"><span>LIFE ON MISSION</span></a></strong><span> with Jesus!</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</span></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; </strong>La Gloire Qu&#8217;on Ne Peut Arr&#234;ter  &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 5</h1><h2><em>Une S&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Voici notre cinqui&#232;me et dernier billet dans une s&#233;rie de la Semaine Sainte centr&#233;e sur <em>La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</em>. Les parties 1 &#224; 4 sont li&#233;es ci-dessous. Comme toujours, tu peux &#233;couter le podcast ou lire le billet. Si ces billets te b&#233;nissent, n&#8217;h&#233;site pas &#224; les partager avec tes amis.</p><p><strong>La s&#233;rie La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</strong></p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">Partie 1: CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout </a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">Partie 2 : &#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Pourquoi M&#8217;as-tu Abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king">Partie 3 : Le Trompeur VAINCU par le ROI des rois &#8212; La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory">Partie 4 : Le voile est d&#233;chir&#233;</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Partie 5: La Gloire Qu&#8217;on Ne Peut Arr&#234;ter (ce billet)</strong></em></p></li></ul><p>Je me suis vraiment &#233;clat&#233; en explorant le Vendredi Saint dans notre dernier billet, <em>Le voile est d&#233;chir&#233;</em>, alors si ce n&#8217;est pas d&#233;j&#224; fait, je t&#8217;encourage &#224; aller le lire d&#8217;abord, parce qu&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui, on plonge dans le dimanche de la R&#233;surrection.</p><p>La Semaine Sainte, c&#8217;&#233;tait il y a un moment d&#233;j&#224;, mais c&#8217;est toujours bon de se souvenir de la victoire du Christ sur la croix et de c&#233;l&#233;brer sa r&#233;surrection.</p><h3>J&#201;SUS EST RESSUSCIT&#201;. <br>IL EST VIVANT.</h3><p>All&#233;luia ! Toute la gloire &#224; notre Dieu ! La victoire appartient &#224; Dieu, et cette victoire est la n&#244;tre en Christ.</p><p>Le Vendredi Saint et le dimanche de la R&#233;surrection sont peut-&#234;tre pass&#233;s, mais j&#8217;esp&#232;re que la puissance de ces jours historiques et de la victoire du Christ ne nous &#233;chappe pas. &#199;a a tout &#224; voir avec ta vie et la mienne, aujourd&#8217;hui, maintenant et pour toujours.</p><p>Regardons ensemble ce que J&#233;sus a fait, et ce dimanche le plus important de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p>Comme toujours, mon but c&#8217;est d&#8217;&#233;crire et de partager ces billets avec le Seigneur qui est avec nous, alors :</p><p>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur J&#233;sus, et sois glorifi&#233; &#224; travers ce billet.</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Il n&#8217;est point ici ; il est ressuscit&#233;, comme il l&#8217;avait dit. Venez, voyez le lieu o&#249; il &#233;tait couch&#233;. &#187;</strong> &#8212; Matthieu 28:6</p></blockquote><h2><br>Le troisi&#232;me jour</h2><p>Je parie que ce samedi, la veille du dimanche de la R&#233;surrection, a d&#251; sembler &#234;tre la plus longue journ&#233;e de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p>Les disciples &#233;taient cach&#233;s.</p><p>Les femmes &#233;taient dans le deuil.</p><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait un jour de sabbat, un jour de repos, donc rien pour les occuper et les distraire.</p><p>Les disciples sur le chemin d&#8217;Emma&#252;s allaient plus tard d&#233;crire ce qu&#8217;ils ressentaient avec une honn&#234;tet&#233; d&#233;chirante :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Nous esp&#233;rions que ce serait lui qui d&#233;livrerait Isra&#235;l &#187;</strong> (Luc 24:21).</p></blockquote><p>Remarque le temps pass&#233;. &#171; Nous esp&#233;rions. &#187;</p><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait comme si leur espoir avait &#233;t&#233; enterr&#233; dans la tombe, scell&#233; sous une pierre massive et gard&#233; par des soldats romains.</p><p>Le trompeur a d&#251; penser que c&#8217;&#233;tait fini, que les t&#233;n&#232;bres avaient vaincu la lumi&#232;re.</p><p>Le monde a d&#251; ressembler &#224; ce qu&#8217;il est au lendemain d&#8217;une grande trag&#233;die &#8212; froid, vide, en qu&#234;te de sens.</p><p>Mais Dieu ne dormait pas ce samedi-l&#224;.</p><p>Dans le silence d&#8217;un tombeau dans un jardin, ce m&#234;me Esprit qui planait sur l&#8217;ab&#238;me informe au commencement &#233;tait &#224; l&#8217;&#339;uvre.</p><p>Ce m&#234;me Dieu qui avait dit &#171; Que la lumi&#232;re soit &#187; dans des t&#233;n&#232;bres qui n&#8217;avaient jamais connu la lumi&#232;re se pr&#233;parait &#224; parler de nouveau.</p><p>Et le troisi&#232;me jour, il a parl&#233;.</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Et voici, il y eut un grand tremblement de terre ; car un ange du Seigneur descendit du ciel, vint rouler la pierre, et s&#8217;assit dessus. Son aspect &#233;tait comme l&#8217;&#233;clair, et son v&#234;tement blanc comme la neige. Les gardes trembl&#232;rent de peur, et devinrent comme morts. &#187;</strong> (Matthieu 28:2-4)</p></blockquote><p>Les gardes &#8212; des soldats romains endurcis, des hommes pour qui la violence et la mort &#233;taient un risque du m&#233;tier &#8212; sont devenus comme morts &#224; la vue d&#8217;un ange assis tranquillement sur la pierre qu&#8217;il venait de rouler.</p><p>Cette pierre roul&#233;e repr&#233;sentait ce qui semblait impossible.</p><p>La mort avait &#233;t&#233; invers&#233;e.</p><p>L&#8217;hypoth&#232;se fondamentale de toute exp&#233;rience humaine &#8212; que la mort est d&#233;finitive &#8212; avait vol&#233; en &#233;clats, de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur.</p><p>Il n&#8217;est pas ici.</p><p>Il est ressuscit&#233;.</p><h2><br>Pourquoi la r&#233;surrection change tout</h2><p>La r&#233;surrection de J&#233;sus-Christ n&#8217;est pas un ajout &#224; l&#8217;&#201;vangile de J&#233;sus.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas la fin r&#233;confortante qu&#8217;on aurait greff&#233;e &#224; une histoire par ailleurs tragique.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement sur lequel repose toute la foi chr&#233;tienne, toute l&#8217;esp&#233;rance, et toute la mission &#8212; et si &#231;a ne s&#8217;&#233;tait pas produit, comme le dit Paul avec conviction, notre foi ne vaudrait rien, et nous serions les plus &#224; plaindre de tous les hommes (voir 1 Corinthiens 15:14-19).</p><p>Paul ne fait pas de rh&#233;torique.</p><p>Il fait une affirmation qui porte tout le poids de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p>La r&#233;surrection est un &#233;v&#233;nement historique &#8212; vu par plus de cinq cents personnes &#224; la fois (voir 1 Corinthiens 15:6), par les ap&#244;tres &#224; plusieurs reprises, par Paul lui-m&#234;me sur le chemin de Damas.</p><p>Le tombeau &#233;tait vide.</p><p>Les autorit&#233;s romaines n&#8217;ont jamais produit de corps, alors que &#231;a aurait imm&#233;diatement stopp&#233; le mouvement de J&#233;sus.</p><p>Les disciples qui &#233;taient cach&#233;s le samedi se retrouvaient, quelques semaines plus tard, debout dans les rues de J&#233;rusalem, proclamant la r&#233;surrection aux gens m&#234;mes qui avaient r&#233;clam&#233; la crucifixion &#8212; et ils n&#8217;ont pas arr&#234;t&#233;, m&#234;me quand &#231;a leur a tout co&#251;t&#233;, jusqu&#8217;&#224; la mort.</p><p>Les gens ne meurent pas pour quelque chose qu&#8217;ils savent &#234;tre un mensonge.</p><p>Mais bien au-del&#224; de l&#8217;argument historique &#8212; qui est tr&#232;s solide &#8212; la r&#233;surrection compte pour ce qu&#8217;elle signifie.</p><p>La r&#233;surrection signifie que le P&#232;re a accept&#233; le sacrifice du Fils en notre faveur.</p><p>Comme le dit 1 Corinthiens 15:17 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Et si Christ n&#8217;est pas ressuscit&#233;, votre foi est vaine, vous &#234;tes encore dans vos p&#233;ch&#233;s. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Le tombeau vide, c&#8217;est le verdict du P&#232;re sur la croix : accept&#233;, suffisant, d&#233;finitif.</p><p>La dette a &#233;t&#233; pay&#233;e, et le re&#231;u, c&#8217;est J&#233;sus ressuscit&#233;.</p><p>La r&#233;surrection signifie que la mort n&#8217;est pas la fin.</p><p>Pour ceux qui sont en Christ, la mort est le dernier ennemi &#8212; et c&#8217;est un ennemi vaincu.</p><p>1 Corinthiens 15:53-57 pr&#233;cise ce que la r&#233;surrection du Christ signifie pour nous et pour tous ceux qui passeront de la vie, &#224; travers la mort, vers la nouvelle vie de r&#233;surrection :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Car il faut que ce corps corruptible rev&#234;te l&#8217;incorruptibilit&#233;, et que ce corps mortel rev&#234;te l&#8217;immortalit&#233;. Lorsque ce corps corruptible aura rev&#234;tu l&#8217;incorruptibilit&#233;, et que ce corps mortel aura rev&#234;tu l&#8217;immortalit&#233;, alors s&#8217;accomplira la parole qui est &#233;crite :</strong></p><p><strong>La mort a &#233;t&#233; engloutie dans la victoire. &#212; mort, o&#249; est ta victoire ? &#212; mort, o&#249; est ton aiguillon ?</strong></p><p><strong>L&#8217;aiguillon de la mort, c&#8217;est le p&#233;ch&#233; ; et la puissance du p&#233;ch&#233;, c&#8217;est la loi. Mais gr&#226;ces soient rendues &#224; Dieu, qui nous donne la victoire par notre Seigneur J&#233;sus-Christ ! &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>La r&#233;surrection de J&#233;sus prouve la faiblesse de la mort et la puissance de sa vie de r&#233;surrection, qui vit maintenant en nous qui avons ancr&#233; notre foi en Lui.</p><p>On ne tourne pas en rond dans des cycles sans signification.</p><p>On avance vers quelque chose : vers le jour o&#249; nous qui avons mis notre confiance en J&#233;sus le rencontrerons face &#224; face, o&#249; nos corps mortels et corruptibles seront engloutis par de nouveaux corps glorifi&#233;s, immortels et incorruptibles, et plus encore, vers l&#8217;accomplissement de toutes choses, vers le jour o&#249; Celui qui est ressuscit&#233; reviendra, o&#249; tout genou fl&#233;chira, o&#249; la terre sera remplie de la connaissance de la gloire de l&#8217;&#201;TERNEL comme les eaux couvrent la mer.</p><p>Les amis, c&#8217;est facile de se laisser happer par le tourbillon de nos vies, par le chaos de l&#8217;actualit&#233;, et par les circonstances difficiles dans le monde qu&#8217;on ne peut pas contr&#244;ler &#8212; mais n&#8217;oublions pas de regarder devant nous et de nous souvenir de ce qui vient.</p><p>Nous qui suivons J&#233;sus, on devrait &#234;tre, plus que quiconque, les gens les plus ancr&#233;s, les plus enracin&#233;s, les plus stables, les plus joyeux, les plus anim&#233;s par l&#8217;amour et par la foi sur toute la plan&#232;te.</p><p>On sait comment tout &#231;a va se terminer.</p><p>Et &#231;a nous donne une esp&#233;rance r&#233;elle et durable, une vraie perspective, ainsi qu&#8217;une motivation claire pour faire conna&#238;tre la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus, parce que le jour vient o&#249; tout ce qu&#8217;on conna&#238;t sera transform&#233; et renouvel&#233;, et o&#249; nous nous tiendrons tous devant un Dieu juste.</p><p>C&#8217;est une nouvelle extraordinaire, si tu as mis ta confiance en J&#233;sus comme Sauveur et Seigneur de ta vie.</p><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas une bonne nouvelle du tout pour ceux qui refusent son offre de gr&#226;ce par la foi et qui rejettent finalement leur Cr&#233;ateur, mort pour eux.</p><h2><br>La Grande Mission : l&#8217;&#233;tendue de l&#8217;autorit&#233; du Roi ressuscit&#233;</h2><p>Matthieu raconte que le Christ ressuscit&#233; est mont&#233; sur une montagne en Galil&#233;e &#8212; et quand J&#233;sus monte sur une montagne, tu sais d&#233;j&#224; qu&#8217;une v&#233;rit&#233; puissante s&#8217;en vient.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; qu&#8217;il a livr&#233; l&#8217;appel &#224; l&#8217;action qui a fa&#231;onn&#233; l&#8217;histoire du monde :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; J&#233;sus, s&#8217;&#233;tant approch&#233;, leur parla ainsi : Tout pouvoir m&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; dans le ciel et sur la terre. Allez, faites de toutes les nations des disciples, les baptisant au nom du P&#232;re, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit, et enseignez-leur &#224; observer tout ce que je vous ai prescrit. Et voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu&#8217;&#224; la fin du monde. &#187;</strong> (Matthieu 28:18-20)</p></blockquote><p>Prenons le temps de d&#233;cortiquer cette grande mission, lentement.</p><blockquote><h4>&#171; Tout pouvoir m&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; dans le ciel et sur la terre &#187;, dit J&#233;sus.</h4></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est le fondement. Pas un certain pouvoir. Pas un pouvoir spirituel limit&#233; aux contextes religieux.</p><p>Tout le pouvoir &#8212; partout, sur tout le monde, dans chaque domaine de la r&#233;alit&#233;.</p><p>Celui qui nous envoie r&#232;gne sur tout.</p><p>Sur tous les gouvernements, toutes les puissances, toutes les forces culturelles, toutes les fronti&#232;res ferm&#233;es, tous les r&#233;gimes hostiles &#8212; tout &#231;a est en fin de compte sous l&#8217;autorit&#233; de J&#233;sus ressuscit&#233;.</p><p>&#199;a ne veut pas dire que toutes les portes s&#8217;ouvrent facilement.</p><p>&#199;a veut dire qu&#8217;il n&#8217;y a aucune porte que notre Dieu ne puisse ouvrir.</p><p>Des milliers de missionnaires et de fondateurs d&#8217;&#233;glises dans les endroits les plus difficiles de la terre ont appris que le Christ ressuscit&#233; les pr&#233;c&#232;de dans des lieux qu&#8217;aucune strat&#233;gie humaine n&#8217;aurait pu d&#233;verrouiller.</p><p>Il ouvre des portes que personne ne peut fermer (voir Apocalypse 3:8).</p><p>Il pr&#233;pare les c&#339;urs avant m&#234;me l&#8217;arriv&#233;e du messager (voir Actes 16:14 &#8212; Lydie, <strong>&#171; le Seigneur lui ouvrit le c&#339;ur, pour qu&#8217;elle f&#251;t attentive &#224; ce que disait Paul &#187;</strong>).</p><p>Il orchestre les circonstances de nations enti&#232;res pour que l&#8217;&#201;vangile puisse &#234;tre re&#231;u (voir Actes 17:26-28 &#8212; Dieu d&#233;termine les temps et les lieux o&#249; habitent les hommes, afin qu&#8217;ils le cherchent et le trouvent).</p><p>Tout le pouvoir a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; &#224; J&#233;sus, qui proclame ensuite :</p><blockquote><h4>&#171; Allez donc. &#187;</h4></blockquote><p>Ce &#171; donc &#187; porte tout le poids de la phrase.</p><p>Parce que tout le pouvoir appartient &#224; J&#233;sus &#8212; parce que la croix a &#233;t&#233; accept&#233;e et suffisante pour notre r&#233;demption, que l&#8217;ennemi a &#233;t&#233; vaincu, que le voile a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;chir&#233;, que la r&#233;surrection a eu lieu &#8212; donc, allez.</p><p>Ce fait d&#8217;aller n&#8217;est pas optionnel pour ceux qui ont &#233;t&#233; saisis par ces r&#233;alit&#233;s et par l&#8217;amour qui se donne, manifest&#233; &#224; travers J&#233;sus.</p><p>C&#8217;est la r&#233;ponse naturelle et irr&#233;pressible d&#8217;un peuple qui sait ce qui s&#8217;est pass&#233;, et ce que &#231;a signifie pour lui.</p><p>Ensuite, J&#233;sus d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#171; Faites de toutes les nations des disciples. &#187;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>L&#8217;expression grecque, c&#8217;est <em>panta ta ethne</em> &#8212; tous les peuples.</p><p>Pas seulement les nations au sens politique moderne (196 pays), mais tous les groupes de peuples distincts, les groupes ethnolinguistiques, les tribus, les clans, les communaut&#233;s de langue de la terre.</p><p>On d&#233;nombre aujourd&#8217;hui environ 17 000 groupes de ce type.</p><p>Plus de 7 000 d&#8217;entre eux sont consid&#233;r&#233;s comme non atteints &#8212; des communaut&#233;s sans &#233;glise locale capable d&#8217;atteindre leur propre peuple sans aide ext&#233;rieure.</p><p>Ce ne sont pas juste des statistiques.</p><p>Chaque chiffre repr&#233;sente une grand-m&#232;re qui n&#8217;a jamais eu l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;entendre que J&#233;sus l&#8217;aime.</p><p>Un jeune homme en qu&#234;te de sens qui n&#8217;a jamais entendu qu&#8217;il existe un Dieu qui conna&#238;t son nom.</p><p>Un enfant qui, si personne n&#8217;ob&#233;it &#224; la mission que J&#233;sus a confi&#233;e d&#8217;aller, grandira, vivra et mourra sans jamais entendre : l&#8217;&#201;ternel est mon berger, je ne manquerai de rien.</p><p>Est-ce que &#231;a nous brise le c&#339;ur ? &#199;a devrait.</p><p>&#199;a a suffisamment touch&#233; le c&#339;ur de Dieu pour qu&#8217;il envoie son Fils J&#233;sus mourir pour nous, afin qu&#8217;on le connaisse, qu&#8217;on le re&#231;oive comme Sauveur et Seigneur, et qu&#8217;on le fasse conna&#238;tre, anim&#233;s par son amour et port&#233;s par son Saint-Esprit.</p><p>L&#8217;amour de Dieu nous pousse &#224; aller et &#224; faire des disciples. Et ce n&#8217;est pas tout.</p><p>J&#233;sus a continu&#233; :</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#171; Les baptisant au nom du P&#232;re, du Fils et du Saint-Esprit, et enseignez-leur &#224; observer tout ce que je vous ai prescrit. Et voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu&#8217;&#224; la fin du monde. &#187;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Cette promesse n&#8217;est pas un r&#233;confort pour ceux qui restent tranquillement &#224; la maison.</p><p>C&#8217;est la pr&#233;sence qui donne la force pour accomplir la mission, offerte &#224; ceux qui font confiance au Seigneur et qui vont.</p><p>Le m&#234;me J&#233;sus qui a vaincu la mort accompagne chaque missionnaire dans chaque jungle, chaque ville hostile, chaque prison, chaque lieu de travail, chaque foyer, partout o&#249; l&#8217;&#201;vangile n&#8217;est pas encore connu.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas de la po&#233;sie.</p><p>Demande &#224; n&#8217;importe qui qui est all&#233; dans les endroits difficiles au nom de J&#233;sus.</p><p>Ils te diront &#8212; la pr&#233;sence du Christ dans le feu est plus r&#233;elle que tout ce qu&#8217;ils avaient v&#233;cu dans le confort.</p><h2><br>Romains 8 : la cha&#238;ne qu&#8217;on ne peut briser</h2><p>On parle de la vie en mission avec joie &#8212; et on en parle aussi avec compassion.</p><p>Aller l&#224; o&#249; l&#8217;&#201;vangile n&#8217;est pas connu, c&#8217;est dur.</p><p>&#199;a co&#251;te... beaucoup.</p><p>Beaucoup ont tout perdu.</p><p>Des familles sont boulevers&#233;es.</p><p>Des carri&#232;res sont abandonn&#233;es.</p><p>Et parfois &#8212; souvent &#8212; les r&#233;sultats ne sont pas visibles du vivant de la personne.</p><p>Paul le savait mieux que quiconque. Et en Romains 8, &#233;crivant &#224; partir de son exp&#233;rience, il nous donne l&#8217;ossature th&#233;ologique qui rend la souffrance pour l&#8217;&#201;vangile non seulement supportable, mais transformante :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Nous savons, du reste, que toutes choses concourent au bien de ceux qui aiment Dieu, de ceux qui sont appel&#233;s selon son dessein. &#187;</strong> (Romains 8:28)</p></blockquote><p>Toutes choses.</p><p>Pas certaines choses.</p><p>Pas seulement les choses agr&#233;ables.</p><p>Toutes choses &#8212; y compris les portes ferm&#233;es, les gouvernements hostiles, la maladie, la pers&#233;cution, l&#8217;&#233;chec, et la mort &#8212; concourent au bien de ceux qui aiment Dieu et qui sont appel&#233;s selon son dessein.</p><p>Ce dessein est pr&#233;cis&#233; dans le verset suivant :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Car ceux qu&#8217;il a connus d&#8217;avance, il les a aussi pr&#233;destin&#233;s &#224; &#234;tre semblables &#224; l&#8217;image de son Fils, afin que son Fils f&#251;t le premier-n&#233; entre plusieurs fr&#232;res. &#187;</strong> (Romains 8:29)</p></blockquote><p>Le but de l&#8217;histoire &#8212; le but de ta vie, de la mienne, de la mission mondiale &#8212; c&#8217;est ceci : une immense famille de fr&#232;res et s&#339;urs rendus semblables &#224; l&#8217;image du Fils, marchant par l&#8217;Esprit comme des fils et des filles rachet&#233;s, glorifiant le P&#232;re, refl&#233;tant la gloire de Dieu dans chaque coin d&#8217;une cr&#233;ation rachet&#233;e.</p><p>C&#8217;est la fin.</p><p>C&#8217;est la joie qui &#233;tait devant le Fils quand il a march&#233; vers la croix.</p><p>C&#8217;est le fruit de la r&#233;surrection de J&#233;sus d&#8217;entre les morts.</p><p>Alors, et maintenant ? Regarde la r&#233;ponse de Paul :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Que dirons-nous donc &#224; l&#8217;&#233;gard de ces choses ? Si Dieu est pour nous, qui sera contre nous ?</strong></p><p><strong>Lui qui n&#8217;a point &#233;pargn&#233; son propre Fils, mais qui l&#8217;a livr&#233; pour nous tous, comment ne nous donnera-t-il pas aussi toutes choses avec lui ? &#187;</strong> (Romains 8:31-32)</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est vrai, non ? Les amis, r&#233;veillons-nous &#224; la r&#233;alit&#233; de cette bonne nouvelle !</p><p>Dieu n&#8217;a pas &#233;pargn&#233; son propre Fils, mais il l&#8217;a donn&#233; pour toi et moi, sa vie parfaite pour la tienne et la mienne.</p><p>C&#8217;est la mesure de son engagement envers nous, ses enfants, et envers sa mission de r&#233;demption.</p><p>Dieu n&#8217;a rien retenu.</p><p>Et apr&#232;s avoir donn&#233; le plus grand des cadeaux possibles, retiendrait-il le moindre ?</p><p>Manquerait-il d&#8217;ouvrir des portes pour ceux qui prient et cherchent &#224; r&#233;pondre &#224; son appel ?</p><p>Abandonnerait-il ceux qu&#8217;il envoie ?</p><p>Laisserait-il les nations dans les t&#233;n&#232;bres parce que les circonstances sont trop compliqu&#233;es ?</p><p>Absolument pas.</p><p>Comme Paul l&#8217;&#233;crit en Romains 8:38-39 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Car j&#8217;ai l&#8217;assurance que ni la mort ni la vie, ni les anges ni les dominations, ni les choses pr&#233;sentes ni les choses &#224; venir, ni les puissances, ni la hauteur, ni la profondeur, ni aucune autre cr&#233;ature ne pourra nous s&#233;parer de l&#8217;amour de Dieu manifest&#233; en J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>All&#233;luia !</p><h2><br>Philippiens : la joie qui alimente la mission</h2><p>Et si Dieu &#233;tait le plus glorifi&#233; quand on trouve en Lui notre plus grande satisfaction ?</p><p>Paul, &#233;crivant depuis sa prison &#8212; encha&#238;n&#233; &#224; un soldat romain, attendant un verdict qui pourrait signifier l&#8217;ex&#233;cution &#8212; &#233;crit ce qui est probablement la lettre la plus impr&#233;gn&#233;e de joie de tout le Nouveau Testament.</p><p>Lis-la &#224; voix haute et compte combien de fois il utilise le mot &#171; joie &#187; ou &#171; r&#233;jouissez-vous &#187;.</p><p>Le commandement qui semble presque impossible dans n&#8217;importe quel autre contexte :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; R&#233;jouissez-vous toujours dans le Seigneur ; je le r&#233;p&#232;te, r&#233;jouissez-vous. &#187;</strong> (Philippiens 4:4)</p></blockquote><p>Comment ? Comment un homme encha&#238;n&#233; peut-il se r&#233;jouir ?</p><p>Comment un missionnaire qui a &#233;t&#233; battu, qui a fait naufrage quatre fois, et qui a &#233;t&#233; abandonn&#233; garde-t-il la joie ?</p><p>En Philippiens 4:11-13, Paul &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Ce n&#8217;est pas en vue de mes besoins que je dis cela, car j&#8217;ai appris &#224; &#234;tre content de l&#8217;&#233;tat o&#249; je me trouve. Je sais vivre dans l&#8217;humiliation, et je sais vivre dans l&#8217;abondance. En tout et partout j&#8217;ai appris &#224; &#234;tre rassasi&#233; et &#224; avoir faim, &#224; &#234;tre dans l&#8217;abondance et &#224; &#234;tre dans la disette. Je puis tout par celui qui me fortifie. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Paul a appris &#224; &#234;tre in&#233;branlablement content.</p><p>Pas parce que les circonstances &#233;taient agr&#233;ables.</p><p>Pas parce que la mission avan&#231;ait sans encombre.</p><p>Content parce que Christ est pr&#233;sent, que Christ est suffisant, que Christ est le prix, et que personne ne peut lui enlever Christ.</p><p>Paul l&#8217;a formul&#233; ainsi en Philippiens 1:21 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Car Christ est ma vie, et la mort m&#8217;est un gain. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas de la bravade.</p><p>C&#8217;est la conviction th&#233;ologique profonde et v&#233;cue d&#8217;un homme qui a d&#233;couvert que conna&#238;tre Christ vaut plus que tout ce que le monde peut offrir ou menacer.</p><p>Et c&#8217;est exactement &#231;a &#8212; ce contentement enracin&#233; dans la joie, impr&#233;gn&#233; de Christ, qui fait de Christ son tr&#233;sor &#8212; qui rend la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus cr&#233;dible aux yeux d&#8217;un monde qui observe.</p><p>La joie n&#8217;est pas accessoire &#224; la mission.</p><p>La joie est le fruit durable d&#8217;une vie en mission qui demeure dans la Source m&#234;me de la joie.</p><p>Le monde n&#8217;est pas convaincu par un devoir accompli &#224; contrec&#339;ur, le visage ferm&#233;.</p><p>Le monde est attir&#233; &#8212; captiv&#233;, arr&#234;t&#233;, curieux, affam&#233; &#8212; quand il rencontre des gens qui ont trouv&#233; quelque chose qui vaut la peine de vivre et de mourir, et dont les visages le montrent, encore et encore, et de plus en plus au fil d&#8217;une vie longtemps v&#233;cue avec Dieu.</p><p>La grande th&#232;se de John Piper, tir&#233;e de Jonathan Edwards, est une th&#232;se missionnaire :</p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Dieu est le plus glorifi&#233; en nous quand nous sommes le plus satisfaits en Lui. &#187;</em></p></blockquote><p>Quand on trouve notre plaisir en Dieu plus que dans les choses de ce monde &#8212; quand on consid&#232;re tout comme une perte face &#224; la valeur incomparable de conna&#238;tre Christ &#8212; on devient vraiment la plus puissante publicit&#233; pour l&#8217;&#201;vangile qui soit.</p><p>On devient une preuve vivante que Dieu en vaut la peine.</p><p>Que m&#234;me endurer la souffrance pour J&#233;sus en vaut la peine, parce que si tout le monde endure la souffrance, nous, on la traverse avec le Dieu qui nous soutient et qui marche avec nous &#224; travers chaque vall&#233;e sombre.</p><p>On devient une preuve vivante que Christ est notre tr&#233;sor, et que son Royaume dure pour toujours.</p><p>Que tout ce qu&#8217;on abandonne pour Christ n&#8217;est pas une perte, mais un gain.</p><p>Cette joie &#8212; pas une gaiet&#233; fabriqu&#233;e, pas un d&#233;ni de la souffrance, mais la joie profond&#233;ment enracin&#233;e, &#233;prouv&#233;e et prouv&#233;e de conna&#238;tre le Christ ressuscit&#233; &#8212; c&#8217;est un carburant puissant pour la mission mondiale de Dieu.</p><h2><br>La vision : un tr&#244;ne et une multitude qu&#8217;on ne peut compter</h2><p>La Semaine Sainte se termine dans un jardin, avec un tombeau vide, et un J&#233;sus ressuscit&#233; qui allume chez ses disciples une crainte et un &#233;merveillement sans &#233;gal.</p><p>Mais tout l&#8217;arc des &#201;critures pointe plus loin encore &#8212; vers l&#8217;avant, vers l&#8217;accomplissement, vers le jour o&#249; la mission de Dieu atteint sa destination finale.</p><p>L&#8217;ap&#244;tre Jean, exil&#233; sur l&#8217;&#238;le grecque de Patmos, a re&#231;u une vision. Il a &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Apr&#232;s cela, je regardai, et voici, il y avait une grande foule, que personne ne pouvait compter, de toute nation, de toute tribu, de tout peuple, et de toute langue. Ils se tenaient devant le tr&#244;ne et devant l&#8217;agneau, rev&#234;tus de robes blanches, et des palmes dans leurs mains, et ils criaient d&#8217;une voix forte, en disant : Le salut est &#224; notre Dieu qui est assis sur le tr&#244;ne, et &#224; l&#8217;agneau. &#187;</strong> (Apocalypse 7:9-10)</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est &#231;a, la destination.</p><p>C&#8217;est vers &#231;a que la mission avance.</p><p>Pas une &#233;glise occidentale transplant&#233;e partout dans le monde.</p><p>Pas une seule expression culturelle du christianisme qui domine toutes les autres.</p><p>Mais une vari&#233;t&#233; magnifique, irr&#233;ductible, glorieuse &#8212; chaque nation, chaque tribu, chaque peuple, chaque langue &#8212; debout ensemble devant le tr&#244;ne, unis non pas par une culture, mais par le sang de l&#8217;Agneau, chantant ensemble &#224; pleine voix et d&#8217;une seule voix &#224; Celui qui nous rach&#232;te.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce que Dieu fait dans l&#8217;histoire.</p><p>La croix &#233;tait pour &#231;a.</p><p>La r&#233;surrection &#233;tait pour &#231;a.</p><p>La Grande Mission est pour &#231;a.</p><p>Les pri&#232;res de chaque saint qui a jamais interc&#233;d&#233; pour un peuple non atteint sont pour &#231;a.</p><p>Et &#231;a arrivera.</p><p>Pas parce qu&#8217;on est assez z&#233;l&#233;s, assez &#233;quip&#233;s, ou assez strat&#233;giques &#8212; m&#234;me si le z&#232;le, la strat&#233;gie et les ressources comptent.</p><p>&#199;a arrivera parce que Celui qui est assis sur le tr&#244;ne, c&#8217;est le m&#234;me qui a dit <strong>&#171; Tout est accompli &#187;</strong> depuis la croix, et <strong>&#171; Tout pouvoir m&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; &#187;</strong> depuis la montagne en Galil&#233;e, et qui vit &#233;ternellement pour interc&#233;der en faveur de son peuple (comme le dit H&#233;breux 7:25).</p><p>La gloire de Dieu remplira la terre.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un v&#339;u pieux.</p><p>C&#8217;est le but d&#233;clar&#233; du Dieu souverain qui ressuscite les morts pour une vie nouvelle.</p><h2><br>Et maintenant ? Les questions qu&#8217;on doit apporter &#224; Dieu</h2><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas le genre de message qui devrait juste nous faire hocher la t&#234;te tranquillement avant de retourner &#224; notre vie habituelle.</p><p>Ces v&#233;rit&#233;s demandent une r&#233;ponse.</p><p>Pas une r&#233;ponse de fa&#231;ade.</p><p>Une r&#233;ponse r&#233;elle &#8212; apport&#233;e directement au Dieu qui est pr&#233;sent, personnel, et passionn&#233;ment engag&#233; pour le salut et la sanctification de chaque peuple sur la terre.</p><p>Alors apporte ces questions devant Lui.</p><p>Si ce n&#8217;est pas maintenant, quand ?</p><p>Voici mon encouragement le plus sinc&#232;re, et je vais le faire avec toi, pas juste te le sugg&#233;rer de loin.</p><p>Ouvrons nos Bibles.</p><p>Prends un carnet et un stylo.</p><p>&#201;teins ton t&#233;l&#233;phone, ou laisse-le dans une autre pi&#232;ce.</p><p>Va dans un endroit tranquille.</p><p>Mets-toi &#224; genoux devant Dieu (honn&#234;tement, notre posture physique influence la posture de notre c&#339;ur). Si c&#8217;est douloureux pour toi &#8212; je comprends, j&#8217;ai eu de s&#233;rieux probl&#232;mes de genoux dans le pass&#233; que le Seigneur a gu&#233;ris &#8212; tu peux t&#8217;agenouiller sur des coussins ou sur ton lit.</p><p>Et cherchons Dieu, avec l&#8217;aide du Saint-Esprit.</p><p>Alors qu&#8217;on invite Dieu &#224; sonder nos c&#339;urs et &#224; mettre en lumi&#232;re ce qui est cach&#233;, et &#224; faire remonter la v&#233;rit&#233; &#224; la surface, soyons pr&#234;ts et dispos&#233;s &#224; &#233;couter et &#224; r&#233;pondre par la foi, sans honte, sans auto-condamnation, et sans peur.</p><p>Rejoins-moi pour aller &#224; la Source, en demandant humblement :</p><blockquote><p><em>Seigneur, tu me connais. Est-ce que je te connais vraiment ? Pas juste des connaissances sur toi &#8212; mais te conna&#238;tre, toi ? Ma relation avec toi est-elle vivante, en croissance, transformant ma vie de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur ? Ou est-ce que je me suis content&#233; de gestes religieux sans une communion vivante et active avec toi ?</em></p><p><em>Seigneur, tu vois ma vie, mes d&#233;cisions, ce que je fais et ce que je ne fais pas. Est-ce que ma vie r&#233;v&#232;le clairement que je crois &#224; la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus ? Est-ce que je vis comme si J&#233;sus &#233;tait le Sauveur et le Seigneur, mon Sauveur et mon Seigneur ? Est-ce que je vis vraiment comme si le ciel et l&#8217;enfer &#233;taient r&#233;els, comme si les enjeux &#233;taient &#233;ternels, comme si la chose la plus aimante que je puisse faire pour les gens autour de moi &#233;tait de leur pr&#233;senter J&#233;sus ? Est-ce que ton amour motive ma vie et mes actions, ou est-ce que c&#8217;est autre chose qui me motive ?</em></p><p><em>Seigneur, est-ce que je t&#8217;ai donn&#233; de la place dans mon c&#339;ur et ma vie, pour m&#8217;&#233;quiper et me mobiliser vers une action pleine de foi en tant que ton disciple &#8212; ou est-ce que je suis en train de somnambuler ? Est-ce que j&#8217;ai ta perspective et ton c&#339;ur pour prier pour des peuples pr&#233;cis qui n&#8217;ont pas &#233;t&#233; atteints par l&#8217;&#201;vangile de J&#233;sus, ni par personne qui te suit ? Est-ce que je donne sacrificiellement pour ta mission mondiale de r&#233;demption, et si ce n&#8217;est pas le cas, pourquoi ? Suis-je pr&#234;t(e) &#224; aller o&#249; tu me m&#232;nes, quand tu me m&#232;nes, comme tu m&#8217;appelles ?</em></p></blockquote><p>(Les amis, souvenez-vous, quand on apporte ces vraies questions devant Dieu, &#231;a peut sembler difficile et confrontant, mais on peut faire confiance &#224; sa mis&#233;ricorde et &#224; sa gr&#226;ce, en sachant qu&#8217;il y a de la place pour grandir et de la gr&#226;ce pour changer, dans un sens align&#233; avec le c&#339;ur de Dieu, ce qui le fait sourire. Laisse-toi encourager par Philippiens 2:13, et souviens-toi : &#171; c&#8217;est Dieu qui produit en vous le vouloir et le faire, selon son bon plaisir. &#187;) Bon, continuons...</p><blockquote><p><em>Seigneur, est-ce que j&#8217;ai laiss&#233; ton amour me motiver &#224; mobiliser et investir dans les gens que tu as plac&#233;s dans ma vie ? En pensant aux gens que tu as plac&#233;s dans ma sph&#232;re d&#8217;influence &#8212; ma famille, ma communaut&#233;, mes coll&#232;gues &#8212; est-ce que ma vie et mon t&#233;moignage les attirent vers l&#8217;histoire mondiale de ce que tu fais parmi les nations ? Ou est-ce que cette histoire est confin&#233;e au dimanche seulement, si tant est qu&#8217;elle y soit ?</em></p><p><em>Seigneur, &#224; quoi &#231;a ressemblerait, pour moi, de vivre Colossiens 4 cette semaine &#8212; profiter au maximum du temps que tu m&#8217;as donn&#233;, parler avec gr&#226;ce, marcher avec sagesse, prier pour des portes ouvertes ?</em></p><p><em>Seigneur, suis-je pr&#234;t(e) ? Pr&#234;t(e) &#224; &#234;tre envoy&#233;(e) ? Pr&#234;t(e) &#224; envoyer ? Pr&#234;t(e) &#224; &#234;tre d&#233;rang&#233;(e), &#224; sacrifier mon confort, &#224; abandonner l&#8217;avenir que je pr&#233;f&#233;rerais, alors que tu m&#8217;appelles &#224; l&#8217;&#339;uvre de la moisson ?</em></p></blockquote><p>Les amis, en apportant ces questions devant le Seigneur, sachez qu&#8217;il voit nos c&#339;urs derri&#232;re ces questions, et notre d&#233;sir d&#8217;&#234;tre avec Lui, de grandir, d&#8217;&#234;tre fa&#231;onn&#233;s par son Esprit, d&#8217;&#234;tre fid&#232;les envers Lui, et d&#8217;agir par la foi.</p><p>Laisse-toi encourager par ces paroles de 2 Timoth&#233;e 2:11-13 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Cette parole est certaine : Si nous sommes morts avec lui, nous vivrons aussi avec lui ; si nous pers&#233;v&#233;rons, nous r&#233;gnerons aussi avec lui ; si nous le renions, lui aussi nous reniera ; si nous sommes infid&#232;les, il demeure fid&#232;le, car il ne peut se renier lui-m&#234;me. &#187;</strong> </p></blockquote><h2><br>Le dernier mot : aller avec joie</h2><p>Les premiers t&#233;moins de la r&#233;surrection ne se sont pas &#233;loign&#233;s du tombeau vide avec une simple observation th&#233;ologique.</p><p>Ils ont couru.</p><p>Matthieu dit qu&#8217;ils sont partis &#171; avec crainte et avec une grande joie &#187; (Matthieu 28:8).</p><p>&#199;a semble juste.</p><p>Ces deux choses ensemble &#8212; une crainte sainte et une grande joie &#8212; c&#8217;est la posture appropri&#233;e de toute personne qui a rencontr&#233; J&#233;sus ressuscit&#233;.</p><p>Une crainte &#224; part : parce que ce qui s&#8217;est pass&#233; ici est la chose la plus marquante de toute la cr&#233;ation &#8212; le Dieu de l&#8217;univers a agi dans l&#8217;histoire d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qu&#8217;on n&#8217;avait jamais vue auparavant :</p><p>Le Messie est mort, et il est ressuscit&#233;.</p><p>La mort n&#8217;a pas pu le retenir.</p><p>Le tombeau n&#8217;a pas pu le garder li&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;axe m&#234;me de la r&#233;alit&#233;, tel qu&#8217;on le conna&#238;t, a bascul&#233;.</p><h4><strong>La mort est vaincue.<br>Le p&#233;ch&#233; est surmont&#233;.<br>Le trompeur est humili&#233;.<br>Les t&#233;n&#232;bres sont chass&#233;es par la Lumi&#232;re.</strong></h4><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas anodin.</p><p>C&#8217;est absolument radical, saint, et &#224; couper le souffle.</p><p>&#199;a change tout.</p><p>Et une grande joie : parce que Celui qui est ressuscit&#233; n&#8217;est pas une figure th&#233;ologique lointaine, ni un simple grand ma&#238;tre de morale.</p><p>Il est le Seigneur vivant, pr&#233;sent avec son peuple, pour nous, jamais contre nous, faisant concourir toutes choses au bien de ceux qui l&#8217;aiment et qui sont appel&#233;s selon ses magnifiques desseins.</p><p>C&#8217;est Lui qui dit : je suis avec vous tous les jours.</p><p>Et il le pense vraiment.</p><p>Rencontre le Seigneur, et va avec une crainte du Seigneur remplie d&#8217;&#233;merveillement, et avec une grande joie.</p><p>Va en sachant ce que ta r&#233;demption et ta libert&#233; ont co&#251;t&#233; &#224; J&#233;sus.</p><p>Va en sachant qui marche avec toi.</p><p>Va en sachant ce qui t&#8217;attend &#224; la fin &#8212; la multitude qu&#8217;on ne peut compter, devant le tr&#244;ne de Dieu et de l&#8217;Agneau, chantant un chant d&#8217;adoration au R&#233;dempteur.</p><p>Et va en sachant ceci : il n&#8217;y a jamais eu de meilleure nouvelle dans l&#8217;histoire du monde.</p><p>J&#233;sus est ressuscit&#233;.</p><p>Et la terre enti&#232;re est son h&#233;ritage.<br></p><h2>Prions ensemble</h2><blockquote><p><strong>Seigneur de toutes les nations,</strong></p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, on c&#233;l&#232;bre ce qu&#8217;aucun c&#339;ur humain n&#8217;aurait pu inventer, et qu&#8217;aucune puissance humaine n&#8217;aurait pu accomplir &#8212; la r&#233;surrection de ton Fils.</p><p>La mort est engloutie dans la victoire.</p><p>Le tombeau est vide.</p><p>L&#8217;ennemi est vaincu.</p><p>Le voile a disparu pour toujours.</p><p>Roi vainqueur, Seigneur J&#233;sus, on t&#8217;adore.</p><p>Et en t&#8217;adorant, on se souvient de ce pour quoi on se tient debout.</p><p>On est pour ta gloire.</p><p>On est pour que ton nom soit connu et aim&#233; parmi tous les peuples.</p><p>On est pour l&#8217;&#339;uvre r&#233;demptrice de J&#233;sus, qui rach&#232;te les &#226;mes perdues des t&#233;n&#232;bres et les fait entrer dans ta lumi&#232;re &#233;clatante.</p><p>On est pour le jour o&#249; la grande multitude se tiendra devant ton tr&#244;ne, dans toutes les langues, chantant un chant de louange &#224; l&#8217;Agneau &#224; pleine voix et dans l&#8217;unit&#233;, c&#233;l&#233;brant ta gloire et ton r&#232;gne.</p><p>Enflamme nos c&#339;urs pour &#231;a, pour ce qui touche ton c&#339;ur, Seigneur.</p><p>P&#232;re, donne-nous la joie du Seigneur qui soutient une ob&#233;issance durable et pleine de foi.</p><p>Donne-nous la force de recevoir et de marcher dans ton amour qui chasse la peur d&#8217;aller.</p><p>Donne-nous la foi qui croit que tu peux et que tu vas ouvrir des portes &#8212; m&#234;me dans les endroits les plus difficiles, m&#234;me dans les c&#339;urs les plus r&#233;sistants, m&#234;me dans les nations o&#249; ton nom n&#8217;est pas encore connu.</p><p>Fais na&#238;tre en nous la foi et la conviction, Toi qui es digne.</p><p>Mobilise-nous, Seigneur de la moisson.</p><p>Remplis-nous, et envoie-nous.</p><p>&#201;quipe-nous comme tes disciples anim&#233;s par ton amour, et envoie-nous pour former et envoyer d&#8217;autres personnes en ton nom.</p><p>Donne-nous davantage de ton c&#339;ur pour les &#226;mes, les familles, les peuples et les nations qui n&#8217;ont jamais eu l&#8217;occasion d&#8217;entendre la meilleure nouvelle qui soit.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; nous engager &#224; prier pour des peuples pr&#233;cis, des familles, des voisins et des coll&#232;gues qui ne connaissent pas encore ton nom.</p><p>J&#233;sus, tu es venu chercher et sauver ce qui &#233;tait perdu.</p><p>&#201;veille nos c&#339;urs &#224; collaborer avec toi dans ta mission qui transforme les vies.</p><p>Que nos dons soient g&#233;n&#233;reux et joyeux, motiv&#233;s par ton amour, pour atteindre les quelque 3 milliards d&#8217;&#226;mes qui n&#8217;ont pas entendu parler de toi ou qui ne te connaissent pas.</p><p>Que nos vies soient de celles qui donnent aux gens envie du Tr&#233;sor qu&#8217;on a trouv&#233; en toi, Seigneur.</p><p>Nous te remercions pour la r&#233;alit&#233; que &#171; quiconque invoquera le nom du Seigneur sera sauv&#233; &#187;, comme ta Parole le proclame en Romains 10:13, et nous reconnaissons aussi la r&#233;alit&#233; de ces versets :</p><p><strong>&#171; Comment donc invoqueront-ils celui en qui ils n&#8217;ont pas cru ? Et comment croiront-ils en celui dont ils n&#8217;ont pas entendu parler ? Et comment en entendront-ils parler, s&#8217;il n&#8217;y a personne qui pr&#234;che ? Et comment y aura-t-il des pr&#233;dicateurs, s&#8217;ils ne sont pas envoy&#233;s ? Selon qu&#8217;il est &#233;crit : Qu&#8217;ils sont beaux les pieds de ceux qui annoncent la paix, de ceux qui annoncent de bonnes nouvelles ! &#187;</strong></p><p>Que nous soyons de ceux qui croient, entendent, partagent, envoient et vont, pr&#234;chant la Bonne Nouvelle de notre Roi ressuscit&#233;, localement et mondialement, jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><p>Que nous ne soyons pas de ceux qui entendent toutes ces choses d&#8217;une importance &#233;ternelle et ces appels &#224; agir, et qui ne font rien &#8212; que nous soyons de ceux qui se r&#233;veillent, qui comptent le co&#251;t, et qui te suivent r&#233;ellement, Seigneur.</p><p>Que nous soyons de ceux qui ne restent pas assis &#224; ne rien faire pendant que ta mission de r&#233;demption avance sur la terre.</p><p>Que nos vies et nos paroles transmettent, de fa&#231;on convaincante, que J&#233;sus-Christ est Seigneur, notre Source de joie, de vie et de salut, notre Tr&#233;sor, et notre r&#233;compense infiniment grande.</p><p>Nous te demandons tout cela, et nous prions pour que nos c&#339;urs et nos d&#233;sirs s&#8217;alignent mieux avec les tiens, &#244; Dieu, au nom du Seigneur ressuscit&#233;, J&#233;sus &#8212; Celui qui est le m&#234;me hier, aujourd&#8217;hui et &#233;ternellement.</p><p>Nous prions au nom de Celui qui est digne de toute gloire, de tout honneur et de toute louange, de la part de chaque nation, chaque langue et chaque peuple sous le ciel.</p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Wow, merci, P&#232;re. J&#233;sus, tu es ressuscit&#233;. Tu es vraiment ressuscit&#233;.</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie pour que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers ce billet, et &#224; travers chaque billet de cette s&#233;rie en cinq parties pour la Semaine Sainte.</p><p>Voici les liens vers tous les billets de cette s&#233;rie :</p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">Partie 1: CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout </a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">Partie 2 : &#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Pourquoi M&#8217;as-tu Abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king">Partie 3 : Le Trompeur VAINCU par le ROI des rois &#8212; La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory">Partie 4 : Le voile est d&#233;chir&#233;</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Partie 5: La Gloire Qu&#8217;on Ne Peut Arr&#234;ter (ce billet)<br></strong></em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu peux faire maintenant ?</strong></h3><p>Partage cette s&#233;rie avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a soif, lui aussi, de plus de Dieu. Il y a des gens qui se posent d&#233;j&#224; des questions sur J&#233;sus et sur ce que tout &#231;a signifie.</p><p>Tu peux cliquer sur le bouton Partager ci-dessous.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-glory-that-cannot-be-stopped?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Ajoute ton courriel ci-dessous pour t&#8217;abonner et ne rien manquer des prochains billets, y compris notre nouvelle s&#233;rie sur SE REPOSER AVEC DIEU.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong>Tourne-toi</strong> vers le Seigneur. Prie. &#201;coute. Et prends plaisir &#224; chercher et trouver J&#233;sus, et &#224; vivre ta relation avec Dieu de fa&#231;on plus profonde et plus riche que tu ne l&#8217;aurais jamais imagin&#233;. Tout est possible avec notre Dieu.</p><div><hr></div><p>La suite du voyage continue la semaine prochaine.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, on se retrouve l&#224;-bas.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous avoir rejoints dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer vers 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; dans la demeure, la fid&#233;lit&#233;, l&#8217;apprentissage et la croissance, avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci d&#8217;avance, P&#232;re !<br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !<br></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Veil Is Torn — The Global Glory of God Series, Part 4 / 🇫🇷 Le Voile Est Déchiré — La Série sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 4]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Holy Week Series (&#127467;&#127479;La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 16:37:23 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210747746/f2fcbca7725881c10bc604a855031fff.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><h1><strong><span>The Veil Is Torn &#8212; The Global Glory of God Series, Part 4</span></strong></h1><p><span>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this LIFE ON MISSION with Jesus!</span></p><p><span>This is our fourth post in a Holy Week series centered on The Global Glory of God. Parts 1-3, are linked below. As always, you can listen to the podcast or read the post. If you are blessed by these posts, be sure to share them with friends.</span></p><p><strong><span>The Global Glory of God Series</span></strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><span>Part 1: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything"><span>KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 2: &#8220;</span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken"><span>My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?&#8221; - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 3: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king"><span>The Deceiver DEFEATED by the KING of kings &#8212; The Global Glory of God Series, Part 3</span></a></strong></p></li></ul><p><span>Holy Week may have been a while ago but it is always good to remember Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross and celebrate His resurrection.</span></p><h2><strong><span>JESUS IS RISEN. HE IS ALIVE. </span></strong></h2><p><span>Hallelujah! All glory to our God! The victory belongs to God and the victory is ours in Christ.</span></p><p><span>Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday may have come and gone but I hope the power of these historic days and Christ&#8217;s victory are not lost on us. They have everything to do with your life and mine today, now and forever.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s look back together at what Jesus did and the most important Friday in history.</span></p><p><span>As always, my aim is to write and share these posts with the Lord who is with us, so:</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Lead the way, Lord Jesus, and be glorified through this post.<br></span></strong></em></p><h3><strong><span>The Veil Is Torn</span></strong></h3><p><span>After enduring the excruciating pain of crucifixion on the Roman torturous death device we know as the cross, at the very moment Jesus yielded up his spirit on the cross, it says in Matthew 27:51,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks were split.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>In the following verses in Matthew 27:52-54, it goes on to say,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised, and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many. When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, &#8220;Truly this was the Son of God!&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>What a holy and awesome and life-altering moment.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s look back at the curtain that was torn in the temple.</span></p><p><span>It was torn from </span><em><span>top</span></em><span> to </span><em><span>bottom</span></em><span>. Not from below.</span></p><h4><strong><span>God did it. He tore that veil.</span></strong></h4><p><span>Here&#8217;s why I say that. </span></p><p><span>This is no ordinary veil or curtain separating two rooms. According to Jewish oral history, written down in the 1st and 2nd century, this temple veil was a handbreadth thick (~4 inches / 9 cm), 40 cubits long (~60 ft / &gt;18m long), and 20 cubits wide (~30 ft / 9m wide).</span></p><p><span>Assuming it was tightly woven using a typical density for tightly woven linen (i.e. apparently ~37 lbs/cubic ft)...</span></p><p><span>That&#8217;s roughly </span><strong><span>10&#8211;11 tons</span></strong><span> of curtain. (That&#8217;s 9-10 metric tons).</span></p><h4><span>That&#8217;s about the weight of </span><strong><span>two adult African elephants, or a fully loaded moving truck.</span></strong></h4><p><span>It would take over 300 people carrying over 70 lbs each (~32kgs) to pick up and wash that curtain.</span></p><p><span>I hope it&#8217;s a bit clearer now that there&#8217;s no human being that could tear that veil from top to bottom, let alone from bottom to top.</span></p><p><span>But why is this veil tearing so significant?</span></p><p><span>The curtain that hung in the Jerusalem temple separated the outer and inner courts from the Most Holy Place &#8212; known as the Holy of holies &#8212; the inner chamber where the manifest presence of God dwelled on earth.   </span></p><p><span>This was the place where, once a year, on the Day of Atonement, the High Priest alone would enter, with blood, trembling, to make atonement for the people, with bells on his garment to signify when he entering the most holy place. </span></p><p><span>My guess is that if you couldn&#8217;t hear those bells, there was only one explanation for coming so near God&#8217;s holy presence.</span></p><p><span>To enter uninvited was certain death.</span></p><p><span>The veil was not symbolic.</span></p><p><span>It was an actual, physical boundary between sinful humanity and the one, true holy God.</span></p><p><span>And the moment Jesus breathed His last, God tore it.</span></p><p><span>Can you see the eternal significance?</span></p><p><span>The access is now open &#8212; not to one priest, once a year, with animal blood to make things ritually clean &#8212; but to every soul who comes to God through faith in Jesus Christ, who made a way for us to approach the holiness of God&#8217;s presence by shedding His own blood for us, at any hour, in any language, from any nation, with any past.</span></p><p><span>Consider Hebrews 10:19-22,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Do we hear this good news? Full assurance. Not anxious hoping. Not groveling uncertainty. Confidence &#8212; not in our worthiness, but in His blood.</span></p><p><span>This is the foundation of prayer.</span></p><p><span>This is why Colossians 4 matters so profoundly to the global mission of God.</span></p><p><span>Paul, writing from prison, asks: </span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;</span>At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison&#8212; 4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.<span>&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Colossians 4:3&#8211;4)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>The apostle who had seen the risen Christ, who had been caught up to the third heaven, who had planted churches across the Roman world &#8212; he </span><em><span>asked for prayer</span></em><span>. </span></p><p><span>Not as a formality, but as genuine dependence and understanding that prayer is far more powerful than we know. </span></p><p><span>Because he knew: the doors of the nations open by prayer. <br>  The Gospel advances through sons and daughters who bow on their knees and approach God&#8217;s throne of grace in prayer, and receive all they need to go and proclaim the best news ever.</span></p><p><span>And the torn veil means we actually have access to the One who opens and shuts doors, who holds the keys to the Kingdom, who determines the times and seasons of nations.</span></p><p><span>We are not speaking into a void when we pray for open doors in closed countries.</span></p><p><span>We are addressing the King of Kings &#8212; through a curtain that He Himself tore, with access purchased at the highest possible price.</span></p><p><span>Not only that, God made a way for us to approach Him and for Him to live in us through His Holy Spirit, just as Jesus promised. Look at John 14:15-17,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>We can see clearly, God&#8217;s manifest presence is not restricted to the Holy of Holies in the temple.</span></p><p><span>Instead, God dwells in us who trust in Him, who put our confidence in Christ Jesus and His blood that was shed for us, so that our bodies may truly be temples of the Holy Spirit, just as it says in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><h3><strong><span><br>The Beauty of the Particular Way</span></strong></h3><p><span>Good Friday forces us to reckon with something that the vague, universal spiritual sentiments of our culture would rather avoid: the </span><em><span>particular</span></em><span> nature of salvation.</span></p><p><span>Jesus did not die as a universal spiritual principle.</span></p><p><span>He died as a specific person, on a specific hill, at a specific moment in history, bearing the specific sins of every specific soul once and for all.</span></p><p><span>And He rose &#8212; bodily, historically, </span><em><span>specifically</span></em><span> &#8212; three days later.</span></p><p><span>This particularity matters enormously for our lives on mission as ambassadors for Jesus and His Kingdom, here on earth, locally and globally &#8212; in our neighborhoods and across the nations.</span></p><p><span>This matters because it means the message is not &#8220;find your own spiritual path&#8221; or &#8220;awaken to your inner truth.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>The message is</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father except through Him.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (John 14:6)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is the most exclusive and the most inclusive thing ever said in my opinion.</span></p><p><span>Exclusive &#8212; there is only one Way.</span></p><p><span>One atoning death. One resurrection. One Name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved (as it says in Acts 4:12).</span></p><p><span>This is not negotiable, not culturally relative, not one option in a spiritual marketplace.</span></p><p><span>And precisely because it is particular &#8212; because it is </span><em><span>this</span></em><span> Jesus, with </span><em><span>these</span></em><span> wounds, who speaks </span><em><span>this</span></em><span> word of forgiveness &#8212; it is infinitely inclusive.</span></p><p><span>The door is </span><strong><span>not</span></strong><span> narrow in the sense of being for a certain ethnicity or culture or education level.</span></p><p><span>It is narrow in the sense of being </span><em><span>one door</span></em><span> &#8212; and it is open to </span><em><span>anyone</span></em><span> who walks through it by  faith.</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (John 3:16)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Not a region. Not a religion. Not a civilizational bloc. The </span><em><span>world</span></em><span> &#8212; the Greek word for world here is </span><em><span>kosmos</span></em><span>, including every human being who has ever drawn breath.</span></p><p><span>God&#8217;s love extends even to those who reject Him and His offer of soul-satisfying and personal love.</span></p><p><span>Jesus shared countless meals with Judas. He washed his feet. He called Judas, &#8220;friend.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>Even while we were enemies of God, living in sin, spiritually blinded and deaf, we were loved.</span></p><p><span>Romans 5:7-9 highlights this redeeming and steadfast love of God,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For one will scarcely die for a righteous person&#8212;though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die&#8212; but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>This explains why the peoples of the earth unreached by the Gospel and followers of Jesus are not a niche concern as it relates to the mission Jesus gave us before He ascended to heaven.</span></p><p><span>They are at the center of God&#8217;s heart.</span></p><p><span>Every people group on earth &#8212;</span></p><ul><li><p><span>the isolated tribes,</span></p></li><li><p><span>the densely populated urban centers of Southeast Asia,</span></p></li><li><p><span>the desert communities of the Sahel,</span></p></li><li><p><span>the nomadic peoples of Central Asia,</span></p></li><li><p><span>the sophisticated secularists of Western Europe &#8212;</span></p></li></ul><p><span>every one of them is loved by the God who tore the veil, and every one of them needs the particular, specific, non-negotiable news of Jesus Christ crucified and risen.</span></p><p><span>The church or group that does not feel the weight of this is not merely missing a secondary priority.</span></p><p><span>It is seriously missing the heart and desire of God Himself.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>The Questions of Good Friday</span></strong></h3><p><span>So, friends, let&#8217;s sit with these, slowly:</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Do you believe that Jesus is who He said He is?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>Not just a great teacher. Not merely an inspiring example.</span></p><p><span>The eternal Son of God, who died for your sins and mine and rose from the dead &#8212; our only hope of reconciliation with the Father?</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Do you believe that without this Good News of Jesus, people are genuinely, eternally lost?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>That hell is real &#8212; not as a boogeyman to frighten compliance, but as the terrible, solemn, just consequence of a life lived in final rejection of the God who made them for Himself?</span></p><p><span>If you believe those two things &#8212; and </span>for followers of Jesus <span>they are core and foundational beliefs &#8212; then the logical implication is this: </span><em><span>being and equipping disciples of Jesus, going, sending, giving, and praying</span></em><span> for the nations are not spiritual hobbies.</span></p><p><span>They are the natural overflow of a heart that knows what it has been saved from, who has done the saving, and what it has been saved for.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s look at </span>Romans 10:14&#8211;15,</p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, &#8216;How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!&#8217;&#8221; </span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>The chain is clear.</span></p><p><strong><span>&gt; Salvation requires faith.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>&gt; Faith requires hearing.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>&gt; Hearing requires someone preaching.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>&gt; Someone preaching requires sending.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>&gt; And sending requires people who have been gripped &#8212; truly gripped &#8212; by the weight and wonder of what Jesus did for us on Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.</span></strong></p><p><span>What would it look like for you to be </span><em><span>sent</span></em><span>?</span></p><p><span>What would it look like for you to </span><em><span>send</span></em><span>?</span></p><p><span>What would it look like for your heart to be gripped by God&#8217;s loved and moved with compassion to commit to praying for the unreached peoples of the earth?</span></p><p><span>I have no doubt that as we pray, God will raise up and send out faithful sons and daughters who are ready and willing to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ our victorious Lord and King.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>&#8220;It Is Finished&#8221;</span></strong></h3><p><span>In John 19:30, it says,</span></p><blockquote><p><strong><span>&#8220;When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, &#8216;It is finished,&#8217; and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.&#8221;</span></strong></p></blockquote><p><em><span>Tetelestai </span></em><span>is the Greek word used here for &#8220;It is finished.&#8221; </span></p><p><span>In the Greco-Roman world, this word was stamped on paid debts, used in courts by judges to denote a legal verdict, used by servant&#8217;s to report a job was completed with excellence, and by priests when an offering was deemed </span>acceptable to God<span>. </span></p><p><span>In other words, what Jesus was conveying is this:</span></p><h4><span>PAID IN FULL.</span></h4><h4><span>NOTHING OWED.</span></h4><h4><span>ACCOUNT SETTLED.</span></h4><h4><strong><span>JUSTICE IS SATISFIED.</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>THE SACRIFICE IS PERFECT.</span></strong></h4><p><span><br>Friends, hear this life-changing good news that we have thanks to Jesus.<br><br></span><strong><span>The debt of sin &#8212; yours, mine, the world&#8217;s &#8212; paid in full.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>The demands of the Law &#8212; every one of them &#8212; satisfied.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>The power of the enemy &#8212; broken.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>The barrier between God and humanity &#8212; torn.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>The foundation of the new covenant &#8212; laid.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>The mission to the nations &#8212; funded and launched.</span></strong></p><h2><strong><span>It is finished.</span></strong></h2><p><span>Not &#8220;it has begun.&#8221; Not &#8220;it is in progress.&#8221;</span></p><p><em><span>Finished.</span></em></p><p><span>The work of atonement is complete.</span></p><p><span>What Jesus did on Good Friday is not supplemented by our works, our religious performance, our cultural respectability, or our good intentions.</span></p><p><span>What Jesus did stands alone: sufficient, complete, and glorious.</span></p><p><span>And from this finished work, everything else begins.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Let&#8217;s Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>Gracious God,<br>Heavenly Father, <br>Lord Jesus,</span></strong></p><p><span>By Your Spirit, we humbly come before You today and we remember the cross You hung on.</span></p><p><span>We remember the horrific events of the Friday we call Good:</span></p><p><span>  Where darkness was overcome with light.</span></p><p><span>  Where the enemy was defeated though he thought he had won.</span></p><p><span>  Where our past, present, and future sin was atoned for.</span></p><p><span>  Where perfect blood was poured out for people stained by sin and death.</span></p><p><span>This is where everything we were blind to was brought into the most terrible and beautiful focus.</span></p><p><span>Lord, we remember.</span></p><p><span>Thank You, King Jesus:</span></p><p><span>  For Your love to willingly go to the cross.</span></p><p><span>  For Your face that was set like flint toward Jerusalem, though You knew what horrors were coming.</span></p><p><span>Thank You,</span></p><p><span>  For the bitter cup of suffering that You drank for our sake.</span></p><p><span>  For crying out and pointing us back to Psalm 22, to the Messianic prophecy You fulfilled that very day.</span></p><p><span>You were scorned and despised by the crowds who shouted &#8216;Hosanna&#8217; just days before.</span></p><p><span>You were mocked and made fun of, yet You remained faithful, trusting the Father till the end.</span></p><p><span>You were poured out like water, your bones put out of joint, your strength dried up, your hands and feet pierced.</span></p><p><span>Your garments were divided and they cast lots for them, just as Your Word foretold.</span></p><p><span>As it says in Psalm 22,</span></p><p><span>&#8220;All the ends of the earth shall remember<br>    and turn to the Lord,<br>and all the families of the nations<br>    shall worship before you.<br>For kingship belongs to the Lord,<br>    and he rules over the nations.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>&#8220;Posterity shall serve him;<br>    it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation;<br>they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn,<br>    that he has done it.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>It is finished.</span></p><p><span>Lord, we believe. Help our unbelief.</span></p><p><span>We will remember and share what You have done.</span></p><p><span>Kingship belongs to You, Lord of lords and King of kings.</span></p><p><span>May our children and their children declare Your praises all their days.</span></p><p><span>May the coming generation hear and celebrate Your victory on the cross, over sin, death, and the deceiver.</span></p><p><span>In You, Jesus, there is life and life in abundance.</span></p><p><span>Awaken our hearts to cherish You as our treasure above all, Lord Jesus.</span></p><p><span>May we be those who proclaim Your righteousness to the world and the generations to come.</span></p><p><span>You have done it. The victory is Yours.</span></p><p><span>And we ask &#8212; with the boldness the torn veil gives us &#8212; that you open doors for the Gospel.</span></p><p><span>Open doors in the nations that are currently closed.</span></p><p><span>Open doors in the hearts of the unreached.</span></p><p><span>Open doors in our own neighborhoods, our own families, our own workplaces.</span></p><p><span>Open them, Lord, as only You can.</span></p><p><span>And give us the grace to walk through them with the beautiful feet of those who carry the Good News.</span></p><p><span>Today, we remember what humanity&#8217;s sin cost You, ours included.</span></p><p><span>And we remember Resurrection Sunday, and we celebrate that Good Friday was not the end.</span></p><p><span>All praise, glory, and thanksgiving belong to You, Lord our God, living One, our Redeemer.</span></p><p><strong><span>We thank You and pray in the mighty and victorious name of Jesus,<br>Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p><span>Hallelujah! God be praised!</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><span>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. It&#8217;s part 4 in this five-part Holy Week series.</span></p><p><span>In this Global Glory of God Series, we first laid the foundation &#8212; </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything"><span>KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</span></a></strong><span>. We uncovered </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken"><span>The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</span></a></strong><span>. We then devoted time to celebrate the victory of Jesus and acknowledge </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king"><span>The Deceiver is DEFEATED by the KING of kings</span></a></strong><span>.</span></p><p><span>And today, we remembered </span><strong><span>Good Friday</span></strong><span>, the veil that was torn, the cost of redemption that Jesus paid, the radical love of God on display through Jesus&#8217; sacrifice, and the love of Christ that fuels us to take this message of Good News to our neighborhood and the nations.</span></p><p><span>There&#8217;s only one piece of this Holy Week puzzle that we have yet to uncover &#8212; </span><strong><span>Resurrection Sunday:</span></strong><span> The commission and the glory of God that cannot be stopped.</span></p><p><span>Hallelujah! Go God go!</span></p><p><span>Also, all the posts in this series are linked below.</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><span>Part 1: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything"><span>KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 2: &#8220;</span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken"><span>My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?&#8221; - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 3: </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king"><span>The Deceiver DEFEATED by the KING of kings</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Part 4: The Veil Is Torn </span></strong><span>(this post)</span></p></li></ul><h3><span>What can you do now?</span></h3><p><strong><span>Share</span></strong><span> this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. People are already wondering about Jesus and what all of this means.</span></p><p><span>You can click the Share button below.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><span>Add your email below to </span><strong><span>subscribe </span></strong><span>and you won&#8217;t miss out on the upcoming posts.</span></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong><span>Turn</span></strong><span> to the Lord. Pray. Listen. And enjoy seeking and finding Jesus and engaging with God in deeper and richer ways than you ever imagined possible. Anything is possible with our God.</span></p><p><strong><span>Read or listen</span></strong><span> to our most recent posts in our </span><strong><span>Drawing Near</span></strong><span> series on Intimacy with God. The podcasts are linked below:</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;SEEKING FIRST&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;COUNTING the COST&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Abundant Life Awaits&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><span>The journey continues next week.</span></p><p><span>   Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</span></p><p><span>Until then, thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong><span> with Jesus!</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</span></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; </strong> Le Voile Est D&#233;chir&#233; &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 4</h1><h2><em>Une S&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Voici notre quatri&#232;me billet dans une s&#233;rie de la Semaine Sainte centr&#233;e sur <em>La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</em>. Les parties 1 &#224; 3 sont li&#233;es ci-dessous. Comme toujours, tu peux &#233;couter le podcast ou lire le billet. Si ces billets te b&#233;nissent, n&#8217;h&#233;site pas &#224; les partager avec tes amis.</p><p><strong>La s&#233;rie La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</strong></p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">Partie 1: CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout </a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">Partie 2 : &#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Pourquoi M&#8217;as-tu Abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king">Partie 3 : Le Trompeur VAINCU par le ROI des rois &#8212; La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 3</a></strong></em></p></li></ul><p>La Semaine Sainte, c&#8217;&#233;tait il y a un moment d&#233;j&#224;, mais c&#8217;est toujours bon de se souvenir de la victoire du Christ sur la croix et de c&#233;l&#233;brer sa r&#233;surrection.</p><h3>J&#201;SUS EST RESSUSCIT&#201;. </h3><h3>IL EST VIVANT.</h3><p>All&#233;luia ! Toute la gloire &#224; notre Dieu ! La victoire appartient &#224; Dieu, et cette victoire est la n&#244;tre en Christ.</p><p>Le Vendredi Saint et le dimanche de la R&#233;surrection sont peut-&#234;tre pass&#233;s, mais j&#8217;esp&#232;re que la puissance de ces jours historiques et de la victoire du Christ ne nous &#233;chappe pas. &#199;a a tout &#224; voir avec ta vie et la mienne, aujourd&#8217;hui, maintenant et pour toujours.</p><p>Regardons ensemble ce que J&#233;sus a fait, et ce vendredi le plus important de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p>Comme toujours, mon but c&#8217;est d&#8217;&#233;crire et de partager ces billets avec le Seigneur qui est avec nous, alors :</p><p>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur J&#233;sus, et sois glorifi&#233; &#224; travers ce billet.</p><h2>Le voile est d&#233;chir&#233;</h2><p>Apr&#232;s avoir endur&#233; la douleur atroce de la crucifixion sur cet instrument de torture romain qu&#8217;on appelle la croix, au moment m&#234;me o&#249; J&#233;sus a rendu l&#8217;esprit sur la croix, il est &#233;crit en Matthieu 27:51 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Et voici, le voile du temple se d&#233;chira en deux, depuis le haut jusqu&#8217;en bas, la terre trembla, les rochers se fendirent. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Dans les versets suivants, en Matthieu 27:52-54, il est &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>Les tombeaux s&#8217;ouvrirent, et plusieurs corps de saints qui &#233;taient morts ressuscit&#232;rent. &#201;tant sortis des tombeaux, apr&#232;s la r&#233;surrection de J&#233;sus, ils entr&#232;rent dans la ville sainte, et apparurent &#224; un grand nombre de personnes. Le centenier et ceux qui &#233;taient avec lui pour garder J&#233;sus, ayant vu le tremblement de terre et ce qui venait d&#8217;arriver, furent saisis d&#8217;une grande frayeur, et dirent : Assur&#233;ment, cet homme &#233;tait Fils de Dieu.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Quel moment saint, impressionnant, et qui change tout.</p><p>Regardons de plus pr&#232;s ce voile d&#233;chir&#233; dans le temple.</p><p>Il a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;chir&#233; du haut vers le bas. Pas depuis le bas.</p><p>C&#8217;est Dieu qui l&#8217;a fait.</p><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas un rideau ordinaire qui s&#233;pare deux pi&#232;ces. Selon la tradition orale juive, consign&#233;e par &#233;crit aux 1er et 2e si&#232;cles, ce voile du temple avait l&#8217;&#233;paisseur d&#8217;une paume de main (environ 9 cm), 40 coud&#233;es de long (environ 18 m) et 20 coud&#233;es de large (environ 9 m).</p><p>En supposant qu&#8217;il &#233;tait tiss&#233; serr&#233;, avec une densit&#233; typique du lin bien tiss&#233; (environ 590 kg/m&#179;)...</p><p>&#199;a donne environ <strong>9 &#224; 10 tonnes</strong> de rideau.</p><p><strong>C&#8217;est &#224; peu pr&#232;s le poids de deux &#233;l&#233;phants d&#8217;Afrique adultes, ou d&#8217;un camion de d&#233;m&#233;nagement compl&#232;tement charg&#233;.</strong></p><p>Il aurait fallu plus de 300 personnes portant chacune plus de 32 kg pour soulever et laver ce rideau.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que c&#8217;est un peu plus clair maintenant : aucun &#234;tre humain n&#8217;aurait pu d&#233;chirer ce voile du haut vers le bas &#8212; encore moins du bas vers le haut.</p><p>Mais pourquoi cette d&#233;chirure du voile est-elle si importante ?</p><p>Le voile suspendu dans le temple de J&#233;rusalem s&#233;parait les cours ext&#233;rieures et int&#233;rieures du Lieu Tr&#232;s Saint &#8212; la chambre int&#233;rieure o&#249; r&#233;sidait la pr&#233;sence manifeste de Dieu.</p><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait l&#8217;endroit o&#249;, une fois par an, le jour du Grand Pardon, le Grand Pr&#234;tre seul entrait, avec du sang, en tremblant, pour faire l&#8217;expiation pour le peuple.</p><p>Y entrer sans y &#234;tre invit&#233;, c&#8217;&#233;tait la mort certaine.</p><p>Le voile n&#8217;&#233;tait pas symbolique.</p><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait une fronti&#232;re r&#233;elle et physique entre l&#8217;humanit&#233; p&#233;cheresse et le seul vrai Dieu saint.</p><p>Et au moment o&#249; J&#233;sus a rendu son dernier souffle, Dieu l&#8217;a d&#233;chir&#233;.</p><p>Tu vois la port&#233;e &#233;ternelle de ce moment ?</p><p>L&#8217;acc&#232;s est maintenant ouvert &#8212; pas seulement &#224; un pr&#234;tre, une fois par an, avec du sang animal pour rendre les choses rituellement pures &#8212; mais &#224; chaque &#226;me qui vient &#224; Dieu par la foi en J&#233;sus-Christ, qui nous a ouvert un chemin pour approcher la saintet&#233; de la pr&#233;sence de Dieu en versant son propre sang pour nous, &#224; toute heure, dans toute langue, de toute nation, avec n&#8217;importe quel pass&#233;.</p><p>Regarde H&#233;breux 10:19-22 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Ainsi donc, fr&#232;res, puisque nous avons, au moyen du sang de J&#233;sus, une libre entr&#233;e dans le sanctuaire par la route nouvelle et vivante qu&#8217;il a inaugur&#233;e pour nous au travers du voile, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire, de sa chair, et puisque nous avons un souverain sacrificateur &#233;tabli sur la maison de Dieu, approchons-nous avec un c&#339;ur sinc&#232;re, dans la pl&#233;nitude de la foi, les c&#339;urs purifi&#233;s d&#8217;une mauvaise conscience, et le corps lav&#233; d&#8217;une eau pure. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Pleine assurance. Pas un espoir anxieux. Pas une incertitude rampante. De la confiance &#8212; pas dans notre propre valeur, mais dans son sang.</p><p>C&#8217;est le fondement de la pri&#232;re.</p><p>C&#8217;est pour &#231;a que Colossiens 4 compte tant pour la mission mondiale de Dieu.</p><p>Paul, &#233;crivant depuis sa prison, demande :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; ...en priant en m&#234;me temps pour nous, afin que Dieu nous ouvre une porte pour la parole, en sorte que je puisse annoncer le myst&#232;re de Christ, pour lequel je suis dans les cha&#238;nes, et le faire conna&#238;tre comme je dois en parler. &#187;</strong> (Colossiens 4:3-4)</p></blockquote><p>L&#8217;ap&#244;tre qui avait vu le Christ ressuscit&#233;, qui avait &#233;t&#233; enlev&#233; jusqu&#8217;au troisi&#232;me ciel, qui avait plant&#233; des &#233;glises &#224; travers tout le monde romain &#8212; cet homme demandait qu&#8217;on prie pour lui. Pas comme une formalit&#233;. Comme une vraie d&#233;pendance. Parce qu&#8217;il savait : les portes des nations s&#8217;ouvrent par la pri&#232;re. L&#8217;&#201;vangile avance &#224; genoux.</p><p>Et le voile d&#233;chir&#233;, &#231;a veut dire qu&#8217;on a vraiment acc&#232;s &#224; Celui qui ouvre et ferme les portes, qui tient les cl&#233;s de David, qui d&#233;termine les temps et les saisons des nations.</p><p>On ne parle pas dans le vide quand on prie pour que des portes s&#8217;ouvrent dans des pays ferm&#233;s.</p><p>On s&#8217;adresse au Roi des rois &#8212; &#224; travers un voile que Lui-m&#234;me a d&#233;chir&#233;, avec un acc&#232;s achet&#233; au prix le plus &#233;lev&#233; qui soit.</p><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas tout : Dieu nous a ouvert un chemin pour l&#8217;approcher, et pour qu&#8217;Il vive en nous par son Saint-Esprit, exactement comme J&#233;sus l&#8217;a promis en Jean 14:15-17 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Si vous m&#8217;aimez, gardez mes commandements. Et moi, je prierai le P&#232;re, et il vous donnera un autre consolateur, afin qu&#8217;il demeure &#233;ternellement avec vous, l&#8217;Esprit de v&#233;rit&#233;, que le monde ne peut recevoir, parce qu&#8217;il ne le voit point et ne le conna&#238;t point ; mais vous, vous le connaissez, car il demeure avec vous, et il sera en vous. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>On voit clairement : la pr&#233;sence manifeste de Dieu n&#8217;est plus r&#233;serv&#233;e au Lieu Tr&#232;s Saint du temple.</p><p>&#192; la place, Dieu habite en nous, ceux qui mettons notre confiance en Lui, qui pla&#231;ons notre confiance en Christ J&#233;sus et dans son sang vers&#233; pour nous &#8212; de sorte que nos corps deviennent vraiment des temples du Saint-Esprit, comme il est &#233;crit en 1 Corinthiens 6:19-20 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Ne savez-vous pas que votre corps est le temple du Saint-Esprit qui est en vous, que vous avez re&#231;u de Dieu, et que vous ne vous appartenez point &#224; vous-m&#234;mes ? Car vous avez &#233;t&#233; rachet&#233;s &#224; un grand prix. Glorifiez donc Dieu dans votre corps. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><h2>La beaut&#233; du chemin particulier</h2><p>Le Vendredi Saint nous force &#224; affronter quelque chose que nos vagues sentiments spirituels universels pr&#233;f&#233;reraient &#233;viter : la nature particuli&#232;re du salut.</p><p>J&#233;sus n&#8217;est pas mort comme un principe spirituel universel.</p><p>Il est mort en tant que personne pr&#233;cise, sur une colline pr&#233;cise, &#224; un moment pr&#233;cis de l&#8217;histoire, portant les p&#233;ch&#233;s pr&#233;cis de personnes pr&#233;cises.</p><p>Et il est ressuscit&#233; &#8212; physiquement, historiquement, pr&#233;cis&#233;ment &#8212; trois jours plus tard.</p><p>Cette particularit&#233; compte &#233;norm&#233;ment pour notre vie en mission, en tant qu&#8217;ambassadeurs de J&#233;sus et du Royaume de Dieu ici sur terre, localement et mondialement &#8212; dans nos quartiers comme &#224; travers les nations.</p><p>Parce que &#231;a veut dire que le message n&#8217;est pas &#171; trouve ton propre chemin spirituel &#187; ou &#171; &#233;veille-toi &#224; ta v&#233;rit&#233; int&#233;rieure &#187;.</p><p>Le message, c&#8217;est :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Je suis le chemin, la v&#233;rit&#233;, et la vie. Nul ne vient au P&#232;re que par moi. &#187;</strong> (Jean 14:6)</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est la chose la plus exclusive et la plus inclusive qui ait jamais &#233;t&#233; dite.</p><p>Exclusive &#8212; il n&#8217;y a qu&#8217;un seul chemin.</p><p>Une seule mort expiatoire. Une seule r&#233;surrection. Aucun autre nom sous le ciel qui ait &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; parmi les hommes, par lequel nous devions &#234;tre sauv&#233;s (comme le dit Actes 4:12).</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas n&#233;gociable, ce n&#8217;est pas relatif &#224; une culture, ce n&#8217;est pas une option parmi d&#8217;autres sur un march&#233; spirituel.</p><p>Et pr&#233;cis&#233;ment parce que c&#8217;est particulier &#8212; parce que c&#8217;est ce J&#233;sus-l&#224;, avec ces blessures-l&#224;, qui prononce cette parole de pardon &#8212; c&#8217;est infiniment inclusif.</p><p>La porte n&#8217;est pas &#233;troite au sens o&#249; elle serait r&#233;serv&#233;e &#224; une certaine ethnie, une certaine culture, ou un certain niveau d&#8217;&#233;ducation.</p><p>Elle est &#233;troite au sens o&#249; c&#8217;est une seule porte &#8212; et elle est ouverte &#224; quiconque la franchit par la foi.</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Car Dieu a tant aim&#233; le monde qu&#8217;il a donn&#233; son Fils unique, afin que quiconque croit en lui ne p&#233;risse point, mais qu&#8217;il ait la vie &#233;ternelle. &#187;</strong> (Jean 3:16)</p></blockquote><p>Pas une r&#233;gion. Pas une religion. Pas un bloc de civilisation. Le monde &#8212; le mot grec pour &#171; monde &#187; ici, c&#8217;est <em>kosmos</em>, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire chaque &#234;tre humain qui a jamais respir&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;amour de Dieu s&#8217;&#233;tend m&#234;me &#224; ceux qui le rejettent, Lui et son offre d&#8217;un amour personnel qui comble l&#8217;&#226;me.</p><p>J&#233;sus a partag&#233; d&#8217;innombrables repas avec Judas. Il lui a lav&#233; les pieds. Il l&#8217;a appel&#233; &#171; ami &#187;.</p><p>M&#234;me quand on &#233;tait ennemis de Dieu, vivant dans le p&#233;ch&#233;, aveugl&#233;s et sourds spirituellement, on &#233;tait aim&#233;s.</p><p>Romains 5:7-9 met en lumi&#232;re cet amour r&#233;dempteur et ind&#233;fectible de Dieu :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; &#192; peine mourrait-on pour un juste ; quelqu&#8217;un peut-&#234;tre mourrait-il pour un homme de bien. Mais Dieu prouve son amour envers nous, en ce que, lorsque nous &#233;tions encore des p&#233;cheurs, Christ est mort pour nous. &#192; plus forte raison donc, maintenant que nous sommes justifi&#233;s par son sang, serons-nous sauv&#233;s par lui de la col&#232;re. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>&#199;a explique pourquoi les peuples de la terre qui n&#8217;ont pas encore re&#231;u l&#8217;&#201;vangile, ainsi que les personnes d&#233;j&#224; en Christ, ne sont pas une pr&#233;occupation marginale par rapport &#224; la mission que J&#233;sus nous a confi&#233;e avant de monter au ciel.</p><p>Ils sont au centre du c&#339;ur de Dieu.</p><p>Chaque peuple de la terre &#8212;</p><ul><li><p>les tribus isol&#233;es,</p></li><li><p>les centres urbains dens&#233;ment peupl&#233;s de l&#8217;Asie du Sud-Est,</p></li><li><p>les communaut&#233;s du d&#233;sert au Sahel,</p></li><li><p>les peuples nomades d&#8217;Asie centrale,</p></li><li><p>les s&#233;cularistes sophistiqu&#233;s d&#8217;Europe de l&#8217;Ouest &#8212;</p></li></ul><p>chacun d&#8217;eux est aim&#233; par le Dieu qui a d&#233;chir&#233; le voile, et chacun d&#8217;eux a besoin de cette nouvelle particuli&#232;re, pr&#233;cise, non n&#233;gociable : J&#233;sus-Christ crucifi&#233; et ressuscit&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;&#201;glise qui ne ressent pas le poids de &#231;a ne manque pas simplement un d&#233;partement.</p><p>Elle passe &#224; c&#244;t&#233; du battement de c&#339;ur de Dieu Lui-m&#234;me.</p><h2>Les questions du Vendredi Saint</h2><p>Reste avec ces questions, lentement :</p><p>Crois-tu que J&#233;sus est celui qu&#8217;il a dit &#234;tre ?</p><p>Pas seulement un grand enseignant. Pas simplement un exemple inspirant.</p><p>Le Fils &#233;ternel de Dieu, mort pour tes p&#233;ch&#233;s et ressuscit&#233; des morts &#8212; ta seule esp&#233;rance de r&#233;conciliation avec le P&#232;re ?</p><p>Crois-tu que sans cette Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus, les gens sont vraiment, &#233;ternellement perdus ?</p><p>Que l&#8217;enfer est r&#233;el &#8212; pas comme un croquemitaine pour effrayer et faire ob&#233;ir, mais comme la cons&#233;quence terrible, solennelle et juste d&#8217;une vie v&#233;cue dans le rejet d&#233;finitif du Dieu qui les a cr&#233;&#233;s pour Lui ?</p><p>Si tu crois ces deux choses &#8212; et ce ne sont pas des croyances facultatives pour ceux qui suivent J&#233;sus &#8212; alors la cons&#233;quence logique, c&#8217;est ceci : aller, envoyer, donner, prier pour les nations, ce n&#8217;est pas un passe-temps spirituel.</p><p>C&#8217;est le d&#233;bordement naturel d&#8217;un c&#339;ur qui sait de quoi il a &#233;t&#233; sauv&#233;, et qui sait qui l&#8217;a sauv&#233;.</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Comment donc invoqueront-ils celui en qui ils n&#8217;ont pas cru ? Et comment croiront-ils en celui dont ils n&#8217;ont pas entendu parler ? Et comment en entendront-ils parler, s&#8217;il n&#8217;y a personne qui pr&#234;che ? Et comment y aura-t-il des pr&#233;dicateurs, s&#8217;ils ne sont pas envoy&#233;s ? selon qu&#8217;il est &#233;crit : Qu&#8217;ils sont beaux les pieds de ceux qui annoncent la paix, de ceux qui annoncent de bonnes nouvelles ! &#187;</strong> (Romains 10:14-15)</p></blockquote><p>L&#8217;encha&#238;nement est clair.</p><ul><li><p>Le salut demande la foi.</p></li><li><p>La foi demande d&#8217;entendre.</p></li><li><p>Entendre demande que quelqu&#8217;un pr&#234;che.</p></li><li><p>Pr&#234;cher demande d&#8217;&#234;tre envoy&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Et &#234;tre envoy&#233; demande des gens qui ont &#233;t&#233; saisis &#8212; vraiment saisis &#8212; par le poids et la merveille de ce que J&#233;sus a fait le Vendredi Saint et le dimanche de la R&#233;surrection.</p></li></ul><p>&#192; quoi &#231;a ressemblerait, pour toi, d&#8217;&#234;tre envoy&#233;(e) ?</p><p>&#192; quoi &#231;a ressemblerait, pour toi, d&#8217;envoyer quelqu&#8217;un d&#8217;autre ?</p><p>&#192; quoi &#231;a ressemblerait, si tes pri&#232;res &#233;taient fa&#231;onn&#233;es, concr&#232;tement, par les peuples de la terre qui n&#8217;ont pas encore entendu parler de J&#233;sus ?</p><h2>&#171; Tout est accompli &#187;</h2><p>En Jean 19:30, il est &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Quand J&#233;sus eut pris le vinaigre, il dit : Tout est accompli. Et, baissant la t&#234;te, il rendit l&#8217;esprit. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p><strong>Tetelestai</strong>, c&#8217;est le mot grec utilis&#233; ici pour &#171; Tout est accompli &#187;.</p><p>Dans le monde gr&#233;co-romain, ce mot &#233;tait estampill&#233; sur les dettes pay&#233;es, utilis&#233; dans les tribunaux par les juges pour prononcer un verdict l&#233;gal, utilis&#233; par les serviteurs pour signaler qu&#8217;un travail avait &#233;t&#233; accompli avec excellence, et par les pr&#234;tres quand une offrande &#233;tait jug&#233;e acceptable devant Dieu.</p><p>Autrement dit, voici ce que J&#233;sus &#233;tait en train de dire :</p><h4>PAY&#201; INT&#201;GRALEMENT.</h4><h4>RIEN N&#8217;EST D&#219;.</h4><h4>COMPTE R&#201;GL&#201;.</h4><h4>LA JUSTICE EST SATISFAITE.</h4><h4>MISSION ACCOMPLIE.</h4><h4>LE SACRIFICE EST PARFAIT.</h4><p>La dette du p&#233;ch&#233; &#8212; la tienne, la mienne, celle du monde entier &#8212; pay&#233;e int&#233;gralement.</p><p>Les exigences de la Loi &#8212; chacune d&#8217;elles &#8212; satisfaites.</p><p>Le pouvoir de l&#8217;ennemi &#8212; bris&#233;.</p><p>La barri&#232;re entre Dieu et l&#8217;humanit&#233; &#8212; d&#233;chir&#233;e.</p><p>Le fondement de la nouvelle alliance &#8212; pos&#233;.</p><p>La mission vers les nations &#8212; financ&#233;e et lanc&#233;e.</p><p>Tout est accompli.</p><p>Pas &#171; &#231;a commence &#187;. Pas &#171; c&#8217;est en cours &#187;.</p><p>Accompli.</p><p>L&#8217;&#339;uvre d&#8217;expiation est compl&#232;te.</p><p>Ce que J&#233;sus a fait au Golgotha n&#8217;est pas compl&#233;t&#233; par nos &#339;uvres, notre performance religieuse, notre respectabilit&#233; culturelle, ou nos bonnes intentions.</p><p>Ce que J&#233;sus a fait se suffit &#224; lui-m&#234;me : suffisant, complet, et glorieux.</p><p>Et &#224; partir de cette &#339;uvre accomplie, tout le reste commence.</p><h2>Prions ensemble</h2><blockquote><p><strong>Dieu de gr&#226;ce, <br>P&#232;re c&#233;leste, <br>Seigneur J&#233;sus,</strong></p><p>Par ton Esprit, nous venons humblement devant Toi aujourd&#8217;hui, et nous nous souvenons de la croix sur laquelle tu as &#233;t&#233; suspendu.</p><p>Nous nous souvenons des &#233;v&#233;nements terribles de ce vendredi qu&#8217;on appelle Saint :</p><p>O&#249; les t&#233;n&#232;bres ont &#233;t&#233; vaincues par la lumi&#232;re.</p><p>O&#249; l&#8217;ennemi a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;fait alors qu&#8217;il pensait avoir gagn&#233;.</p><p>O&#249; notre p&#233;ch&#233; pass&#233;, pr&#233;sent et futur a &#233;t&#233; expi&#233;.</p><p>O&#249; un sang parfait a &#233;t&#233; vers&#233; pour des gens marqu&#233;s par le p&#233;ch&#233; et la mort.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que tout ce dont on &#233;tait aveugles a &#233;t&#233; mis en pleine lumi&#232;re, &#224; la fois terrible et magnifique.</p><p>Seigneur, nous nous souvenons.</p><p>Merci, Roi J&#233;sus :</p><p>Pour ton amour qui t&#8217;a fait aller &#224; la croix de ton plein gr&#233;.</p><p>Pour ton visage tourn&#233; r&#233;solument vers J&#233;rusalem, alors que tu savais quelles horreurs t&#8217;attendaient.</p><p>Merci, pour la coupe am&#232;re de souffrance que tu as bue pour nous.</p><p>Pour avoir cri&#233; et nous avoir renvoy&#233;s au Psaume 22, &#224; la proph&#233;tie messianique que tu as accomplie ce jour-l&#224; m&#234;me.</p><p>Tu as &#233;t&#233; m&#233;pris&#233; et rejet&#233; par les foules qui criaient &#171; Hosanna &#187; quelques jours plus t&#244;t.</p><p>Tu as &#233;t&#233; raill&#233; et moqu&#233;, et pourtant tu es rest&#233; fid&#232;le, faisant confiance au P&#232;re jusqu&#8217;au bout.</p><p>Tu as &#233;t&#233; comme de l&#8217;eau qui se r&#233;pand, tes os se sont d&#233;bo&#238;t&#233;s, ta force s&#8217;est dess&#233;ch&#233;e, tes mains et tes pieds ont &#233;t&#233; perc&#233;s.</p><p>Tes v&#234;tements ont &#233;t&#233; partag&#233;s et on a tir&#233; au sort pour ta tunique, exactement comme ta Parole l&#8217;avait annonc&#233;.</p><p>Comme il est &#233;crit au Psaume 22 :</p><p><strong>&#171; Toutes les extr&#233;mit&#233;s de la terre penseront &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel et se tourneront vers lui ; toutes les familles des nations se prosterneront devant ta face. Car &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel appartient le r&#232;gne : il domine sur les nations. &#187;</strong></p><p><strong>&#171; La post&#233;rit&#233; le servira ; on parlera du Seigneur &#224; la g&#233;n&#233;ration future. Ils viendront, et ils publieront sa justice, &#224; un peuple qui na&#238;tra, ils diront qu&#8217;il a agi. &#187;</strong></p><p>Seigneur, nous croyons. Viens au secours de notre incr&#233;dulit&#233;.</p><p>Nous nous souviendrons, et nous partagerons ce que tu as fait.</p><p>Le r&#232;gne t&#8217;appartient, Seigneur des seigneurs et Roi des rois.</p><p>Que nos enfants et les enfants de nos enfants proclament tes louanges tous les jours de leur vie.</p><p>Que la g&#233;n&#233;ration &#224; venir entende et c&#233;l&#232;bre ta victoire sur la croix, sur le p&#233;ch&#233;, sur la mort, et sur le trompeur.</p><p>En toi, J&#233;sus, il y a la vie, et la vie en abondance.</p><p>&#201;veille nos c&#339;urs &#224; te ch&#233;rir comme notre plus grand tr&#233;sor, Seigneur J&#233;sus.</p><p>Que nous soyons de ceux qui proclament ta justice au monde et aux g&#233;n&#233;rations &#224; venir.</p><p>Tu l&#8217;as fait. La victoire t&#8217;appartient.</p><p>Et nous te demandons &#8212; avec l&#8217;audace que nous donne le voile d&#233;chir&#233; &#8212; d&#8217;ouvrir des portes pour l&#8217;&#201;vangile.</p><p>Ouvre des portes dans les nations qui sont aujourd&#8217;hui ferm&#233;es.</p><p>Ouvre des portes dans les c&#339;urs de ceux qui n&#8217;ont pas encore entendu.</p><p>Ouvre des portes dans nos propres quartiers, nos propres familles, nos propres lieux de travail.</p><p>Ouvre-les, Seigneur, comme Toi seul peux le faire.</p><p>Et donne-nous la gr&#226;ce d&#8217;y marcher avec les pieds magnifiques de ceux qui portent la bonne nouvelle.</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous nous souvenons de ce que le p&#233;ch&#233; de l&#8217;humanit&#233; t&#8217;a co&#251;t&#233;, le n&#244;tre y compris.</p><p>Et nous nous souvenons du dimanche de la R&#233;surrection, et nous c&#233;l&#233;brerons que le Vendredi Saint n&#8217;&#233;tait pas la fin.</p><p>Toute louange, toute gloire et toute action de gr&#226;ce t&#8217;appartiennent, Seigneur notre Dieu, le Vivant, notre R&#233;dempteur.</p><p><strong>Nous te remercions et prions au nom puissant et victorieux de J&#233;sus,<br>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p>All&#233;luia ! Que Dieu soit lou&#233; !</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie pour que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers ce billet. C&#8217;est la partie 4 de cette s&#233;rie en cinq parties pour la Semaine Sainte.</p><p>Dans cette s&#233;rie <em>La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</em>, on a d&#8217;abord pos&#233; le fondement &#8212; CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le fondement de tout. On a d&#233;couvert <em>Le cri mal compris qui OUVRE LES YEUX sur le Psaume 22</em>. On a ensuite pris le temps de c&#233;l&#233;brer la victoire de J&#233;sus et de reconna&#238;tre que <em>Le Trompeur est VAINCU par le ROI des rois</em>.</p><p>Et aujourd&#8217;hui, on s&#8217;est souvenus du Vendredi Saint, du voile d&#233;chir&#233;, du prix de la r&#233;demption que J&#233;sus a pay&#233;, de l&#8217;amour radical de Dieu manifest&#233; &#224; travers le sacrifice de J&#233;sus, et de l&#8217;amour du Christ qui nous pousse &#224; porter cette Bonne Nouvelle &#224; notre quartier et aux nations.</p><p>Il ne reste plus qu&#8217;une pi&#232;ce de ce puzzle de la Semaine Sainte &#224; d&#233;couvrir &#8212; le dimanche de la R&#233;surrection : la mission confi&#233;e, et la gloire de Dieu qu&#8217;on ne peut arr&#234;ter.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Vas-y, Dieu, vas-y !</p><p>Voici aussi les liens vers tous les billets de cette s&#233;rie :</p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">Partie 1: CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout </a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">Partie 2 : &#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Pourquoi M&#8217;as-tu Abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king">Partie 3 : Le Trompeur VAINCU par le ROI des rois &#8212; La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 3</a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Partie 4 : Le Voile est D&#233;chir&#233;</strong></em> <em>(ce billet)</em></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu peux faire maintenant ?</strong></h3><p><strong>Partage</strong> cette s&#233;rie avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a soif, lui aussi, de plus de Dieu. Il y a des gens qui se posent d&#233;j&#224; des questions sur J&#233;sus et sur ce que tout &#231;a signifie.</p><p>Tu peux cliquer sur le bouton Partager ci-dessous.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-veil-is-torn-the-global-glory?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Ajoute ton courriel ci-dessous pour <strong>t&#8217;abonner,</strong> et tu ne manqueras aucun des prochains billets.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong>Tourne-toi vers le Seigneur. Prie. &#201;coute.</strong> Et prends plaisir &#224; chercher et trouver J&#233;sus, et &#224; vivre ta relation avec Dieu de fa&#231;on plus profonde et plus riche que tu ne l&#8217;aurais jamais imagin&#233;. Tout est possible avec notre Dieu.</p><p><strong>Lis ou &#233;coute</strong> nos billets les plus r&#233;cents de la s&#233;rie <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu</strong>, sur l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu. Les podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous :</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COUPER LES DISTRACTIONS &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; La relation qui prend du temps &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Qui suis-tu ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU: &#171; La vie abondante t&#8217;attend &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>La suite du voyage continue la semaine prochaine.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, on se retrouve l&#224;-bas.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous avoir rejoints dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer vers 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; dans la demeure, la fid&#233;lit&#233;, l&#8217;apprentissage et la croissance, avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci d&#8217;avance, P&#232;re !<br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business as Stewardship, Not Ownership — A Series on REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Kingdom Vision for Building with Jesus and Eternal Impact (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:48:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210196611/240be309b77e31512cf297427e5b16b6.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends - Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus. My name Tanner Klein. </p><p>I hope you know that you are loved by God. That is who you are. <strong>You are loved. </strong>Don&#8217;t just take my word for it, take God&#8217;s word for it. Jesus Himself said these words, recorded in John 13:34:</p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>A new commandment I give to </span>you<span>, that </span>you<span> love one another: JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, you also are to love one another.</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>Did you hear that part in the middle: <strong>&#8220;just as I have loved you.&#8221;</strong></p><p>Look to the cross. Remember Jesus laid down His life for you. Remember what God has done for you. And as Jesus instructs us again and again, as it&#8217;s written in John 15, abide in Him and remain in His love. Believe in God&#8217;s love for you, receive it, enjoy it more fully, and share it freely. </p><p>Your life is of priceless value to the God who made you, pursues you, loves you, and desires a relationship with you. </p><p>I&#8217;m not sure who needs to hear these words, but I feel compelled to share them again, </p><h1>YOU ARE LOVED.</h1><p>That is who you are. In God&#8217;s eyes, that is who you are. May God bless you to see God as your greatest treasure and to believe in His love for you, receive it, enjoy it more fully, and share it more freely.</p><p>Allow me to continue by reminding you that,</p><h4><strong>First, God can make an eternally significant impact on other eternal souls through us, and He does!</strong>  </h4><h4><strong>Second, the Lord is raising up men and women who want to build </strong><em><strong>with Him</strong></em><strong>, not just </strong><em><strong>for</strong></em><strong> Him.</strong></h4><p>There&#8217;s a big difference. </p><p>So, we&#8217;re embarking on our sixth post on the topic of redemptive entrepreneurship, our third centered on redemptive business strategy.</p><p><strong>What is Redemptive Entrepreneurship? </strong></p><p>We covered this extensively in our previous posts linked below. </p><p><strong>It</strong> <strong>is about partnering with God in His ongoing work of renewal&#8212;right where we are&#8212;building, leading, serving, and creating. </strong></p><p>Our friends at <a href="https://www.praxis.co/about">Praxis</a>, define the word <strong>Redemptive</strong> as &#8220;following the pattern of creative restoration through sacrifice in our life and work,&#8221; and the word <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> as &#8220;directing our agency and resources toward organizational creation, innovation, and risk.&#8221;</p><p>I&#8217;m excited to explore this more with you all. </p><p>Also, feel free to check out the other podcast-posts in this series, linked below, or if you want more after this post, come back to this list:</p><ol><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP &#8212; An Introduction</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">EXPLOITATIVE vs. ETHICAL vs. REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The Three Ways We Build</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVATING the HEART of a REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEUR: Surrender, Faith in Action, &amp; the Fear of the LORD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, &amp; Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">What Are We Aiming At? Success or Faithfulness?</a></strong></p></li></ol><p>In our post on <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, &amp; Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership</a>, </strong>we covered this core question from the first chapter in my not-yet-released book on <strong>Redemptive Business Strategy,</strong></p><p><em><strong>What if strategy &#8212; rightly understood and rightly practiced &#8212; is not just a business discipline, but a form of partnership with God?</strong></em></p><p>In the last podcast, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">What Are We Aiming At? Success or Faithfulness?</a> </strong>we addressed this core question:</p><p><em><strong>Before you build anything &#8212; a business, a team, a strategy, a life&#8217;s work &#8212; have you honestly asked what you are actually aiming at?</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Today, we are exploring,</p><h1><strong>Business as Stewardship, Not Ownership</strong></h1><h4><strong><span><br>Here&#8217;s the Core Question we&#8217;re addressing today?</span></strong></h4><p><em><strong>Who does your business, your influence, your capital, and your time actually belong to &#8212; and how does your honest answer to that question shape the way you lead?</strong></em></p><h4><strong><span>The Focus</span></strong></h4><p>This chapter challenges the ownership mindset at the root of most business culture and replaces it with the biblical posture of stewardship. It shows how stewardship reframes strategy from a competitive exercise into an act of worship, reorders power from self-interest to service, and frees leaders from the anxiety of controlling outcomes they were never meant to own. The Stewardship Inventory is introduced as a simple, repeatable tool for leaders and teams.</p><div><hr></div><p><span>Chapter 2 asked </span><em><span>what we are aiming at</span></em><span>? This chapter asks something just as foundational:</span></p><p><strong><span>Who does this actually belong to?</span></strong></p><p><span>My business.<br>My idea.<br>My organization.<br>My capital.<br>My influence.<br>My time.<br>My leadership.</span></p><p><span>Do these belong to you?</span></p><p><span>Or have they been entrusted to you?</span></p><p><span>How we answer that question &#8212; honestly, not just theologically &#8212; shapes everything: strategy, culture, decision-making, and how we treat people when things get hard and the pressure is real.</span></p><p><span>The Scriptures give us a clear and humbling starting point. Psalm 24:1 says it plainly:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;The earth is the Lord&#8217;s and the fullness thereof,<br>the world and those who dwell therein.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Not some of it.<br>Not just the &#8220;spiritual&#8221; parts.<br>Not just the ministry side of things and not only the business side.<br></span><strong><span>All of it.</span></strong></p><p><span>Including your business. <br>Including your strategy. <br>Including whatever you are building right now and whatever you will build moving forward.</span></p><p><span>All creation belongs to God and everything in it.</span></p><p><span>As Job acknowledged, God gives and He takes away. <br>Blessed be the name of the Lord.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><h3><strong><span><br>Ownership Is a Powerful Illusion</span></strong></h3><p><span>Modern business culture is built on the language of ownership.</span></p><p><span>We talk about:</span></p><ul><li><p><em><span>My</span></em><span> company,</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>My</span></em><span> vision,</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>My</span></em><span> brand,</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>My</span></em><span> success,</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>My</span></em><span> exit.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>And in one practical sense, this language makes sense.</span></p><p><span>We register businesses. We sign contracts. We hold equity. We take responsibility.</span></p><p><span>But spiritually, the ownership language we use can quietly and deceptively reshape our hearts in ways we never intended.</span></p><p><span>Ownership tempts us to believe:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>We are in control</span></p></li><li><p><span>We are self-made</span></p></li><li><p><span>We are entitled to outcomes</span></p></li><li><p><span>We can justify almost anything &#8220;for the sake of the business&#8221;</span></p></li></ul><p><span>This is where strategy begins to drift.</span></p><p><span>From faithfulness toward fear. <br>From trust toward grasping for control. <br>From stewardship toward self-preservation.</span></p><p><span>Jesus warned His disciples about exactly this kind of posture in Luke 12:15:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one&#8217;s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Covetousness does not always look like greed.</span></p><p><span>Sometimes it looks like an entrepreneur who cannot sleep because they are afraid of losing what they built.</span></p><p><span>Sometimes it looks like a leader who makes a decision that compromises their values because they cannot bear to see their company shrink.</span></p><p><span>Sometimes it looks like me.</span></p><p><span>The ownership mindset is subtle. It does not announce itself.</span></p><p><span>It simply shapes the way we hold things &#8212; tightly, anxiously, defensively &#8212; until we can no longer tell the difference between leading and grasping for control.</span></p><p><span>This is why faith-driven leaders consistently emphasize stewardship over ownership &#8212; recognizing that capital, influence, and profit are tools entrusted by God, not trophies to be protected.</span></p><p><strong><span>Ownership says:</span></strong><span> </span><em><span>This is mine.</span></em></p><p><strong><span>Stewardship says:</span></strong><span> </span><em><span>This has been entrusted to me.</span></em></p><p><span>And that difference changes everything downstream.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Three Postures, Three Outcomes</span></strong></h3><p><span>This is where the ownership vs. stewardship tension maps directly onto the three ways of building we have been exploring throughout the last two posts.</span></p><p><strong><span>The exploitative builder</span></strong><span> operates from a deep ownership posture &#8212; likely without ever naming it. What is mine must be protected. Growth justifies extraction. People are assets to be leveraged. Profit is the primary signal of success.</span></p><p><span>This way is not always malicious. Often it is simply the default posture of a competitive culture, running unchallenged.</span></p><p><strong><span>The ethical builder</span></strong><span> holds things somewhat more loosely. They treat people fairly, respect limits, and do not deliberately exploit. But the aim is still self-defined success, and the posture is still essentially ownership &#8212; doing things right with what is mine.</span></p><p><strong><span>The redemptive builder</span></strong><span> operates from a fundamentally different posture: </span><em><span>stewardship</span></em><span>. What I have has been given to me by God, for purposes larger than myself, accountable to Someone higher than my board, my investors, or my own ambitions. This posture does not remove ambition or excellence &#8212; it redeems and reorients them.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png" width="482" height="546.0957446808511" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:852,&quot;width&quot;:752,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:482,&quot;bytes&quot;:155206,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/210196611?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aJRI!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F21939172-3a5d-4cc4-a681-6cc46154433b_752x852.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p><span>The gap between these three postures is not primarily a strategy gap. It is a heart gap. And it shows up most clearly not in good times, but in the moments when you or the business are under pressure and every instinct is telling you to protect what you have.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Stewardship: God&#8217;s Design for Leadership and Strategy</span></strong></h3><p><span>This is not a new idea. It runs through the entire arc of the Scriptures.</span></p><p><span>From the beginning, God entrusts human beings with His creation &#8212; not to own it, but to cultivate and care for it.</span></p><p><span>The word the Bible uses for this care and cultivation is </span><em><span>avad</span></em><span> &#8212; to work, serve, and worship as one integrated act of devotion to God.</span></p><p><span>We find avodah first mentioned as early as Genesis 2:15. Where our English bibles may use the word &#8220;work&#8221; or &#8220;cultivate,&#8221; it says literally,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to [avad] it and keep it.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Avodah is not a burden. It is a calling.</span></p><p><span>It is God&#8217;s original design for how we engage with the world He made and entrusted to us.</span></p><p><span>A steward, in the biblical sense, is someone who:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Manages what belongs to another</span></p></li><li><p><span>Acts on behalf of the true owner</span></p></li><li><p><span>Is accountable for how faithfully they care for what has been entrusted<br></span></p></li></ul><p><span>Jesus returned to this image again and again &#8212; especially when teaching about work, money, and leadership.</span></p><p><span>In the Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25, the servants are not evaluated based on how much they owned or accumulated.</span></p><p><span>They are evaluated based on one thing: how faithfully they stewarded what the master entrusted to them.</span></p><p><span>And in 1 Corinthians 4:2, Paul distills the entire posture into a single sentence:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Notice what is not required.</span></p><p><span>Not guaranteed outcomes. Not risk-free decisions. Not perfect results. Not impressive growth.</span></p><h4><strong><span>Faithfulness</span></strong><span>.</span></h4><p><span>That is the metric of stewardship &#8212; and it is both far simpler and far more demanding than the metrics most business cultures apply.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Stewardship Reframes Strategy</span></strong></h3><p><span>When we genuinely believe that a business is something we steward rather than something we own, strategy changes. Not cosmetically, but fundamentally.</span></p><h4><strong><span>1. Strategy Becomes an Act of Worship</span></strong></h4><p><span>If God is the true owner, then planning, decision-making, and leadership are no longer merely technical tasks.</span></p><p><span>They become acts of </span><strong><span>avodah </span></strong><span>&#8212; work, service, and worship woven together into one offering to God.</span></p><p><span>Strategy is no longer just about optimization, efficiency, and competitive advantage.</span></p><p><span>It becomes about faithfulness, wisdom, love, and obedience.</span></p><p><span>It becomes a way of asking:</span></p><p><em><span>Lord, how do we faithfully steward what You have placed in our hands today?</span></em></p><p><span>Paul frames this posture with striking simplicity in Colossians 3:23-24 &#8212; one of my favorite passages in the Bible:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, </span>knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.<span>&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Not some of what you do. <br>Whatever you do.</span></p><p><span>Your strategy sessions. Your financial models. Your hiring decisions. Your product roadmap. Your 9-5. Whatever God gives you the grace to do.</span></p><p><span>All of it offered to God as avodah &#8212; as worship in action.</span></p><h4><strong><span><br>2. Stewardship Clarifies Responsibility Without Inflating Control</span></strong></h4><p><span>Stewardship does not remove responsibility. <br>   If anything, it deepens it.</span></p><p><span>You and I are still responsible to</span></p><ul><li><p><span>lead wisely,</span></p></li><li><p><span>plan carefully, and</span></p></li><li><p><span>steward people, capital, and influence well.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>The difference is what you are </span><em><span>not</span></em><span> responsible for: you are not responsible for playing God.</span></p><p><span>This frees leaders from some of the most dangerous temptations in business:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>manipulating outcomes,</span></p></li><li><p><span>cutting ethical corners, and</span></p></li><li><p><span>treating people as means to an end.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>When you are not the owner, you do not need to protect the outcome at any cost.</span></p><p><span>You simply need to be faithful with what you have been given.</span></p><p><span>Proverbs 19:21 gives us this grounding truth:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>That is very good news. </span></p><p><span>Stewardship invites humility into strategy &#8212; and humility is not weakness.</span></p><p><span>Humility is essential for gaining and applying wisdom.</span></p><h4><strong><span><br>3. Stewardship Reorders Power</span></strong></h4><p><span>This might be where stewardship has its most direct strategic implications.</span></p><p><span>Every organization wields power.</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Financial power.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Organizational power.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Cultural power.</span></p></li><li><p><span>The power to shape livelihoods and communities and futures.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>The question is never </span><em><span>whether</span></em><span> a business has power.</span></p><p><span>The question is what the power is </span><em><span>for</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>Praxis frames this precisely in </span><em><span>The Redemptive Business: A Playbook for Leaders</span></em><span>:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>A redemptive business uses its power to create value for others and to restore broken systems&#8212;not merely to extract value for itself.</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Ownership tends to concentrate power around self-interest.</span></p><p><span>Stewardship redirects power toward service.</span></p><p><span>And Jesus, per usual, is the most radical voice in the room on this topic. In Matthew 20:26, He says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Whoever would be great among you must be your servant.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>In a truly redemptive business, this is not a slogan on the wall.</span></p><p><span>This becomes a structural reality &#8212; visible in how decisions are made, how incentives are designed, how leaders listen, and how success is celebrated, measured, and shared.</span></p><p><span>In a redemptive business:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Authority exists to serve</span></p></li><li><p><span>Leadership exists to bless and equip</span></p></li><li><p><span>Power exists to protect the vulnerable and empower others</span></p></li></ul><p><span>Power in service of others is not a soft aspiration. It is an organizational design choice.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Strategy Expertise Redeemed</span></strong></h3><p><span>One of the foundational insights I&#8217;ve gleaned from business strategy education and execution is the concept of resources and capabilities:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>what a firm has,</span></p></li><li><p><span>what it is distinctively good at, and</span></p></li><li><p><span>what makes it credible in its market.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>This is taught as a framework for competitive advantage: identify your unique resources, protect them from imitation, and deploy them in ways that are difficult for rivals to replicate.</span></p><p><span>The underlying assumption here is that the firm </span><em><span>owns</span></em><span> these resources and that the primary purpose of owning them is to win in the market.</span></p><p><span>This framework contains real insight.</span></p><p><span>Resources matter. Capabilities matter. What you have available to deploy shapes what strategies are even possible. Ignoring your actual resources in favor of abstract ambition is a fast road to failure.</span></p><p><span>But here is the redemptive reframe:</span></p><p><em><span>What if every resource in your organization &#8212; every person, every capability, every piece of capital, every relationship &#8212; were understood not as something you own, but as something entrusted to you for a purpose beyond yourself?</span></em></p><p><span>That shift does not make the resource analysis less rigorous. It makes it more accountable.</span></p><p><span>Instead of asking </span><em><span>What do we have, and how do we use it to win?</span></em><span> the steward-leader asks:</span></p><ul><li><p><em><span>What has God entrusted to us, and for whose benefit?</span></em></p></li><li><p><em><span>Which of our capabilities can most directly serve human flourishing?</span></em></p></li><li><p><em><span>Are we deploying what we have been given in ways that are faithful to the One who gave it?</span></em></p></li></ul><p><span>The analysis is essentially the same. The accountability is entirely different.</span></p><p><span>And that difference shows up not just in strategy documents but in the daily decisions about what to invest in, who to hire, and what to say no to.</span></p><p><span>Stewardship is not a soft alternative to rigorous strategy.</span></p><p><span>It is the most rigorous form of it &#8212; because it is accountable not just to the market, but to God.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>A Real-World Example &#8212; Stewardship Over Scale: Chick-fil-A</span></strong></h3><p><span>Few companies in modern business offer a more instructive example of stewardship in practice &#8212; at genuine cost &#8212; than Chick-fil-A.</span></p><p><span>Within the fast-food industry that is relentlessly focused on market capture and scale, Chick-fil-A has from its founding maintained a policy of closing every location on Sundays.</span></p><p><span>For a fast-food chain operating in some of the highest-traffic locations in America &#8212; airports, shopping malls, sports stadiums &#8212; this decision costs the company an estimated hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue.</span></p><p><span>The reason is not sentimentality. It is stewardship.</span></p><p><span>Founder Truett Cathy built the company on the conviction that it belonged, ultimately, not to him but to God &#8212; and that the people who worked for this company deserved one consistent day of rest.</span></p><p><span>That conviction was not merely personal. It was structural, embedded into the organization&#8217;s DNA from the beginning, and has been honored by the company through every subsequent season of growth.</span></p><p><span>What makes this a stewardship story rather than simply a feel-good one is what happened downstream.</span></p><p><span>The Sunday closure, far from being a competitive handicap, has become one of the most distinctive and trust-building elements of the </span>Chick-fil-A <span>brand.</span></p><p><span>It signals something to customers and employees that no marketing campaign could manufacture: </span><em><span>this company holds itself to a standard that costs something real</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>That signal builds a kind of loyalty and trust that is genuinely difficult to replicate.</span></p><p><span>Chick-fil-A is also consistently ranked first among the highest-performing fast-food chains in America by revenue per location &#8212; surpassing competitors that are open seven days a week.</span></p><p><span>While McDonald&#8217;s has more locations, Chick-fil-A&#8217;s revenue per location more than doubles McDonald&#8217;s.</span></p><p><span>This is not a prosperity gospel argument. The point is not that faithful stewardship always produces financial success.</span></p><p><span>The point is that stewardship &#8212; genuinely practiced, at genuine cost &#8212; shapes culture, builds trust, and produces a kind of organizational integrity that neither efficiency nor scale alone can create.</span></p><p><span>As Proverbs 11:3 puts it: </span><em><span>The integrity of the upright guides them.</span></em></p><p><span>Chick-fil-A is not perfect, and no organization is.</span></p><p><span>But its founding posture &#8212; </span><em><span>this is not ours, it is entrusted to us</span></em><span> &#8212; has shaped decisions that most business cultures would have dismissed as impractical. And those decisions have formed something that scale alone never could.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>A Simple Tool: The Stewardship Inventory</span></strong></h3><p><span>To make stewardship practical and not merely inspirational, here is a simple tool you can use personally or work through with your leadership team. I encourage you to come back to it regularly &#8212; not just when launching something new, but in every season of growth, pressure, and change.</span></p><p><span>Bring these questions before God prayerfully:</span></p><h4><strong><span>1. What Has God Entrusted to Us?</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>People &#8212; who are on your team, and what has God placed in them?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Capital &#8212; financial resources, assets, and what they could serve</span></p></li><li><p><span>Time &#8212; this season, this window, this opportunity</span></p></li><li><p><span>Knowledge &#8212; expertise, experience, hard-won wisdom</span></p></li><li><p><span>Influence &#8212; platform, relationships, credibility, reach</span></p></li><li><p><span>Opportunity &#8212; the open doors in front of you right now</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>2. Who Is Meant to Be Blessed Through This?</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>Customers &#8212; how does this genuinely serve them?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Employees &#8212; how does this shape and dignify their lives?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Communities &#8212; what is the footprint of this work in the world?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Partners and suppliers &#8212; are they treated as partners or as leverage?</span></p></li><li><p><span>The vulnerable &#8212; is there a way this work reaches or empowers those on the margins?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>3. What Does Faithful Care Look Like&#8212;Right Now?</span></strong></h4><p><span>Not in theory. Not someday when we are bigger. Not in the five-year plan.</span></p><ul><li><p><span>What is required to be faithful with what we have today?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>4. Where Might We Be Acting Like Owners Instead of Stewards?</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>Where is control driving decisions rather than humility?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Where is fear of loss overriding courageous generosity?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Where is entitlement shaping culture in ways we have not acknowledged?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Where are we protecting the business at the cost of people?</span></p></li></ul><p><span>My recommendation: Bring these questions before God regularly.</span></p><p><span>Stewardship is not a one-time mindset shift.</span></p><p><span>It is a daily posture &#8212; practiced, renewed, and adjusted as the business grows and the pressures change.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Stewardship Frees Us to Trust God With Outcomes</span></strong></h3><p><span>One of the greatest gifts of the stewardship posture is this: </span><em><span>freedom</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>When we stop trying to own outcomes, we are freed to do things that anxiety and self-protection would never permit:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Act courageously when courage costs something</span></p></li><li><p><span>Take faithful risks without needing to guarantee the result</span></p></li><li><p><span>Tell the truth even when it is inconvenient</span></p></li><li><p><span>Walk away from opportunities that are misaligned &#8212; even when they are profitable</span></p></li><li><p><span>Obey God in the small things before the outcome is clear</span></p></li></ul><p><span>Jesus speaks directly to this kind of freedom in Matthew 6:31&#8211;33:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Therefore do not be anxious, saying, &#8216;What shall we eat?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we drink?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we wear?&#8217; For the Gentiles </span></strong><span>[i.e. those who didn&#8217;t know God]</span><strong><span> seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is not a promise that everything will work out according to your plan.</span></p><p><span>It is a promise that the One who owns everything you are stewarding is not absent, not indifferent, and not unaware of what you need.</span></p><p><span>Stewardship does not eliminate uncertainty.</span></p><p><span>It anchors you in the One who holds it all.<br>   And that anchoring changes how you lead.</span></p><p><span>It changes the quality of your courage, the depth of your generosity, and the consistency of your integrity &#8212; especially when no one is watching and the pressure is real.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>A Word to Builders and Leaders</span></strong></h3><p><span>If you are leading something right now &#8212; large or small, established or just beginning &#8212; this chapter is an invitation, not a burden.</span></p><p><span>God is not asking you to carry the weight of ownership.</span></p><p><span>He is inviting you into something far lighter and far more sustainable: the joy of stewardship.</span></p><p><span>You are a set-apart servant. A co-laborer with Christ.</span></p><p><span>A partner in work that ultimately belongs to the One who called you to it.</span></p><p><span>And that is not a diminishment of your leadership. It is the most secure place you could possibly stand.</span></p><p><span>To avad with God &#8212; to work, serve, and worship as one integrated offering &#8212; is not a religious add-on to your real work.</span></p><p><span>It is what your real work is designed to be.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Pause &amp; Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>Our Father in heaven,<br>Owner of all things,<br>Faithful God,</span></strong></p><p><span>We acknowledge that everything we have comes from You.</span></p><p><span>Our lives, our work, our resources, our opportunities &#8212; none of it is ours by right.</span></p><p><span>We recognize together that it has all been entrusted by You to us for a purpose beyond us.</span></p><p><span>Forgive us for the ways we have grasped for control, acted out of fear, or quietly believed that what we hold belongs to us.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for Your grace, for the gift of forgiveness, and for entrusting us with meaningful work and real responsibility.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to avad with You, to work and serve and worship as one seamless act of devotion &#8212; full of faith and fueled by Your love.</span></p><p><span>God our Redeemer, free us from the illusion of ownership.</span></p><p><span>Anchor us in Your truth and love.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to follow Your example, Lord, to lead with humility, steward with wisdom, and love with courage.</span></p><p><span>May we be stewards who are found faithful.</span></p><p><span>Grow in us a greater desire to abide in You and produce much fruit.</span></p><p><span>May Your love drive us to partner with you in all You give us the grace to do.</span></p><p><span>May our businesses, ministries, and projects honor You and bless others.</span></p><p><span>We offer You our work and our lives, in the name of the Lord Jesus.</span></p><p><strong><span>Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p>Thank You, Lord! Thank You in advance.</p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I hope it&#8217;s now clear that before we continue building &#8212; whether it&#8217;s a business, a team, a strategy, or a life&#8217;s work &#8212; we need to honestly ask <em><strong>who does our business, our influence, our capital, and our time actually belong to &#8212; and how does our honest answer to that question shape the way we lead.</strong></em></p><p>So, now what? Maybe your next steps of embracing strategy with God are clear.</p><p>Even still, I want to share</p><h3><strong>3 Ways to Put Redemptive Strategy into Practice</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong><span>Do the Stewardship Inventory &#8212; honestly.</span></strong><span> Work through the four questions with </span>with a notebook open and pen ready <span>(What has God entrusted to you? Who is meant to be blessed? What does faithfulness look like today? Where are you acting like an owner instead of a steward?). Give yourself at least 30 minutes. Do not rush it. What surfaces may surprise you.</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Identify one decision you are currently holding too tightly.</span></strong><span> Where is the ownership posture driving anxiety, control, or compromise in your leadership right now? Name it specifically. Bring it before God and ask: </span><em><span>What would stewardship look like here?</span></em></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Share the Stewardship Inventory with your team.</span></strong><span> If you lead a team, consider working through these four questions together in your next planning session &#8212; framed not as a spiritual exercise but as a genuine strategic tool. Ask: </span><em><span>What has been entrusted to us, and who are we stewarding it for?</span></em><span> Watch what it surfaces in the culture of your organization.</span></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong><span>Chapter Key Takeaway</span></strong></h3><p><strong><span>One of the single most transformative shifts a business leader can make is moving from an ownership posture to a stewardship posture. Stewardship does not diminish ambition or excellence &#8212; it redeems and reorients them. When strategy becomes avodah &#8212; an offering of work, service, and worship to God &#8212; it is freed from anxiety, reordered around service, and accountable to a standard higher than the market. What you hold has been entrusted to you. Lead accordingly.<br></span></strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I really hope you are blessed by God through this podcast-post. </p><p><strong>Leave a comment. </strong>(I&#8217;d love to hear what you think.)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Share it with friends. </strong>That would really bless me and I trust that God will bless them through your step of faith to share.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Subscribe if you haven&#8217;t already to receive these posts via email. </strong>That way you won&#8217;t miss any upcoming posts in this series or others to come.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Again, if you&#8217;re interested, our last podcast-post is linked here if you&#8217;d like to listen in or see for yourself:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">What Are We Aiming At? Success or Faithfulness?</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>There&#8217;s more to come. <strong>This is just the beginning.</strong> </p><p><strong>Let&#8217;s respond in faith.</strong> </p><p>Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus.</p><p><span>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</span></strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; </strong>L&#8217;Entreprise comme Intendance, pas comme Possession &#8212; Une s&#233;rie sur L&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR</h1><h2><em>Une Vision du Royaume pour B&#226;tir avec J&#233;sus et pour un Impact &#201;ternel</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis &#8212; Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong>  avec J&#233;sus. Je m&#8217;appelle Tanner Klein.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que tu sais que tu es aim&#233;(e) de Dieu. C&#8217;est &#231;a, qui tu es. Tu es aim&#233;(e). Ne me crois pas sur parole, crois la Parole de Dieu. J&#233;sus lui-m&#234;me a dit ces mots, rapport&#233;s en Jean 13:34 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>Je vous donne un commandement nouveau : Aimez-vous les uns les autres. COMME JE VOUS AI AIM&#201;S, vous aussi, aimez-vous les uns les autres.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Tu as entendu ce passage au milieu : <strong>&#171; comme je vous ai aim&#233;s &#187;.</strong></p><p>Regarde vers la croix. Souviens-toi que J&#233;sus a donn&#233; sa vie pour toi. Souviens-toi de ce que Dieu a fait pour toi. Et comme J&#233;sus nous le rappelle sans cesse, en Jean 15, demeure en Lui et reste dans son amour. Crois en l&#8217;amour de Dieu pour toi, re&#231;ois-le, savoure-le pleinement, et partage-le librement.</p><p>Ta vie a une valeur inestimable aux yeux du Dieu qui t&#8217;a cr&#233;&#233;(e), qui te poursuit, qui t&#8217;aime, et qui d&#233;sire une relation avec toi.</p><p>Je ne sais pas qui a besoin d&#8217;entendre ces mots, mais je me sens pouss&#233; &#224; les partager encore une fois :</p><h1>TU ES AIM&#201;(E).</h1><p>C&#8217;est &#231;a, qui tu es. Aux yeux de Dieu, c&#8217;est &#231;a, qui tu es. Que Dieu te b&#233;nisse pour que tu Le voies comme ton plus grand tr&#233;sor, et que tu croies en son amour pour toi &#8212; que tu le re&#231;oives, que tu en profites pleinement, et que tu le partages plus librement.</p><p>Permets-moi de continuer en te rappelant que,</p><h4>Premi&#232;rement, Dieu peut avoir un impact &#233;ternel sur d&#8217;autres &#226;mes &#233;ternelles &#224; travers nous &#8212; et il le fait !</h4><h4>Deuxi&#232;mement, le Seigneur suscite des hommes et des femmes qui veulent b&#226;tir <em>avec</em> Lui, pas seulement <em>pour</em> Lui.</h4><p>Il y a une grande diff&#233;rence.</p><p>Alors on se lance dans notre sixi&#232;me billet sur le th&#232;me de l&#8217;entrepreneuriat r&#233;dempteur, notre troisi&#232;me centr&#233; sur la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice.</p><p><strong>C&#8217;est quoi, l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur ?</strong></p><p>On en a parl&#233; longuement dans nos billets pr&#233;c&#233;dents, li&#233;s ci-dessous.</p><p>C&#8217;est le fait de collaborer avec Dieu dans son &#339;uvre continue de renouveau &#8212; l&#224; o&#249; on se trouve &#8212; en b&#226;tissant, en dirigeant, en servant, et en cr&#233;ant.</p><p>Nos amis de Praxis d&#233;finissent le mot &#171; <strong>R&#233;dempteur</strong> &#187; comme &#171; suivre le mod&#232;le de la restauration cr&#233;ative par le sacrifice, dans notre vie et notre travail &#187;, et le mot &#171; <strong>Entrepreneuriat</strong> &#187; comme &#171; orienter notre &#233;nergie et nos ressources vers la cr&#233;ation d&#8217;organisations, l&#8217;innovation, et la prise de risque &#187;.</p><p>J&#8217;ai h&#226;te d&#8217;explorer tout &#231;a avec vous.</p><p>D&#8217;ailleurs, n&#8217;h&#233;site pas &#224; jeter un &#339;il aux autres &#233;pisodes-billets de cette s&#233;rie, li&#233;s ci-dessous, ou si tu en veux plus apr&#232;s celui-ci, reviens &#224; cette liste :</p><ol><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">L&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR &#8212; Une Introduction</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">ENTREPRENEURIAT EXPLOITEUR vs. &#201;THIQUE vs. R&#201;DEMPTEUR : Les Trois Fa&#231;ons de Construire</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVER LE C&#338;UR D&#8217;UN ENTREPRENEUR R&#201;DEMPTEUR : L&#8217;Abandon, la Foi en Action, et la Crainte du SEIGNEUR</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">Vers quoi on tend ? Le succ&#232;s ou la fid&#233;lit&#233; ?</a></strong></p></li></ol><p>Dans notre billet <em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint</a></strong></em>, on a abord&#233; cette question centrale, tir&#233;e du premier chapitre de mon livre &#8212; pas encore publi&#233; &#8212; sur la Strat&#233;gie d&#8217;Entreprise R&#233;demptrice :</p><p>Et si la strat&#233;gie &#8212; bien comprise et bien pratiqu&#233;e &#8212; n&#8217;&#233;tait pas seulement une discipline commerciale, mais une forme de partenariat avec Dieu ?</p><p>Dans le dernier &#233;pisode, <em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">Vers quoi on tend ? Le succ&#232;s ou la fid&#233;lit&#233; ?</a></strong></em>, on a trait&#233; cette question centrale :</p><p>Avant de b&#226;tir quoi que ce soit &#8212; une entreprise, une &#233;quipe, une strat&#233;gie, l&#8217;&#339;uvre d&#8217;une vie &#8212; t&#8217;es-tu honn&#234;tement demand&#233; vers quoi tu tends vraiment ?</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, on explore :</p><h2>L&#8217;entreprise comme intendance, pas comme possession</h2><h4>Voici la question centrale qu&#8217;on aborde aujourd&#8217;hui :</h4><p><em><strong>&#192; qui appartiennent vraiment ton entreprise, ton influence, ton capital et ton temps &#8212; et comment ta r&#233;ponse honn&#234;te &#224; cette question fa&#231;onne-t-elle ta fa&#231;on de diriger ?</strong></em></p><h4><strong>Le sujet du jour</strong></h4><p>Ce chapitre remet en question la mentalit&#233; de possession qui est &#224; la racine de la plupart des cultures d&#8217;entreprise, et la remplace par la posture biblique de l&#8217;intendance. Il montre comment l&#8217;intendance transforme la strat&#233;gie : d&#8217;un exercice comp&#233;titif, elle devient un acte d&#8217;adoration ; elle r&#233;oriente le pouvoir de l&#8217;int&#233;r&#234;t personnel vers le service ; et elle lib&#232;re les leaders de l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233; de vouloir contr&#244;ler des r&#233;sultats qu&#8217;ils n&#8217;&#233;taient jamais cens&#233;s poss&#233;der. On y pr&#233;sente l&#8217;Inventaire de l&#8217;Intendance, un outil simple et r&#233;p&#233;table pour les leaders et les &#233;quipes.</p><p>Le chapitre 2 posait la question : vers quoi on tend ? Celui-ci pose une question tout aussi fondamentale :</p><h3><strong>&#192; qui &#231;a appartient, vraiment ?</strong></h3><p>Mon entreprise. Mon id&#233;e. Mon organisation. Mon capital. Mon influence. Mon temps. Mon leadership.</p><p>Est-ce que &#231;a t&#8217;appartient ?</p><p>Ou est-ce que &#231;a t&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233; ?</p><p>Comment on r&#233;pond &#224; cette question &#8212; honn&#234;tement, pas juste th&#233;ologiquement &#8212; &#231;a fa&#231;onne tout : la strat&#233;gie, la culture, la prise de d&#233;cision, et la fa&#231;on dont on traite les gens quand &#231;a devient difficile et que la pression est r&#233;elle.</p><p>Les &#201;critures nous donnent un point de d&#233;part clair et humiliant. Le Psaume 24:1 le dit sans d&#233;tour :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; La terre appartient &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel, et tout ce qu&#8217;elle renferme, le monde et ceux qui l&#8217;habitent. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Pas une partie. Pas juste les aspects &#171; spirituels &#187;. Pas juste le c&#244;t&#233; minist&#232;re, et pas seulement le c&#244;t&#233; affaires.</p><p>Tout.</p><p>Y compris ton entreprise. Y compris ta strat&#233;gie. Y compris tout ce que tu es en train de b&#226;tir maintenant, et tout ce que tu b&#226;tiras plus tard.</p><p>Toute la cr&#233;ation appartient &#224; Dieu, et tout ce qu&#8217;elle contient.</p><p>Comme Job l&#8217;a reconnu, Dieu donne et Dieu reprend. B&#233;ni soit le nom de l&#8217;&#201;ternel.</p><h3><strong>La possession est une illusion puissante</strong></h3><p>La culture d&#8217;entreprise moderne est b&#226;tie sur le langage de la possession.</p><p>On parle de :</p><ul><li><p>Mon entreprise,</p></li><li><p>Ma vision,</p></li><li><p>Ma marque,</p></li><li><p>Mon succ&#232;s,</p></li><li><p>Ma sortie.</p></li></ul><p>Et dans un sens pratique, ce langage se tient.</p><p>On enregistre des entreprises. On signe des contrats. On d&#233;tient des parts. On assume des responsabilit&#233;s.</p><p>Mais spirituellement, ce langage de possession peut, tranquillement et de fa&#231;on trompeuse, remodeler nos c&#339;urs d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qu&#8217;on n&#8217;avait jamais voulue.</p><p>La possession nous pousse &#224; croire :</p><ul><li><p>Qu&#8217;on a le contr&#244;le</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;on s&#8217;est fait tout seul</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;on a droit aux r&#233;sultats</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;on peut justifier presque n&#8217;importe quoi &#171; pour le bien de l&#8217;entreprise &#187;</p></li></ul><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que la strat&#233;gie commence &#224; d&#233;river.</p><p>De la fid&#233;lit&#233; vers la peur. De la confiance vers la recherche de contr&#244;le. De l&#8217;intendance vers l&#8217;auto-pr&#233;servation.</p><p>J&#233;sus a mis en garde ses disciples contre exactement cette posture, en Luc 12:15 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Gardez-vous avec soin de toute avarice ; car la vie d&#8217;un homme ne d&#233;pend pas de l&#8217;abondance de ses biens. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>L&#8217;avarice ne ressemble pas toujours &#224; de la cupidit&#233;.</p><p>Parfois, &#231;a ressemble &#224; un entrepreneur qui n&#8217;arrive plus &#224; dormir parce qu&#8217;il a peur de perdre ce qu&#8217;il a b&#226;ti.</p><p>Parfois, &#231;a ressemble &#224; un leader qui prend une d&#233;cision qui compromet ses valeurs parce qu&#8217;il ne supporte pas de voir son entreprise r&#233;tr&#233;cir.</p><p>Parfois, &#231;a me ressemble.</p><p>La mentalit&#233; de possession est subtile. Elle ne s&#8217;annonce pas.</p><p>Elle fa&#231;onne simplement notre fa&#231;on de tenir les choses &#8212; &#233;troitement, anxieusement, en se d&#233;fendant &#8212; jusqu&#8217;&#224; ce qu&#8217;on ne fasse plus la diff&#233;rence entre diriger et s&#8217;accrocher au contr&#244;le.</p><p>C&#8217;est pour &#231;a que les leaders anim&#233;s par la foi insistent constamment sur l&#8217;intendance plut&#244;t que sur la possession &#8212; en reconnaissant que le capital, l&#8217;influence et le profit sont des outils confi&#233;s par Dieu, pas des troph&#233;es &#224; prot&#233;ger.</p><p>La possession dit : &#171; &#199;a, c&#8217;est &#224; moi. &#187;</p><p>L&#8217;intendance dit : &#171; &#199;a m&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233;. &#187;</p><p>Et cette diff&#233;rence change tout, en aval.</p><h3><strong>Trois postures, trois r&#233;sultats</strong></h3><p>C&#8217;est ici que la tension entre possession et intendance rejoint directement les trois fa&#231;ons de b&#226;tir qu&#8217;on explore depuis nos deux derniers billets.</p><p>Le b&#226;tisseur exploiteur agit &#224; partir d&#8217;une posture de possession profonde &#8212; probablement sans jamais la nommer. Ce qui est &#224; moi doit &#234;tre prot&#233;g&#233;. La croissance justifie l&#8217;extraction. Les gens sont des ressources &#224; exploiter. Le profit est le principal indicateur de r&#233;ussite.</p><p>Cette fa&#231;on de faire n&#8217;est pas toujours malveillante. C&#8217;est souvent simplement la posture par d&#233;faut d&#8217;une culture comp&#233;titive qui tourne sans &#234;tre remise en question.</p><p>Le b&#226;tisseur &#233;thique tient les choses un peu plus l&#226;chement. Il traite les gens &#233;quitablement, respecte des limites, et n&#8217;exploite pas d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;ment. Mais l&#8217;objectif reste un succ&#232;s d&#233;fini par soi-m&#234;me, et la posture reste fondamentalement une posture de possession &#8212; bien faire les choses avec ce qui est &#224; moi.</p><p>Le b&#226;tisseur r&#233;dempteur agit &#224; partir d&#8217;une posture fondamentalement diff&#233;rente : l&#8217;intendance. Ce que j&#8217;ai m&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; par Dieu, pour des objectifs plus grands que moi, redevable &#224; Quelqu&#8217;un de plus &#233;lev&#233; que mon conseil d&#8217;administration, mes investisseurs, ou mes propres ambitions. Cette posture n&#8217;enl&#232;ve ni l&#8217;ambition ni l&#8217;excellence &#8212; elle les rach&#232;te et les r&#233;oriente.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png" width="455" height="547.9057591623036" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:920,&quot;width&quot;:764,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:455,&quot;bytes&quot;:173614,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/210196611?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yEFK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7c1425a-4c70-452a-92e0-314dae905f58_764x920.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>L&#8217;&#233;cart entre ces trois postures n&#8217;est pas d&#8217;abord un &#233;cart de strat&#233;gie. C&#8217;est un &#233;cart du c&#339;ur. Et &#231;a se voit surtout non pas dans les bons moments, mais dans ceux o&#249; toi ou ton entreprise &#234;tes sous pression, et que tout ton instinct te dit de prot&#233;ger ce que tu as.</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;intendance : le dessein de Dieu pour le leadership et la strat&#233;gie</strong></h3><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une id&#233;e nouvelle. Elle traverse toute l&#8217;histoire des &#201;critures.</p><p>Depuis le commencement, Dieu confie sa cr&#233;ation aux &#234;tres humains &#8212; pas pour qu&#8217;ils la poss&#232;dent, mais pour qu&#8217;ils la cultivent et en prennent soin.</p><p>Le mot que la Bible utilise pour ce soin et cette culture, c&#8217;est <em>avad</em> &#8212; travailler, servir et adorer comme un seul et m&#234;me acte de d&#233;votion &#224; Dieu.</p><p>On trouve <em>avodah</em> mentionn&#233; d&#232;s la Gen&#232;se 2:15. L&#224; o&#249; nos bibles fran&#231;aises utilisent souvent &#171; cultiver &#187; ou &#171; travailler &#187;, le texte dit litt&#233;ralement :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; L&#8217;&#201;ternel Dieu prit l&#8217;homme, et le pla&#231;a dans le jardin d&#8217;&#201;den pour le [avad] et pour le garder. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p><em>Avodah</em> n&#8217;est pas un fardeau. C&#8217;est un appel.</p><p>C&#8217;est le dessein original de Dieu pour notre fa&#231;on d&#8217;&#234;tre en relation avec le monde qu&#8217;il a cr&#233;&#233; et qu&#8217;il nous a confi&#233;.</p><p>Un intendant, au sens biblique, c&#8217;est quelqu&#8217;un qui :</p><ul><li><p>G&#232;re ce qui appartient &#224; un autre</p></li><li><p>Agit au nom du v&#233;ritable propri&#233;taire</p></li><li><p>Est redevable de la fid&#233;lit&#233; avec laquelle il prend soin de ce qui lui a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233;</p></li></ul><p>J&#233;sus est revenu sans cesse &#224; cette image &#8212; surtout quand il enseignait sur le travail, l&#8217;argent et le leadership.</p><p>Dans la parabole des talents, en Matthieu 25, les serviteurs ne sont pas &#233;valu&#233;s selon ce qu&#8217;ils ont poss&#233;d&#233; ou accumul&#233;.</p><p>Ils sont &#233;valu&#233;s sur une seule chose : &#224; quel point ils ont fid&#232;lement g&#233;r&#233; ce que le ma&#238;tre leur avait confi&#233;.</p><p>Et en 1 Corinthiens 4:2, Paul r&#233;sume toute cette posture en une seule phrase :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Du reste, ce qu&#8217;on demande des dispensateurs, c&#8217;est que chacun soit trouv&#233; fid&#232;le. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Remarque ce qui n&#8217;est pas demand&#233;.</p><p>Pas des r&#233;sultats garantis. Pas des d&#233;cisions sans risque. Pas des r&#233;sultats parfaits. Pas une croissance impressionnante.</p><p>La fid&#233;lit&#233;.</p><p>C&#8217;est &#231;a, la mesure de l&#8217;intendance &#8212; et c&#8217;est &#224; la fois beaucoup plus simple et beaucoup plus exigeant que les indicateurs qu&#8217;utilisent la plupart des cultures d&#8217;entreprise.</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;intendance transforme la strat&#233;gie</strong></h3><p>Quand on croit vraiment qu&#8217;une entreprise est quelque chose qu&#8217;on g&#232;re plut&#244;t que quelque chose qu&#8217;on poss&#232;de, la strat&#233;gie change. Pas superficiellement, mais fondamentalement.</p><h4><strong>1. La strat&#233;gie devient un acte d&#8217;adoration</strong></h4><p>Si Dieu est le v&#233;ritable propri&#233;taire, alors la planification, la prise de d&#233;cision et le leadership ne sont plus de simples t&#226;ches techniques.</p><p>Ils deviennent des actes d&#8217;<em>avodah</em> &#8212; travail, service et adoration tiss&#233;s ensemble en une seule offrande &#224; Dieu.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie n&#8217;est plus seulement une question d&#8217;optimisation, d&#8217;efficacit&#233; et d&#8217;avantage concurrentiel.</p><p>Elle devient une question de fid&#233;lit&#233;, de sagesse, d&#8217;amour et d&#8217;ob&#233;issance.</p><p>Elle devient une mani&#232;re de demander :</p><p>Seigneur, comment g&#233;rer fid&#232;lement ce que tu as mis entre nos mains aujourd&#8217;hui ?</p><p>Paul encadre cette posture avec une simplicit&#233; frappante en Colossiens 3:23-24 &#8212; un de mes passages pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233;s de la Bible :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Tout ce que vous faites, faites-le de bon c&#339;ur, comme pour le Seigneur et non pour des hommes, sachant que vous recevrez du Seigneur l&#8217;h&#233;ritage pour r&#233;compense. Servez Christ, le Seigneur. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Pas une partie de ce que tu fais.</p><p>Tout ce que tu fais.</p><p>Tes s&#233;ances de strat&#233;gie. Tes mod&#232;les financiers. Tes d&#233;cisions d&#8217;embauche. Ta feuille de route produit. Ton 9h-17h. Tout ce que Dieu te donne la gr&#226;ce de faire.</p><p>Tout &#231;a offert &#224; Dieu comme <em>avodah</em> &#8212; comme adoration en action.</p><h4><strong>2. L&#8217;intendance clarifie la responsabilit&#233; sans gonfler le contr&#244;le</strong></h4><p>L&#8217;intendance n&#8217;enl&#232;ve pas la responsabilit&#233;.</p><p>Au contraire, elle l&#8217;approfondit.</p><p>Toi et moi, on reste responsables de :</p><ul><li><p>Diriger avec sagesse,</p></li><li><p>Planifier avec soin, et</p></li><li><p>Bien g&#233;rer les gens, le capital et l&#8217;influence.</p></li></ul><p>La diff&#233;rence, c&#8217;est ce dont tu n&#8217;es pas responsable : tu n&#8217;es pas responsable de jouer &#224; Dieu.</p><p>&#199;a lib&#232;re les leaders de certaines des tentations les plus dangereuses en affaires :</p><ul><li><p>Manipuler les r&#233;sultats,</p></li><li><p>Prendre des raccourcis &#233;thiques, et</p></li><li><p>Traiter les gens comme des moyens plut&#244;t que comme des fins.</p></li></ul><p>Quand tu n&#8217;es pas le propri&#233;taire, tu n&#8217;as pas besoin de prot&#233;ger le r&#233;sultat &#224; tout prix.</p><p>Tu dois juste &#234;tre fid&#232;le avec ce qui t&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233;.</p><p>Proverbes 19:21 nous donne cette v&#233;rit&#233; fondatrice :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Il y a dans le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;homme beaucoup de projets, mais c&#8217;est le dessein de l&#8217;&#201;ternel qui s&#8217;accomplit. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est vraiment une bonne nouvelle.</p><p>L&#8217;intendance invite l&#8217;humilit&#233; dans la strat&#233;gie &#8212; et l&#8217;humilit&#233; n&#8217;est pas une faiblesse.</p><p>L&#8217;humilit&#233; est essentielle pour acqu&#233;rir et appliquer la sagesse.</p><h4><strong>3. L&#8217;intendance redistribue le pouvoir</strong></h4><p>C&#8217;est peut-&#234;tre l&#224; que l&#8217;intendance a ses implications strat&#233;giques les plus directes.</p><p>Chaque organisation exerce du pouvoir.</p><ul><li><p>Pouvoir financier.</p></li><li><p>Pouvoir organisationnel.</p></li><li><p>Pouvoir culturel.</p></li><li><p>Le pouvoir de fa&#231;onner des moyens de subsistance, des communaut&#233;s et des avenirs.</p></li></ul><p>La question n&#8217;est jamais de savoir si une entreprise a du pouvoir.</p><p>La question, c&#8217;est : &#224; quoi sert ce pouvoir ?</p><p>Praxis le formule pr&#233;cis&#233;ment dans <em>The Redemptive Business: A Playbook for Leaders</em> :</p><blockquote><p>Une entreprise r&#233;demptrice utilise son pouvoir pour cr&#233;er de la valeur pour les autres et pour restaurer des syst&#232;mes bris&#233;s &#8212; pas simplement pour extraire de la valeur pour elle-m&#234;me.</p></blockquote><p>La possession a tendance &#224; concentrer le pouvoir autour de l&#8217;int&#233;r&#234;t personnel.</p><p>L&#8217;intendance redirige le pouvoir vers le service.</p><p>Et J&#233;sus, comme d&#8217;habitude, est la voix la plus radicale sur ce sujet. En Matthieu 20:26, il dit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Celui qui veut &#234;tre grand parmi vous, qu&#8217;il soit votre serviteur. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Dans une entreprise vraiment r&#233;demptrice, ce n&#8217;est pas un slogan affich&#233; sur un mur.</p><p>&#199;a devient une r&#233;alit&#233; structurelle &#8212; visible dans la fa&#231;on dont les d&#233;cisions sont prises, dont les incitatifs sont con&#231;us, dont les leaders &#233;coutent, et dont le succ&#232;s est c&#233;l&#233;br&#233;, mesur&#233; et partag&#233;.</p><p>Dans une entreprise r&#233;demptrice :</p><ul><li><p>L&#8217;autorit&#233; existe pour servir</p></li><li><p>Le leadership existe pour b&#233;nir et &#233;quiper</p></li><li><p>Le pouvoir existe pour prot&#233;ger les vuln&#233;rables et donner du pouvoir aux autres</p></li></ul><p>Le pouvoir au service des autres n&#8217;est pas une aspiration douce. C&#8217;est un choix de conception organisationnelle.</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;expertise strat&#233;gique rachet&#233;e</strong></h3><p>Une des id&#233;es fondamentales que j&#8217;ai tir&#233;es de mes &#233;tudes et de ma pratique en strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise, c&#8217;est le concept des ressources et capacit&#233;s :</p><ul><li><p>ce qu&#8217;une entreprise poss&#232;de,</p></li><li><p>ce en quoi elle excelle particuli&#232;rement, et</p></li><li><p>ce qui lui donne de la cr&#233;dibilit&#233; sur son march&#233;.</p></li></ul><p>C&#8217;est enseign&#233; comme un cadre pour l&#8217;avantage concurrentiel : identifie tes ressources uniques, prot&#232;ge-les de l&#8217;imitation, et d&#233;ploie-les d&#8217;une mani&#232;re difficile &#224; reproduire pour tes concurrents.</p><p>L&#8217;hypoth&#232;se sous-jacente, c&#8217;est que l&#8217;entreprise poss&#232;de ces ressources, et que leur but premier est de gagner sur le march&#233;.</p><p>Ce cadre contient une vraie sagesse.</p><p>Les ressources comptent. Les capacit&#233;s comptent. Ce que tu as &#224; disposition fa&#231;onne les strat&#233;gies qui sont m&#234;me possibles. Ignorer tes ressources r&#233;elles au profit d&#8217;une ambition abstraite, c&#8217;est la voie rapide vers l&#8217;&#233;chec.</p><p>Mais voici la relecture r&#233;demptrice :</p><p>Et si chaque ressource dans ton organisation &#8212; chaque personne, chaque capacit&#233;, chaque &#233;l&#233;ment de capital, chaque relation &#8212; &#233;tait comprise non pas comme quelque chose que tu poss&#232;des, mais comme quelque chose qui t&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233; pour un but plus grand que toi ?</p><p>Ce changement ne rend pas l&#8217;analyse des ressources moins rigoureuse. Il la rend plus redevable.</p><p>Au lieu de demander : <em>Qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;on a, et comment on l&#8217;utilise pour gagner ?</em>, le leader-intendant demande :</p><ul><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que Dieu nous a confi&#233;, et pour le b&#233;n&#233;fice de qui ?</p></li><li><p>Lesquelles de nos capacit&#233;s peuvent le plus directement servir l&#8217;&#233;panouissement humain ?</p></li><li><p>Est-ce qu&#8217;on d&#233;ploie ce qui nous a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233; d&#8217;une mani&#232;re fid&#232;le &#224; Celui qui nous l&#8217;a donn&#233; ?</p></li></ul><p>L&#8217;analyse reste essentiellement la m&#234;me. La redevabilit&#233; est totalement diff&#233;rente.</p><p>Et cette diff&#233;rence se voit non seulement dans les documents de strat&#233;gie, mais aussi dans les d&#233;cisions quotidiennes : o&#249; investir, qui embaucher, et &#224; quoi dire non.</p><p>L&#8217;intendance n&#8217;est pas une alternative douce &#224; une strat&#233;gie rigoureuse.</p><p>C&#8217;est la forme la plus rigoureuse qui soit &#8212; parce qu&#8217;elle est redevable non seulement devant le march&#233;, mais devant Dieu.</p><h3><strong>Un exemple concret &#8212; L&#8217;intendance plut&#244;t que l&#8217;&#233;chelle : Chick-fil-A</strong></h3><p>Peu d&#8217;entreprises dans le monde des affaires moderne offrent un exemple plus instructif d&#8217;intendance mise en pratique &#8212; &#224; un vrai co&#251;t &#8212; que Chick-fil-A.</p><p>Dans une industrie de la restauration rapide obs&#233;d&#233;e par la conqu&#234;te de march&#233; et la croissance &#224; tout prix, Chick-fil-A a, depuis sa fondation, maintenu une politique de fermeture de tous ses restaurants le dimanche.</p><p>Pour une cha&#238;ne de restauration rapide pr&#233;sente dans certains des emplacements les plus fr&#233;quent&#233;s d&#8217;Am&#233;rique &#8212; a&#233;roports, centres commerciaux, stades &#8212; cette d&#233;cision co&#251;te &#224; l&#8217;entreprise des centaines de millions de dollars de revenus chaque ann&#233;e, selon les estimations.</p><p>La raison n&#8217;est pas sentimentale. C&#8217;est l&#8217;intendance.</p><p>Le fondateur, Truett Cathy, a b&#226;ti l&#8217;entreprise sur la conviction qu&#8217;elle n&#8217;appartenait pas, en fin de compte, &#224; lui, mais &#224; Dieu &#8212; et que les gens qui travaillaient pour cette entreprise m&#233;ritaient un jour de repos fixe.</p><p>Cette conviction n&#8217;&#233;tait pas simplement personnelle. Elle &#233;tait structurelle, inscrite dans l&#8217;ADN de l&#8217;organisation d&#232;s le d&#233;but, et elle a &#233;t&#233; respect&#233;e par l&#8217;entreprise &#224; travers chaque saison de croissance qui a suivi.</p><p>Ce qui fait de ceci une histoire d&#8217;intendance plut&#244;t qu&#8217;une simple belle histoire, c&#8217;est ce qui s&#8217;est pass&#233; en aval.</p><p>La fermeture du dimanche, loin d&#8217;&#234;tre un handicap concurrentiel, est devenue l&#8217;un des &#233;l&#233;ments les plus distinctifs et les plus cr&#233;ateurs de confiance de la marque Chick-fil-A.</p><p>&#199;a envoie un signal aux clients et aux employ&#233;s qu&#8217;aucune campagne marketing n&#8217;aurait pu fabriquer : cette entreprise se tient &#224; une exigence qui co&#251;te quelque chose de r&#233;el.</p><p>Ce signal b&#226;tit un type de fid&#233;lit&#233; et de confiance qui est vraiment difficile &#224; reproduire.</p><p>Chick-fil-A est aussi constamment class&#233;e premi&#232;re parmi les cha&#238;nes de restauration rapide les plus performantes d&#8217;Am&#233;rique en revenu par &#233;tablissement &#8212; d&#233;passant des concurrents ouverts sept jours sur sept.</p><p>Bien que McDonald&#8217;s ait plus de restaurants, le revenu par &#233;tablissement de Chick-fil-A fait plus du double de celui de McDonald&#8217;s.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un argument d&#8217;&#233;vangile de la prosp&#233;rit&#233;. Le but n&#8217;est pas de dire que l&#8217;intendance fid&#232;le produit toujours du succ&#232;s financier.</p><p>Le but, c&#8217;est que l&#8217;intendance &#8212; vraiment pratiqu&#233;e, &#224; un vrai co&#251;t &#8212; fa&#231;onne la culture, b&#226;tit la confiance, et produit un type d&#8217;int&#233;grit&#233; organisationnelle que ni l&#8217;efficacit&#233; ni l&#8217;&#233;chelle, seules, ne peuvent cr&#233;er.</p><p>Comme le dit Proverbes 11:3 : <strong>l&#8217;int&#233;grit&#233; des hommes droits les dirige.</strong></p><p>Chick-fil-A n&#8217;est pas parfaite, et aucune organisation ne l&#8217;est.</p><p>Mais sa posture fondatrice &#8212; &#171; ce n&#8217;est pas &#224; nous, &#231;a nous a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233; &#187; &#8212; a fa&#231;onn&#233; des d&#233;cisions que la plupart des cultures d&#8217;entreprise auraient rejet&#233;es comme non pratiques. Et ces d&#233;cisions ont form&#233; quelque chose que l&#8217;&#233;chelle seule n&#8217;aurait jamais pu cr&#233;er.</p><h3><strong>Un outil simple : l&#8217;Inventaire de l&#8217;Intendance</strong></h3><p>Pour rendre l&#8217;intendance concr&#232;te et pas juste inspirante, voici un outil simple que tu peux utiliser seul(e) ou avec ton &#233;quipe de direction. Je t&#8217;encourage &#224; y revenir r&#233;guli&#232;rement &#8212; pas seulement au lancement d&#8217;un nouveau projet, mais &#224; chaque saison de croissance, de pression et de changement.</p><p>Apporte ces questions devant Dieu, dans la pri&#232;re :</p><h4><strong>1. Qu&#8217;est-ce que Dieu nous a confi&#233; ?</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Les gens &#8212; qui compose ton &#233;quipe, et qu&#8217;est-ce que Dieu a mis en eux ?</p></li><li><p>Le capital &#8212; ressources financi&#232;res, actifs, et ce qu&#8217;ils pourraient servir</p></li><li><p>Le temps &#8212; cette saison, cette fen&#234;tre, cette opportunit&#233;</p></li><li><p>Le savoir &#8212; expertise, exp&#233;rience, sagesse durement acquise</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;influence &#8212; plateforme, relations, cr&#233;dibilit&#233;, port&#233;e</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;opportunit&#233; &#8212; les portes ouvertes devant toi en ce moment</p></li></ul><h4><strong>2. Qui est destin&#233; &#224; &#234;tre b&#233;ni &#224; travers &#231;a ?</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Les clients &#8212; comment &#231;a les sert vraiment ?</p></li><li><p>Les employ&#233;s &#8212; comment &#231;a fa&#231;onne et dignifie leur vie ?</p></li><li><p>Les communaut&#233;s &#8212; quelle est l&#8217;empreinte de ce travail dans le monde ?</p></li><li><p>Les partenaires et fournisseurs &#8212; sont-ils trait&#233;s comme des partenaires ou comme des leviers ?</p></li><li><p>Les personnes vuln&#233;rables &#8212; est-ce que ce travail atteint ou donne du pouvoir &#224; ceux qui sont en marge ?</p></li></ul><h4><strong>3. &#192; quoi ressemble un soin fid&#232;le &#8212; maintenant ?</strong></h4><p>Pas en th&#233;orie. Pas un jour, quand on sera plus grands. Pas dans le plan sur cinq ans.</p><ul><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui est n&#233;cessaire pour &#234;tre fid&#232;le avec ce qu&#8217;on a aujourd&#8217;hui ?</p></li></ul><h4><strong>4. O&#249; pourrait-on agir comme des propri&#233;taires plut&#244;t que comme des intendants ?</strong></h4><ul><li><p>O&#249; le contr&#244;le m&#232;ne-t-il les d&#233;cisions plut&#244;t que l&#8217;humilit&#233; ?</p></li><li><p>O&#249; la peur de perdre l&#8217;emporte-t-elle sur une g&#233;n&#233;rosit&#233; courageuse ?</p></li><li><p>O&#249; le sentiment de m&#233;rite fa&#231;onne-t-il la culture d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qu&#8217;on n&#8217;a pas reconnue ?</p></li><li><p>O&#249; prot&#232;ge-t-on l&#8217;entreprise au d&#233;triment des gens ?</p></li></ul><p>Ma recommandation : apporte ces questions devant Dieu r&#233;guli&#232;rement.</p><p>L&#8217;intendance n&#8217;est pas un changement de mentalit&#233; qui arrive une seule fois.</p><p>C&#8217;est une posture quotidienne &#8212; pratiqu&#233;e, renouvel&#233;e et ajust&#233;e &#224; mesure que l&#8217;entreprise grandit et que les pressions changent.</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;intendance nous lib&#232;re de faire confiance &#224; Dieu pour les r&#233;sultats</strong></h3><p>Un des plus grands cadeaux de la posture d&#8217;intendance, c&#8217;est ceci : la libert&#233;.</p><p>Quand on arr&#234;te d&#8217;essayer de poss&#233;der les r&#233;sultats, on est lib&#233;r&#233; pour faire des choses que l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233; et l&#8217;auto-protection ne permettraient jamais :</p><ul><li><p>Agir avec courage quand le courage co&#251;te quelque chose</p></li><li><p>Prendre des risques fid&#232;les sans avoir besoin de garantir le r&#233;sultat</p></li><li><p>Dire la v&#233;rit&#233; m&#234;me quand c&#8217;est g&#234;nant</p></li><li><p>S&#8217;&#233;loigner d&#8217;opportunit&#233;s mal align&#233;es &#8212; m&#234;me quand elles sont rentables</p></li><li><p>Ob&#233;ir &#224; Dieu dans les petites choses avant que le r&#233;sultat ne soit clair</p></li></ul><p>J&#233;sus parle directement de ce genre de libert&#233; en Matthieu 6:31-33 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; Ne vous inqui&#233;tez donc point, et ne dites pas : Que mangerons-nous ? que boirons-nous ? de quoi serons-nous v&#234;tus ? Car toutes ces choses, ce sont les pa&#239;ens qui les recherchent. Votre P&#232;re c&#233;leste sait que vous en avez besoin. Cherchez premi&#232;rement le royaume et la justice de Dieu ; et toutes ces choses vous seront donn&#233;es par-dessus. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une promesse que tout se passera selon ton plan.</p><p>C&#8217;est une promesse que Celui qui poss&#232;de tout ce que tu g&#232;res n&#8217;est ni absent, ni indiff&#233;rent, ni ignorant de ce dont tu as besoin.</p><p>L&#8217;intendance n&#8217;&#233;limine pas l&#8217;incertitude.</p><p>Elle t&#8217;ancre dans Celui qui tient tout.</p><p>Et cet ancrage change ta fa&#231;on de diriger.</p><p>&#199;a change la qualit&#233; de ton courage, la profondeur de ta g&#233;n&#233;rosit&#233;, et la constance de ton int&#233;grit&#233; &#8212; surtout quand personne ne regarde et que la pression est r&#233;elle.</p><h3><strong>Un mot pour les b&#226;tisseurs et les leaders</strong></h3><p>Si tu diriges quelque chose en ce moment &#8212; grand ou petit, &#233;tabli ou tout juste commenc&#233; &#8212; ce chapitre est une invitation, pas un fardeau.</p><p>Dieu ne te demande pas de porter le poids de la possession.</p><p>Il t&#8217;invite dans quelque chose de bien plus l&#233;ger et de bien plus durable : la joie de l&#8217;intendance.</p><p>Tu es un(e) serviteur(se) mis(e) &#224; part. Un(e) collaborateur(rice) avec Christ.</p><p>Un(e) partenaire dans une &#339;uvre qui appartient, en fin de compte, &#224; Celui qui t&#8217;a appel&#233;(e) &#224; elle.</p><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas une diminution de ton leadership. C&#8217;est la place la plus s&#251;re o&#249; tu pourrais te tenir.</p><p><em>Avad</em> avec Dieu &#8212; travailler, servir et adorer comme une seule offrande int&#233;gr&#233;e &#8212; n&#8217;est pas un ajout religieux &#224; ton vrai travail.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce que ton vrai travail est con&#231;u pour &#234;tre.</p><h3><strong>Pause et pri&#232;re</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>Notre P&#232;re qui es aux cieux, <br>Propri&#233;taire de toutes choses, <br>Dieu fid&#232;le,</strong></p><p>Nous reconnaissons que tout ce que nous avons vient de Toi.</p><p>Nos vies, notre travail, nos ressources, nos opportunit&#233;s &#8212; rien de tout &#231;a n&#8217;est &#224; nous de droit.</p><p>Nous reconnaissons ensemble que tout nous a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233; par Toi, pour un but qui nous d&#233;passe.</p><p>Pardonne-nous pour les fois o&#249; nous avons voulu tout contr&#244;ler, agi par peur, ou cru en secret que ce que nous tenons nous appartient.</p><p>Merci pour ta gr&#226;ce, pour le don du pardon, et pour nous avoir confi&#233; un travail porteur de sens et une vraie responsabilit&#233;.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; <em>avad</em> avec Toi, &#224; travailler, servir et adorer comme un seul acte de d&#233;votion, plein de foi et anim&#233; par ton amour.</p><p>Dieu notre R&#233;dempteur, lib&#232;re-nous de l&#8217;illusion de la possession.</p><p>Ancre-nous dans ta v&#233;rit&#233; et ton amour.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; suivre ton exemple, Seigneur, &#224; diriger avec humilit&#233;, &#224; g&#233;rer avec sagesse, et &#224; aimer avec courage.</p><p>Puissions-nous &#234;tre des intendants trouv&#233;s fid&#232;les.</p><p>Fais grandir en nous un plus grand d&#233;sir de demeurer en Toi et de porter beaucoup de fruit.</p><p>Que ton amour nous pousse &#224; collaborer avec Toi dans tout ce que Tu nous donnes la gr&#226;ce de faire.</p><p>Que nos entreprises, nos minist&#232;res, et nos projets t&#8217;honorent et b&#233;nissent les autres.</p><p><strong>Nous t&#8217;offrons notre travail et nos vies, au nom du Seigneur J&#233;sus.<br>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Merci, Seigneur ! Merci d&#8217;avance.</p><p><br>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re que c&#8217;est clair maintenant : avant de continuer &#224; b&#226;tir &#8212; que ce soit une entreprise, une &#233;quipe, une strat&#233;gie, ou l&#8217;&#339;uvre d&#8217;une vie &#8212; on a besoin de se demander honn&#234;tement &#224; qui appartiennent vraiment notre entreprise, notre influence, notre capital et notre temps &#8212; et comment notre r&#233;ponse honn&#234;te &#224; cette question fa&#231;onne notre fa&#231;on de diriger.</p><p>Alors, et maintenant ? Peut-&#234;tre que tes prochaines &#233;tapes pour embrasser la strat&#233;gie avec Dieu sont d&#233;j&#224; claires.</p><p>Malgr&#233; tout, je veux partager avec toi</p><h3><strong>3 fa&#231;ons de mettre en pratique la strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Fais l&#8217;Inventaire de l&#8217;Intendance &#8212; honn&#234;tement.</strong> Travaille les quatre questions avec un carnet ouvert et un stylo pr&#234;t (Qu&#8217;est-ce que Dieu t&#8217;a confi&#233; ? Qui est destin&#233; &#224; &#234;tre b&#233;ni ? &#192; quoi ressemble la fid&#233;lit&#233; aujourd&#8217;hui ? O&#249; agis-tu comme un propri&#233;taire plut&#244;t qu&#8217;un intendant ?). Donne-toi au moins 30 minutes. Ne te pr&#233;cipite pas. Ce qui va remonter pourrait te surprendre.</p></li><li><p><strong>Identifie une d&#233;cision que tu tiens trop serr&#233;e en ce moment.</strong> O&#249; est-ce que la posture de possession alimente l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233;, le contr&#244;le ou le compromis dans ton leadership actuel ? Nomme-la pr&#233;cis&#233;ment. Apporte-la devant Dieu et demande : &#224; quoi ressemblerait l&#8217;intendance ici ?</p></li><li><p><strong>Partage l&#8217;Inventaire de l&#8217;Intendance avec ton &#233;quipe.</strong> Si tu diriges une &#233;quipe, envisage de travailler ces quatre questions ensemble lors de votre prochaine s&#233;ance de planification &#8212; pr&#233;sent&#233;es non pas comme un exercice spirituel, mais comme un vrai outil strat&#233;gique. Demande : qu&#8217;est-ce qui nous a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233;, et pour qui le g&#233;rons-nous ? Regarde ce que &#231;a r&#233;v&#232;le dans la culture de ton organisation.</p></li></ol><h3><strong>Ce qu&#8217;il faut retenir de ce chapitre</strong></h3><p>Un des changements les plus transformateurs qu&#8217;un leader d&#8217;entreprise puisse faire, c&#8217;est de passer d&#8217;une posture de possession &#224; une posture d&#8217;intendance. L&#8217;intendance ne diminue ni l&#8217;ambition ni l&#8217;excellence &#8212; elle les rach&#232;te et les r&#233;oriente. Quand la strat&#233;gie devient <em>avodah</em> &#8212; une offrande de travail, de service et d&#8217;adoration &#224; Dieu &#8212; elle est lib&#233;r&#233;e de l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233;, r&#233;organis&#233;e autour du service, et redevable devant une norme plus haute que le march&#233;. Ce que tu tiens t&#8217;a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233;. Dirige en cons&#233;quence.</p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re vraiment que ce podcast-billet vous b&#233;nit de la part de Dieu.</p><p><strong>Laisse un commentaire.</strong> (J&#8217;aimerais beaucoup savoir ce que tu en penses.)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Partage-le</strong> avec tes amis. &#199;a me ferait vraiment plaisir, et je fais confiance &#224; Dieu pour les b&#233;nir &#224; travers ton pas de foi en le partageant.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/business-as-stewardship-not-ownership?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Abonne-toi</strong> si ce n&#8217;est pas d&#233;j&#224; fait, pour recevoir ces billets par courriel. Comme &#231;a, tu ne manqueras aucun des prochains billets de cette s&#233;rie, ni des autres &#224; venir.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> avec TANNER KLEIN</strong> est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux posts et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Encore une fois, si &#231;a t&#8217;int&#233;resse, voici le lien vers notre dernier podcast-billet, si tu veux l&#8217;&#233;couter ou le voir par toi-m&#234;me :</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or">Vers quoi on tend ? Le succ&#232;s ou la fid&#233;lit&#233; ?</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Il y en a encore &#224; venir. Ce n&#8217;est que le d&#233;but.</p><p>R&#233;pondons par la foi.</p><p>Merci de nous avoir rejoints dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer vers 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; dans la demeure, la fid&#233;lit&#233;, l&#8217;apprentissage et la croissance, avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci d&#8217;avance, P&#232;re !<br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Are We Aiming At? Success or Faithfulness? — A Series on REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Kingdom Vision for Building with Jesus and Eternal Impact (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209246160/9f580742516390a851f2f26b11a8b8c4.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends - Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus. My name Tanner Klein.</p><p>I can see that these posts and podcasts are reaching 1000s of souls so I want to start by saying thank you to all of you who have shared these <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> podcasts and posts with your friends, family, and networks. I really believe our God is reaching hearts, inspiring minds, and equipping people to partner with God in His restorative work of bringing redemption across the nations and wherever you are. We have the opportunity to join God in this and that offer is too good to pass up. People need to know.</p><p>As I&#8217;ve mentioned before in our last podcast, I&#8217;ll share again for those who don&#8217;t already know, for the longest time I&#8217;ve been inspired by the integration of faith and work. </p><p>I love business as mission (BAM), business for transformation (B4T), faith-driven entrepreneurship, reaching the unreached by way of local business or investment in communities that would otherwise be inaccessible, ministries engaging in the marketplace, and the like.</p><p>There are so many opportunities to use the gifts, time, talents, and resources God has given us to glorify Him while making a real and lasting impact in other peoples&#8217; lives, across families, communities, and nations alike. </p><p>That is amazing. </p><h3><strong>Our God can make an eternally significant impact on other eternal souls through us, and He does!</strong>  </h3><p>Few topics get me more fired up. <br>Our lives have so much meaning. <br>Today has so much purpose.</p><p>Understandably, I&#8217;ve embraced living on mission abroad with Jesus.  </p><p>And here&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve witnessed from the US to Asia to Oceania to Europe and beyond. When I look at the landscape of business, ministry, creativity, and culture today, I see something extraordinary:</p><h3><strong>God is raising up men and women who want to build </strong><em><strong>with Him</strong></em><strong>, not just </strong><em><strong>for</strong></em><strong> Him.</strong></h3><p>There&#8217;s a big difference. </p><p>Our Creator is stirring a generation of entrepreneurs who aren&#8217;t driven by the world&#8217;s definition of success, who aren&#8217;t chasing influence, who aren&#8217;t satisfied with business-as-usual, and who aren&#8217;t settling for a compartmentalized faith that gets picked up on Sunday and left at home on Monday.</p><p>These are people who want to create with Jesus, serve like Jesus, and love other eternal souls the way Jesus loves us and gave Himself for us.<br>People who want to solve real problems without losing their souls in the process.<br>People who want to build ventures and create in ways that express the heart of God.</p><p>This reflects the heart of <strong>Redemptive Entrepreneurship</strong>.</p><p>Not <em>exploitative</em> business. <br>Not simply <em>social</em> entrepreneurship.<br>Not just a more <em>ethical</em> version of innovation.</p><p><strong>What is Redemptive Entrepreneurship? </strong></p><p>We covered this in our previous posts linked below. </p><p><strong>It</strong> <strong>is about partnering with God in His ongoing work of renewal&#8212;right where we are&#8212;building, leading, serving, and creating. </strong></p><p>Our friends at Praxis, a New York City-based venture-building ecosystem that champions the awakening of our redemptive imagination,<strong> </strong>distinguish the word <strong>Redemptive </strong>as<strong> </strong>following the pattern of <span>creative restoration through sacrifice</span> in our life and work&#8212;and <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> as directing our agency and resources toward organizational <span>creation, innovation, and risk</span>.</p><p>And through the years, this kind of innovative work reflecting the ways of Jesus and His Kingdom has captivated my attention and inspired me greatly in my own business, missional, and entrepreneurial efforts. </p><p>I&#8217;m excited to explore this more with you all. </p><p>We&#8217;ve already published four podcast-posts on this topic:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, &amp; Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership &#8212; A Series on REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVATING the HEART of a REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEUR: Surrender, Faith in Action, &amp; the Fear of the LORD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">EXPLOITATIVE vs. ETHICAL vs. REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The Three Ways We Build</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP &#8212; An Introduction</a></strong></p><p></p></li></ul><p>These four podcast-posts are linked here. </p><p>In the last <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">podcast-post</a>, we covered this core question from the first chapter in my not-yet-released book on <strong>Redemptive Business Strategy,</strong></p><p><em><strong>What if strategy &#8212; rightly understood and rightly practiced &#8212; is not just a business discipline, but a form of partnership with God?</strong></em></p><p>This chapter establishes the foundation of the entire book: that business strategy, when submitted to the Lordship of Christ, becomes a form of faithful stewardship, integrated worship, and love made durable. Before we discuss frameworks, markets, or competitive advantage, we must understand <em>why</em> strategy matters&#8212;and <em>with whom</em> we are building.</p><p>We covered a lot of important topics: </p><ul><li><p><strong>Strategy Is About Direction</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>God Is Not Anti-Planning</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Strategy is Stewardship &#8212; and Stewardship is an Expression of Worship</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Why Strategy Matters for Love</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>The Three Ways to Build &#8212; and Why Your Choice Matters </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Strategic Expertise Redeemed</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>A Holy Partnership, Not a Solo Project</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>You &amp; I Were Made for This Kind of Work</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>A Real-World Example of Avodah in Action: HOPE International</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What This Book Is &#8212; and Is Not</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>The Invitation</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>3 Ways to Put Redemptive Strategy into Practice</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Key Takeaways</strong></p></li></ul><p>and of course, we <strong>paused to pray together.</strong> </p><p>If you&#8217;re interested, this podcast-post is linked here if you&#8217;d like to listen in or see for yourself:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, &amp; Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership &#8212; A Series on REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>If you are curious about this topic and would like to pre-order a copy of this book on redemptive business strategy, leave a comment or message me and I will follow up with you.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Today, we are asking,</p><h1><strong>What Are We Aiming At? </strong></h1><h1><strong>Success OR Faithfulness?</strong></h1><h4><strong><span><br>Here&#8217;s the Core Question we&#8217;re addressing today?</span></strong></h4><p><em><strong>Before you build anything &#8212; a business, a team, a strategy, a life&#8217;s work &#8212; have you honestly asked what you are actually aiming at?</strong></em></p><h4><strong><span>The Focus</span></strong></h4><p>This chapter challenges the unexamined assumptions behind most strategies by asking the most foundational question a builder can ask: What is this for? Essentially, what is the end goal? It establishes faithfulness &#8212; not success &#8212; as the true aim of redemptive business strategy, while showing that faithfulness and fruitfulness are not in conflict but in proper order: fruitfulness follows faithfulness and faithfulness follows abiding in Jesus. It introduces the Aim Alignment Canvas as a simple, repeatable tool for keeping purpose, people, power, and profit rightly ordered under Christ.</p><div><hr></div><p><span>Before we talk about strategy, frameworks, markets, or growth, we need to slow down and ask a much more fundamental question:</span></p><p><strong><span>What are we actually aiming at?</span></strong></p><p><span>Not what sounds impressive.<br> Not what gets applause.<br> Not what looks successful on paper.</span></p><p><span>But what are we </span><em><span>truly</span></em><span> building toward&#8212;deep down, in our hearts, in our minds, with our lives?</span></p><h4><strong><span>Is our end goal success in the eyes of the world?</span></strong></h4><h3><strong><span>Or is it faithfulness to God?</span></strong></h3><h4><strong><span>Or is it some funky fusion of the two, somewhere in the subtle, lukewarm in-between?</span></strong></h4><p><span>Because whether we realize it or not, </span><strong><span>our aim quietly shapes everything</span></strong><span>:<br> how we define success,<br> how we treat people,<br> how we make decisions under pressure,<br> and what we are willing to sacrifice&#8212;or refuse to sacrifice&#8212;along the way.</span></p><p><span>Most strategy books rush past this question. They assume the aim. They assume success. They assume growth, dominance, market share, influence, or wealth. And then they teach you how to get there faster, cheaper, and more efficiently.</span></p><p><strong><span>But God&#8217;s Word offers a different set of priorities.</span></strong></p><p><span>In Luke 14:28, Jesus asks:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>In other words: </span><strong><span>Before we build, pause. Sit down. Prayerfully discern. Carefully consider your aim and the comprehensive cost required to build what will last.</span></strong></p><p><span>This is where redemptive business strategy begins&#8212; not with frameworks, but with the foundational questions underneath them all.</span></p><h2><strong><span><br>The Quiet Assumption Beneath Most Strategy</span></strong></h2><p><span>In much of modern business thinking, the aim is rarely questioned. It is simply assumed.</span></p><p><span>The assumed aim is usually some version of:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Win</span></p></li><li><p><span>Grow</span></p></li><li><p><span>Scale</span></p></li><li><p><span>Maximize</span></p></li><li><p><span>Beat competitors</span></p></li><li><p><span>Increase valuation</span></p></li></ul><p><span>None of these are inherently evil. Some may even be good. But none of them are neutral.</span></p><p><span>Every strategy &#8212; whether explicit or implicit &#8212; is formed around a vision of what is worth pursuing. And that vision is always shaped by deeper beliefs about people, about value, about what a good life actually looks like. </span></p><p><span>Whether we name it or not, that is a theological question. <br>   </span><strong><span>Our vision is shaped by what we believe about God.</span></strong></p><p><span>So the question is not </span><em><span>whether</span></em><span> your strategy is connected to your understanding of who God is.</span></p><p><strong><span>The question is </span></strong><em><strong><span>how</span></strong></em><strong><span> your beliefs about God &#8212; aligned with truth or not &#8212; are shaping your motives, your priorities, and your planning.</span></strong></p><p><span>We absolutely need the help of God&#8217;s Spirit to accurately discern and better understand how </span>our beliefs about God &#8212; aligned with truth or not &#8212; are shaping our motives, our priorities, and our planning.</p><p><span>As Jesus puts it in Matthew 6:21:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Our aim reveals our treasure.<br> And our treasure shapes our strategy.</span></p><p><span>My prayer for myself and for you is this: </span></p><blockquote><p><strong><span>Lord</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>Jesus, be my Treasure. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Be our Treasure. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Realign our hearts, our motives, and our aim with Your heart, desires, and aim to bring redemption through us, across our workplaces, neighborhoods, nations, and homes. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Shape our strategies for lasting impact: to bless people, renew what is broken, and ultimately to please You, Lord our Treasure. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span>I pray, we pray in Your name, King Jesus. Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p><span>Let&#8217;s let this promise in Philippians 2:13 inspire us as the Lord empowers us through the Holy Spirit,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>That is life-changing, good news.</p><h3><strong><span><br>Three Aims &#8212; Only One That Lasts</span></strong></h3><p><span>This is where the contrast between the three ways to build &#8212; exploitative, ethical, and redemptive &#8212; becomes deeply personal. </span></p><p><span>Here&#8217;s why. The the difference between them is not primarily operational. </span></p><p><span>It is motivational. </span></p><p><span>It is exposed in our answer to the question: </span><em><strong><span>What are we actually aiming at?</span></strong></em></p><p><strong><span>The exploitative builder</span></strong><span> aims at winning &#8212; at all costs. The metric is market dominance. Success means coming out ahead, regardless of who bears the cost along the way. This aim is rarely stated out loud. It often hides behind efficiency language and performance metrics. But it shows up clearly when pressure hits: who gets protected, and who gets used.</span></p><p><strong><span>The ethical builder</span></strong><span> aims at doing things right &#8212; playing fair, being a good actor, creating genuine value without exploiting anyone. This is genuinely better. But it is still, at its core, self-defined success pursued with integrity. The aim is still winning &#8212; just more winningly. This is an improvement but not the goal.</span></p><p><strong><span>The redemptive builder</span></strong><span> aims at something categorically different: </span><em><strong><span>faithfulness to God that creates real value for people and participates in His work of restoration</span></strong></em><strong><span>.</span></strong><span> The metric is not dominance, not even ethical conduct, but alignment &#8212; with God&#8217;s purposes, God&#8217;s people, and God&#8217;s design for flourishing.</span></p><p><span>These three aims produce three very different cultures, three very different decision-making patterns, and three very different outcomes &#8212; for the people inside the organization and the communities they reach.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png" width="484" height="666.875" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:704,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:484,&quot;bytes&quot;:123322,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/209246160?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vJIk!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc825602e-e600-43ef-93ea-965050cfaf10_704x970.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>The redemptive aim does not reject excellence or economic viability. It reorders them. </span></p><p><span>Profit, performance, and growth are not the ultimate destination &#8212; they are tools in service of a destination that is far larger and far more lasting.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Success vs. Faithfulness: Not a Dichotomy, But an Order</span></strong></h3><p><span>At this point, many thoughtful followers of Jesus feel a real tension.</span></p><p><span>On one hand, we want to be excellent.</span></p><p><span> We want to build things that work.<br> We want to create real value.<br> We want our efforts to bear fruit.</span></p><p><span>Our desires may be pure and our hearts, humble before God.</span></p><p><span>Nevertheless, the Scriptures emphasize faithfulness:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Faithful stewards</span></p></li><li><p><span>Faithful servants</span></p></li><li><p><span>Faithful obedience</span></p></li></ul><p><span>So which is it? </span><strong><span>Success or faithfulness?</span></strong></p><p><span>The world may disregard the latter, and the church can treat them as the same thing&#8212;or quietly replace faithfulness with visible success. </span></p><p><span>But the Scriptures make a crucial distinction.</span></p><h3><strong><span>In the Kingdom of God, </span></strong><em><strong><span>faithfulness</span></strong></em><strong><span> is the measure.</span></strong></h3><h4><strong><span>Fruitfulness flows from faithfulness, and <br>  faithfulness flows from abiding in the Lord <br>    and remaining in His love.</span></strong></h4><p><span>Meditate on Jesus&#8217; words in John 15 and this reality is made abundantly clear.</span></p><p><span>Praxis captures this clearly in </span><em><span>The Redemptive Business: A Playbook for Leaders</span></em><span>:</span></p><blockquote><p><span>&#8220;Redemptive leadership begins not with outcomes, but with faithfulness&#8212;faithfulness to God, to people, and to the purpose for which the work exists.&#8221;</span></p></blockquote><p><span>This does not mean we ignore results.<br> </span><strong><span>It means we refuse to make our desired outcomes our ultimate goal.</span></strong><span><br>Outcomes matter, but they are not ultimate.</span></p><p><span>Faithfulness is.</span></p><p><span>I find genuine freedom in this. Making faithfulness to God my aim releases me from the pressure to engineer outcomes I was never meant to control.</span></p><p><span>The all-knowing God, who sees every decision, every sacrifice, and every faithful small act no one else noticed&#8212;He alone weighs and multiplies what we offer.</span></p><p><span>That is not a burden to bear. That is a relief.</span></p><p><span>In 1 Corinthians 4:2, Paul writes simply:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;It is required of stewards that they be found faithful.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Not successful. Not scalable. Faithful.</span></p><p><span>Redemptive strategy begins with an act of faith&#8212; submitting our definition of success to the lordship of Jesus Christ, and letting that submission reshape everything downstream.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>What Faithfulness Actually Looks Like in Strategy</span></strong></h3><p><span>Let&#8217;s be clear: Faithfulness is not passivity.<br> It is not laziness dressed up in spiritual language.<br> It is not the comfortable excuse of someone who is afraid to try.</span></p><p><strong><span>Faithfulness is simple obedience and trust-in-action in the little things, sustained over time.</span></strong></p><p><span>It is </span><strong><span>motivated by love</span></strong><span> and </span><strong><span>empowered by the Spirit of God </span></strong><span>working in and through people who have </span><strong><span>anchored</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>their lives in Jesus Christ</span></strong><span>.</span></p><p><span>True faithfulness to God is evidence of </span><strong><span>abiding in the Lord and remaining in His love</span></strong><span>.</span></p><p><span>Biblically, faithfulness looks like:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Seeking God&#8217;s will before acting impulsively</span></p></li><li><p><span>Prayerfully making decisions by faith, not fear</span></p></li><li><p><span>Stewarding resources with honesty and care</span></p></li><li><p><span>Loving and blessing people, not using them</span></p></li><li><p><span>Telling the truth, even when it costs something</span></p></li><li><p><span>Dying to self, rather than living for self</span></p></li><li><p><span>Trusting God with outcomes we cannot control</span></p></li></ul><p><span>This is where avodah becomes practically essential. Remember &#8212; avodah is the ancient Hebrew understanding of work, worship, and service woven together as one integrated act of devotion to God. To avad &#8212; to live, work, serve, and lead this way &#8212; is not a religious exercise layered on top of your &#8220;real work.&#8221; It is what your real work is meant to be, done in partnership with God.</span></p><h4><strong><span>When faithfulness is the aim and avodah is the posture, strategy stops being a competitive game and starts being an act of love.</span></strong></h4><p><strong><span>Planning flows from prayer.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Decisions become acts of trust.</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>And the business or project becomes something you offer to God,</span></strong><span> not something you protect for yourself.</span></p><p><span>Proverbs gives us two promises that belong together:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Proverbs 16:3)</span></h4></blockquote><p>and</p><blockquote><h4><span> </span><strong><span>&#8220;The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.&#8221;</span></strong><span> (Proverbs 16:9)</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Notice the order:</span></p><p><strong><span>First, commit your work to the Lord and plan with God, not apart from Him. </span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Seek alignment, then trust God to establish your steps as only He can.</span></strong></p><p><span>Redemptive strategy is not about removing planning; it&#8217;s about </span><strong><span>redeeming it </span></strong><span>&#8212; placing it under the ownership of the One to whom all things belong.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Strategic Expertise Redeemed</span></strong></h3><p><em><span>Every strategy course worth its name will eventually ask:</span></em></p><p><em><strong><span>What are you trying to achieve, and <br>   how will you know if you&#8217;ve achieved it?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>Very practical. In business school, this question gets answered in terms of competitive positioning, market share, profitability, and sustainable advantage.</span></p><p><span>These are the accepted metrics of strategic success &#8212; and they are not without value. Clarity about what you are trying to achieve is genuinely important.</span></p><p><span>Vague goals produce vague results.</span></p><p><span>Undefined success cannot be pursued, measured, or adjusted.</span></p><p><span>Business education also teaches something subtler but equally important: </span><strong><span>coherence</span></strong><span>.</span></p><p><span>The best strategies are not just directionally clear &#8212; they are internally consistent.</span></p><p><span>What you say you value, what you measure, what you reward, and what you tolerate all need to align.</span></p><p><span>Without alignment, the strategy fractures.</span></p><p><span>When people pursue different goals, <br>  the culture drifts, and <br>      the organization slowly loses its identity.</span></p><p><span>Both of these insights &#8212; clarity of aim and coherence &#8212; are genuinely useful.</span></p><p><span>Redemptive strategy embraces them both.</span></p><p><span>Market share is measurable. <br>Profit is trackable. <br>Competitive advantage is analyzable.</span></p><p><span>But none of these are sufficient answers to the question of what a person &#8212; created in the image of God, called to steward His world, invited into partnership with the Creator &#8212; should be building toward.</span></p><p><span>Redemptive strategy takes aim-clarity and coherence seriously, and then submits them to a higher definition of success:</span></p><h4><strong><span>Faithfulness to God, <br>expressed through the creation of genuine value for people, <br>in alignment with His redemptive purposes.</span></strong></h4><p><span>The tools of measurement and coherence remain.</span></p><p><span>The principle that governs them changes. And when it changes, so does everything that follows.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Redemptive Strategy: Aiming at Alignment with God</span></strong></h3><p><span>So what exactly are we aiming at?</span></p><p><span>Here it is, stated plainly:</span></p><h4><strong><span>The aim of redemptive business strategy is faithfulness to God that creates real value for people and participates in God&#8217;s work of restoration&#8212;while remaining economically viable and operationally excellent.</span></strong></h4><p><span>This kind of strategy seeks </span><em><strong><span>alignment</span></strong></em><span>, not just </span><em><span>achievement</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>Alignment between four things that, when properly ordered, make a business a vehicle of grace rather than a machine of extraction:</span></p><p><span>We&#8217;re talking about alignment between 4 Ps: </span><strong><span>Purpose, People, Power, and Profit.</span></strong></p><h4><strong><span>Purpose</span></strong><span> </span></h4><ul><li><p><span>Why does this exist, really? What brokenness is it responding to? What good is it meant to serve?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>People</span></strong><span> </span></h4><ul><li><p><span>Who are we called to love through this work? How are employees, customers, partners, and communities treated, formed, and genuinely valued?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>Power</span></strong><span> </span></h4><ul><li><p><span>What influence do we hold? How are decisions made? Is power used to serve &#8212; or to control?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>Profit</span></strong><span> </span></h4><ul><li><p><span>What role does money actually play? Is it a servant to the mission &#8212; or quietly becoming a master over the mission?</span></p></li></ul><p><span>When these four Ps are misaligned, even outwardly &#8220;successful&#8221; businesses quietly deform people and damage communities.</span></p><p><span>When they are aligned under Christ, a business becomes something else entirely &#8212; a means of love, service, and renewal.</span></p><p><span>As Jesus puts it in Matthew 6:33:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><strong><span>The Kingdom first.<br>People before profit.<br>Faithfulness before scaling.<br>Alignment with God&#8217;s good design before ambitious growth.<br>The strategy follows.</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span><br>A Simple Tool: The Aim Alignment Canvas</span></strong></h3><p><span>To make this practical and repeatable, here is a simple tool you can return to regularly &#8212; at the start of a new venture, at a strategic crossroads, or during any season when drifting from the mission is possible. You do not need an advanced degree to use it. You need honesty, prayer, and the courage to let God answer, to receive His guidance, and to respond in faith.</span></p><p><span>Bring these four themes before God &#8212; slowly, prayerfully, with a notebook open and a pen ready:</span></p><h4><strong><span>1. Purpose</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>Why does this business, ministry, or project truly exist?</span></p></li><li><p><span>What brokenness is it responding to?</span></p></li><li><p><span>What good is it specifically designed to serve?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>2. People</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>Who are we called to love through this work? </span></p></li><li><p><span>How are employees, customers, partners, and communities being treated, formed, and valued &#8212; not in our vision statement, but in our actual decisions?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>3. Power</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>What influence do we hold, and how is it being exercised?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Who has a voice in decisions that affect them?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Is power in this organization oriented toward service &#8212; or toward self-preservation and control?</span></p></li></ul><h4><strong><span>4. Profit</span></strong></h4><ul><li><p><span>What role does money actually play in our culture and decision-making?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Is profit serving the mission &#8212; or quietly replacing it?</span></p></li><li><p><span>What does financial return make possible for the sake of people and for the Kingdom of God?</span></p></li></ul><p><span>This is not a one-time exercise.</span></p><p><span>It is a </span><strong><span>discipline of discernment</span></strong><span>. </span></p><p><span>It&#8217;s the kind of thing that, when practiced consistently, keeps a business&#8217;s core mission and values intact through years of growth, pressure, and change.</span></p><h2><strong><span><br>A Real-World Example &#8212; When the Aim Drifts: The Cautionary Story of Sears</span></strong></h2><p><span>Not every real-world example worth learning from is a success story. Some of the most instructive lessons come from watching what happens when aim drifts &#8212; gradually, quietly, and then catastrophically.</span></p><p><span>Sears was once the most trusted retailer in America. Founded in the late 1800s, it built its early identity on a genuinely customer-first aim: bringing affordable, quality goods to rural Americans who had no other access to them. Its catalogue was not just a sales tool &#8212; it was, for millions of families, a lifeline. The evidence of their aim was clear: serve people well, and earn their trust.</span></p><p><span>For decades, that aim produced extraordinary results. Sears became the largest retailer in the world. But over time &#8212; particularly as financial pressures increased and short-term shareholder returns began to dominate strategic thinking &#8212; the aim shifted. </span></p><p><span>From what we can tell, people became treated as metrics. Stores became cost centers. Employees became overhead to be minimized.</span></p><p><span>The question <br>   </span><em><span>how do we serve our customers well?</span></em><span> <br>was slowly replaced by <br>   </span><em><span>how do we extract more value from this asset?</span></em></p><p><span>The exploitative logic took hold not through any single dramatic decision, but through hundreds of small aim-drift moments &#8212; each one defensible in isolation, each one moving the needle a little further from the original posture of service.</span></p><p><span>By the 2010s, Sears was in freefall. The brand that had once been synonymous with trust had become synonymous with decline. In 2018, it filed for bankruptcy.</span></p><p><span>The Sears story is not primarily a story about strategy failure. It is a story about aim failure &#8212; about what happens when a business stops asking <br>   </span><em><span>what is this for?</span></em><span> <br>and starts asking only <br>   </span><em><span>what can this produce</span></em><span>?</span></p><p><span>The lesson for redemptive builders is not that profit is the enemy. Sears needed profit to survive, just as every viable for-profit business does.</span></p><p><span>The lesson is that when profit becomes the aim rather than the tool, everything downstream eventually breaks &#8212; the culture, the customer relationship, the capacity to serve, and ultimately the business itself.</span></p><p><span>As Proverbs 11:2 puts it:</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong><span>When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom.</span></strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>The humble builder keeps asking the right question. The exploitative builder stops asking it.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>The Freedom of Aiming at Faithfulness</span></strong></h3><p><span>Here is the quiet, countercultural truth that this chapter is building toward:</span></p><h4><strong><span>When God&#8217;s love motivates us and faithfulness becomes the aim, fear loses its grip.</span></strong></h4><p><span>You no longer have to chase every opportunity that appears.</span></p><p><span>You no longer have to compromise your convictions to stay competitive.</span></p><p><span>You no longer have to constantly compare your growth rate, your metrics, your platform, or your valuation against someone else&#8217;s.</span></p><p><span>When faithfulness is the aim, you are freed to do the right thing even when no one is applauding.</span></p><p><span>You are freed to wait when waiting is the right decision.</span></p><p><span>You are freed to say no to opportunities that may seem good in the short-term, and yes to obedience even when the outcome is unclear.</span></p><p><span>Faithfulness does not guarantee ease.</span></p><p><span>It does not protect you from hard seasons, misunderstanding, or slow growth.</span></p><p><span>But it does bring something the world&#8217;s definition of success never delivers: proven character, a clean conscience, a steady peace, and a deepening intimacy with the God you are building with.</span></p><p><span>In Hebrews 13:5, God promises:</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong><span>I will never leave you nor forsake you.</span></strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>And in Matthew 28:20, Jesus Himself says:</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong><span>Behold, I am with you always.</span></strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>You and I are not building alone. We never were and we never will be.</span></p><p><span>We get to avad with Immanuel &#8212; God with us &#8212; every day, in every decision, in every season of building.</span></p><p><span>That is not a shallow platitude. It may be the most strategic truth in this book.</span></p><p><span>The challenge and opportunity is to embrace this reality: to build with God, today and every day moving forward, in our small, seemingly insignificant choices to our weighty, directional decisions.</span></p><p><span>We get to avad with Immanuel &#8212; to partner with the Source of creativity, insight, and beauty, empowered and sustained by the Holy Spirit.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>A Word to Builders and Leaders</span></strong></h3><p><span>If you are reading this and sensing both hope and conviction, that is a very good sign.</span></p><p><span>Redemptive strategy is not about perfection.<br> It is about direction.</span></p><p><span>God is not looking for flawless strategists.<br> He is looking for faithful stewards &#8212; people who bring what they have, commit it to Him, and take the next faithful step.</span></p><p><span>The aim is not to get everything right.</span></p><p><span>The aim is to keep asking the right question &#8212; </span><em><span>what is this for? </span></em><span>&#8212; and to keep letting the answer be shaped by Someone wiser, more loving, and more far-sighted than any of us.</span></p><p><strong><span>Aim at Christ. <br>Trust His direction. <br>Move forward in partnership with God.</span></strong></p><p><span>That is the holy invitation for you and for me.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Let&#8217;s Pause &amp; Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>Our Father in heaven,<br> Faithful God,</span></strong></p><p><span>We acknowledge that You are the Source of wisdom, provision, and life.</span></p><p><span>You are the all-knowing God who sees everything.</span></p><p><span>Lord, we confess that we often chase success or certain outcomes without stopping to seek You first.</span></p><p><span>Forgive us for the times we have assumed the aim without submitting it to You.</span></p><p><span>Good Shepherd, thank You for Your grace, Your patience, and Your nearness.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to prioritize abiding in You and remaining in Your love, Lord Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to embrace faithfulness as the true goal &#8212; not lukewarm faith that avoids risk, but the courageous kind of faith that trusts You with outcomes.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to avad with You: to work, serve, and worship as one integrated act of love.</span></p><p><span>Let Your love fuel us toward action, diligence, and service in ways that please You, Lord Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Today, we choose to embrace Your Way, Your Truth, and Your Life.<br> We choose to aim at faithfulness motivated by love.</span></p><p><span>Brilliant Creator, Master Craftsman, Your design is beautiful.</span></p><p><span>Align our hearts, our plans, and our work with Your Kingdom and Your desires.<br>Teach us to steward well, to love boldly, and to trust You fully.</span></p><p><span>As You promised, we trust Your Spirit &#8212; our Helper &#8212; to guide us into all truth.</span></p><p><span>Teach us to build </span><em><strong><span>with You</span></strong></em><span>, not apart from You.</span></p><p><span>In the name of the Lord Jesus, we commit our work and our lives to You.</span></p><p><strong><span>Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p>Thank You, gracious God, Everlasting Father, Price of Peace, Mighty One, Wonderful Counselor.</p><p><span>Friends, I hope it&#8217;s now clear that </span>before we build anything &#8212; a business, a team, a strategy, a life&#8217;s work &#8212; we need to honestly ask what you are actually aiming at and embrace the perspective-shifting reality that faithfulness &#8212; not the world&#8217;s definition of success &#8212; is the true aim of redemptive business strategy. Fruitfulness follows faithfulness and faithfulness follows abiding in Jesus.</p><p>So, now what? Maybe your next steps of embracing strategy with God are clear.</p><p>Even still, I want to share</p><h3><strong><span>3 Ways to Put Redemptive Strategy into Practice</span></strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong><span>Audit your current aim honestly.</span></strong><span> Set aside 15 minutes with a notebook and prayerfully ask: what am I actually building toward &#8212; in this project, business, or role? Not what you would say if someone asked at church. What is the real aim that shapes your daily decisions? God knows our hearts and motives better than we do. Be still, open Your heart to God, and write it down whatever arises without judgment. Clarity is the beginning of repentance and realignment.</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Work through the Aim Alignment Canvas.</span></strong><span> Take the questions on Purpose, People, Power, Profit and work through each one slowly and prayerfully for your current work. Where is there alignment? Where is there drifting? Share your answers with one trusted person who will tell you the truth.</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Identify one place where you have been aiming at outputs or outcomes rather than faithfulness.</span></strong><span> Name the specific decision, habit, or pressure that is pulling you toward the exploitative or merely ethical posture. Bring it to God. Ask Him what faithfulness looks like there &#8212; concretely, this week.</span></p></li></ol><h3><strong><span><br>Chapter Key Takeaway</span></strong></h3><p><strong><span>The aim underneath your strategy determines everything. Redemptive business strategy refuses to assume the aim &#8212; it submits the aim to the lordship of Christ, aligning purpose, people, power, and profit under faithfulness to God. Fruitfulness flows from faithfulness. And faithfulness flows from abiding in the One who is with us always.</span></strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I really hope you are blessed by God through this podcast-post. </p><p><strong>Leave a comment. </strong>(I&#8217;d love to hear what you think.)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Share it with friends. </strong>That would really bless me and I trust that God will bless them through your step of faith to share.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Subscribe if you haven&#8217;t already to receive these posts via email. </strong>That way you won&#8217;t miss any upcoming posts in this series or others to come.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Again, if you&#8217;re interested, our last podcast-post is linked here if you&#8217;d like to listen in or see for yourself:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, &amp; Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership &#8212; A Series on REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>There&#8217;s more to come. <strong>This is just the beginning.</strong> </p><p><strong>Let&#8217;s respond in faith.</strong> </p><p>Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus.</p><p><span>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</span></strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; Vers Quoi Visons-Nous ? Le Succ&#232;s ou la Fid&#233;lit&#233; ? &#8212; Une S&#233;rie sur l&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR</strong></h1><h2><em>Une Vision du Royaume pour B&#226;tir avec J&#233;sus et pour un Impact &#201;ternel</em></h2><p><br>Bonjour les amis &#8212; Merci de me rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus. Je m&#8217;appelle Tanner Klein.</p><p>Je vois que ces billets et podcasts atteignent des milliers d&#8217;&#226;mes, alors je veux commencer par dire merci &#224; tous ceux qui ont partag&#233; ces podcasts et billets <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec vos amis, votre famille et vos r&#233;seaux. Je crois vraiment que notre Dieu touche des c&#339;urs, inspire des esprits et &#233;quipe des personnes pour s&#8217;associer &#224; Dieu dans Son &#339;uvre restauratrice d&#8217;apporter la r&#233;demption l&#224; o&#249; tu es.</p><p>Comme je l&#8217;ai mentionn&#233; dans notre dernier podcast, je le redirai pour ceux qui ne le savent pas encore &#8212; depuis longtemps, je suis inspir&#233; par l&#8217;int&#233;gration de la foi et du travail.</p><p>J&#8217;aime le business en tant que mission (BAM), l&#8217;entrepreneuriat au service de la transformation (B4T), l&#8217;entrepreneuriat port&#233; par la foi, atteindre les peuples non atteints par le biais d&#8217;une entreprise locale ou d&#8217;un investissement dans des communaut&#233;s qui seraient autrement inaccessibles, les minist&#232;res engag&#233;s dans le milieu professionnel, et tout ce qui s&#8217;y rattache.</p><p>Il y a tellement d&#8217;opportunit&#233;s d&#8217;utiliser les dons, le temps, les talents et les ressources que Dieu nous a donn&#233;s pour Le glorifier tout en ayant un impact r&#233;el et durable dans la vie des autres, &#224; travers les familles, les communaut&#233;s et les nations.</p><p>C&#8217;est extraordinaire.</p><p>Notre Dieu peut avoir un impact d&#8217;une port&#233;e &#233;ternelle sur d&#8217;autres &#226;mes &#233;ternelles &#224; travers nous, et Il le fait !</p><p>Peu de sujets m&#8217;enthousiasment autant. Nos vies ont tant de sens. Aujourd&#8217;hui a tant de but.</p><p>Naturellement, j&#8217;ai embrass&#233; cette vie en mission &#224; l&#8217;&#233;tranger avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Et voici quelque chose que j&#8217;ai observ&#233;, des &#201;tats-Unis &#224; l&#8217;Asie, de l&#8217;Oc&#233;anie &#224; l&#8217;Europe et au-del&#224;. Quand je regarde le paysage du business, du minist&#232;re, de la cr&#233;ativit&#233; et de la culture aujourd&#8217;hui, je vois quelque chose d&#8217;extraordinaire :</p><h4><strong>Dieu suscite des hommes et des femmes qui veulent construire </strong><em><strong>avec</strong></em><strong> Lui, pas seulement </strong><em><strong>pour</strong></em><strong> Lui.</strong></h4><p>Il y a une grande diff&#233;rence.</p><p>Notre Cr&#233;ateur est en train de susciter une g&#233;n&#233;ration d&#8217;entrepreneurs qui ne sont pas anim&#233;s par la d&#233;finition du succ&#232;s selon le monde, qui ne courent pas apr&#232;s l&#8217;influence, qui ne se satisfont pas du statu quo, et qui ne se contentent pas d&#8217;une foi compartiment&#233;e qu&#8217;on ramasse le dimanche et qu&#8217;on laisse &#224; la maison le lundi.</p><p>Ce sont des personnes qui veulent cr&#233;er avec J&#233;sus, servir comme J&#233;sus, et aimer d&#8217;autres &#226;mes &#233;ternelles de la fa&#231;on dont J&#233;sus nous aime et s&#8217;est donn&#233; pour nous. Des personnes qui veulent r&#233;soudre de vrais probl&#232;mes sans perdre leur &#226;me dans le processus. Des personnes qui veulent b&#226;tir des entreprises et cr&#233;er d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui exprime le c&#339;ur de Dieu.</p><p>Cela refl&#232;te le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur.</p><p>Pas l&#8217;entreprise exploitative. Pas simplement l&#8217;entrepreneuriat social. Pas seulement une version plus &#233;thique de l&#8217;innovation.</p><h4><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce que l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur ?</strong></h4><p>Nous avons abord&#233; cela dans nos billets pr&#233;c&#233;dents li&#233;s ci-dessous.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de s&#8217;associer &#224; Dieu dans Son &#339;uvre de renouvellement en cours &#8212; l&#224; o&#249; nous sommes &#8212; en construisant, dirigeant, servant et cr&#233;ant.</p><p>Nos amis de Praxis, un &#233;cosyst&#232;me de d&#233;veloppement d&#8217;entreprises bas&#233; &#224; New York qui d&#233;fend l&#8217;&#233;veil de notre imagination r&#233;demptrice, d&#233;finissent le mot <em>R&#233;dempteur</em> comme suivant le mod&#232;le de la restauration cr&#233;ative &#224; travers le sacrifice dans notre vie et notre travail &#8212; et <em>Entrepreneuriat</em> comme l&#8217;orientation de notre action et de nos ressources vers la cr&#233;ation organisationnelle, l&#8217;innovation et la prise de risque.</p><p>Et au fil des ann&#233;es, ce genre de travail innovant qui refl&#232;te les voies de J&#233;sus et de Son Royaume a capt&#233; mon attention et m&#8217;a beaucoup inspir&#233; dans mes propres efforts en mati&#232;re de business, de mission et d&#8217;entrepreneuriat.</p><p>Je suis enthousiaste d&#8217;explorer cela davantage avec vous tous.</p><p>Nous avons d&#233;j&#224; publi&#233; quatre billets-podcasts sur ce sujet :</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint &#8212; Une S&#233;rie sur l&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVER LE C&#338;UR D&#8217;UN ENTREPRENEUR R&#201;DEMPTEUR : L&#8217;Abandon, la Foi en Action, et la Crainte du SEIGNEUR</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">ENTREPRENEURIAT EXPLOITEUR vs. &#201;THIQUE vs. R&#201;DEMPTEUR : Les Trois Fa&#231;ons de Construire</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">L&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR &#8212; Une Introduction</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Ces quatre billets-podcasts sont li&#233;s ici.</p><p>Dans <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">le dernier billet-podcast</a>, nous avons abord&#233; cette question centrale du premier chapitre de mon livre &#8212; pas encore publi&#233; &#8212; sur la Strat&#233;gie d&#8217;Entreprise R&#233;demptrice :</p><p><em><strong>Et si la strat&#233;gie &#8212; bien comprise et bien pratiqu&#233;e &#8212; n&#8217;&#233;tait pas seulement une discipline commerciale, mais une forme de partenariat avec Dieu ?</strong></em></p><p>Ce chapitre &#233;tablit le fondement de tout le livre : que la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise, lorsqu&#8217;elle est soumise &#224; la seigneurie de Christ, devient une forme de bonne intendance fid&#232;le, de culte int&#233;gr&#233; et d&#8217;amour rendu durable. Avant d&#8217;aborder les cadres conceptuels, les march&#233;s ou l&#8217;avantage concurrentiel, nous devons comprendre pourquoi la strat&#233;gie est importante &#8212; et avec qui nous construisons.</p><p>Nous avons abord&#233; de nombreux sujets importants :</p><ul><li><p>La Strat&#233;gie, c&#8217;est une Question d&#8217;Orientation</p></li><li><p>Dieu n&#8217;est Pas Contre la Planification</p></li><li><p>La Strat&#233;gie est de l&#8217;Intendance &#8212; et l&#8217;Intendance est une Expression du Culte</p></li><li><p>Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante pour l&#8217;Amour</p></li><li><p>Les Trois Fa&#231;ons de Construire &#8212; et Pourquoi Ton Choix Compte</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;Expertise Strat&#233;gique Rachet&#233;e</p></li><li><p>Un Partenariat Saint, pas un Projet Solitaire</p></li><li><p>Toi et Moi Avons &#201;t&#233; Faits pour Ce Genre de Travail</p></li><li><p>Un Exemple Concret de l&#8217;Avodah en Action : HOPE International</p></li><li><p>Ce que Ce Livre Est &#8212; et N&#8217;est Pas</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;Invitation</p></li><li><p>3 Fa&#231;ons de Mettre la Strat&#233;gie R&#233;demptrice en Pratique</p></li><li><p>Points &#224; Retenir</p></li></ul><p>Et bien s&#251;r, nous avons fait une pause pour prier ensemble.</p><p>Si tu es int&#233;ress&#233;, ce billet-podcast est li&#233; ici si tu veux &#233;couter ou le lire toi-m&#234;me :</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint &#8212; Une S&#233;rie sur l&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Si tu es curieux de ce sujet et que tu souhaites pr&#233;commander un exemplaire de ce livre sur la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice, laisse un commentaire ou envoie-moi un message et je te recontacterai.</p><div><hr></div><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous nous posons la question :</p><h2><strong>Vers Quoi Visons-Nous ?</strong></h2><h2><strong>Le Succ&#232;s OU la Fid&#233;lit&#233; ?</strong></h2><h4><br>Voici la Question Centrale que nous abordons aujourd&#8217;hui :</h4><p><em><strong>Avant de construire quoi que ce soit &#8212; une entreprise, une &#233;quipe, une strat&#233;gie, l&#8217;&#339;uvre d&#8217;une vie &#8212; as-tu honn&#234;tement demand&#233; vers quoi tu vises vraiment ?</strong></em></p><h4><strong>Le Fil Directeur</strong></h4><p>Ce chapitre remet en question les hypoth&#232;ses non examin&#233;es qui sous-tendent la plupart des strat&#233;gies en posant la question la plus fondamentale qu&#8217;un b&#226;tisseur puisse poser : <em>&#192; quoi est-ce que &#231;a sert ?</em> En essence, quel est l&#8217;objectif final ? Il &#233;tablit la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#8212; et non le succ&#232;s &#8212; comme le vrai but de la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice, tout en montrant que fid&#233;lit&#233; et f&#233;condit&#233; ne sont pas en conflit mais dans le bon ordre : la f&#233;condit&#233; suit la fid&#233;lit&#233;, et la fid&#233;lit&#233; suit le fait de demeurer en J&#233;sus. Il pr&#233;sente le Canevas d&#8217;Alignement de l&#8217;Objectif comme un outil simple et r&#233;p&#233;table pour maintenir le but, les personnes, le pouvoir et le profit correctement ordonn&#233;s sous Christ.</p><div><hr></div><p>Avant de parler de strat&#233;gie, de cadres conceptuels, de march&#233;s ou de croissance, nous devons ralentir et poser une question bien plus fondamentale :</p><h3><strong>Vers quoi visons-nous vraiment ?</strong></h3><p>Pas ce qui sonne impressionnant. Pas ce qui obtient des applaudissements. Pas ce qui a l&#8217;air r&#233;ussi sur le papier.</p><p>Mais vers quoi construisons-nous vraiment &#8212; au fond de nos c&#339;urs, dans nos esprits, avec nos vies ?</p><p>Notre objectif final est-il le succ&#232;s aux yeux du monde ?</p><p>Ou est-ce la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu ?</p><p>Ou est-ce une sorte de fusion &#233;trange des deux, quelque part dans un entre-deux subtil et ti&#232;de ?</p><p>Parce que que nous le r&#233;alisions ou non, notre objectif fa&#231;onne silencieusement tout : comment nous d&#233;finissons le succ&#232;s, comment nous traitons les gens, comment nous prenons des d&#233;cisions sous pression, et ce que nous sommes pr&#234;ts &#224; sacrifier &#8212; ou refusons de sacrifier &#8212; en chemin.</p><p>La plupart des livres sur la strat&#233;gie passent rapidement sur cette question. Ils supposent l&#8217;objectif. Ils supposent le succ&#232;s. Ils supposent la croissance, la domination, la part de march&#233;, l&#8217;influence ou la richesse. Et ensuite, ils t&#8217;apprennent &#224; y arriver plus vite, moins cher et plus efficacement.</p><p>Mais la Parole de Dieu offre un ensemble diff&#233;rent de priorit&#233;s.</p><p>Dans Luc 14 :28, J&#233;sus demande :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car lequel de vous, s&#8217;il veut b&#226;tir une tour, ne s&#8217;assoit pas d&#8217;abord pour calculer la d&#233;pense et voir s&#8217;il a de quoi la terminer ? &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>En d&#8217;autres termes : avant de construire, fais une pause. Assieds-toi. Discerne dans la pri&#232;re. Consid&#232;re attentivement ton objectif et le co&#251;t global n&#233;cessaire pour construire ce qui durera.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que commence la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice &#8212; non pas avec des cadres conceptuels, mais avec les questions fondamentales qui les sous-tendent tous.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>L&#8217;Hypoth&#232;se Silencieuse Derri&#232;re la Plupart des Strat&#233;gies</strong></h3><p>Dans une grande partie de la pens&#233;e commerciale moderne, l&#8217;objectif est rarement remis en question. Il est simplement suppos&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;objectif suppos&#233; est g&#233;n&#233;ralement une version de :</p><ul><li><p>Gagner</p></li><li><p>Cro&#238;tre</p></li><li><p>Passer &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle</p></li><li><p>Maximiser</p></li><li><p>Battre les concurrents</p></li><li><p>Augmenter la valorisation</p></li></ul><p>Aucun de ces &#233;l&#233;ments n&#8217;est intrins&#232;quement mauvais. Certains peuvent m&#234;me &#234;tre bons. Mais aucun n&#8217;est neutre.</p><p>Toute strat&#233;gie &#8212; qu&#8217;elle soit explicite ou implicite &#8212; est form&#233;e autour d&#8217;une vision de ce qui vaut la peine d&#8217;&#234;tre poursuivi. Et cette vision est toujours fa&#231;onn&#233;e par des croyances plus profondes sur les personnes, sur la valeur, sur ce &#224; quoi ressemble vraiment une bonne vie.</p><p>Que nous le nommions ou non, c&#8217;est une question th&#233;ologique. Notre vision est fa&#231;onn&#233;e par ce que nous croyons de Dieu.</p><p>Donc la question n&#8217;est pas de savoir si ta strat&#233;gie est connect&#233;e &#224; ta compr&#233;hension de qui est Dieu.</p><p>La question est de savoir comment tes croyances sur Dieu &#8212; align&#233;es sur la v&#233;rit&#233; ou non &#8212; fa&#231;onnent tes motifs, tes priorit&#233;s et ta planification.</p><p>Nous avons absolument besoin de l&#8217;aide de l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu pour discerner avec pr&#233;cision et mieux comprendre comment nos croyances sur Dieu &#8212; align&#233;es sur la v&#233;rit&#233; ou non &#8212; fa&#231;onnent nos motifs, nos priorit&#233;s et notre planification.</p><p>Comme J&#233;sus le dit en Matthieu 6 :21 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car l&#224; o&#249; est ton tr&#233;sor, l&#224; aussi sera ton c&#339;ur. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ton objectif r&#233;v&#232;le ton tr&#233;sor. Et ton tr&#233;sor fa&#231;onne ta strat&#233;gie.</p><p>Ma pri&#232;re pour moi-m&#234;me et pour toi est celle-ci :</p><blockquote><p><strong>Seigneur J&#233;sus, sois mon Tr&#233;sor. <br>   Sois notre Tr&#233;sor.</strong> </p><p>R&#233;aligne nos c&#339;urs, nos motifs et notre objectif avec Ton c&#339;ur, Tes d&#233;sirs et Ton but d&#8217;apporter la r&#233;demption &#224; travers nous, dans nos lieux de travail, nos quartiers, nos nations et nos foyers. Fa&#231;onne nos strat&#233;gies pour un impact durable : b&#233;nir les gens, renouveler ce qui est bris&#233;, et finalement Te plaire, Seigneur notre Tr&#233;sor. </p><p><strong>Je prie, nous prions en Ton nom, Roi J&#233;sus. Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Laisse cette promesse de Philippiens 2 :13 nous inspirer alors que le Seigneur nous habilite par le Saint-Esprit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car c&#8217;est Dieu qui op&#232;re en vous et le vouloir et le faire, selon son bon plaisir. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Trois Objectifs &#8212; Un Seul Qui Dure</strong></h3><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que le contraste entre les trois fa&#231;ons de construire &#8212; exploitative, &#233;thique et r&#233;demptrice &#8212; devient profond&#233;ment personnel.</p><p>Voici pourquoi. La diff&#233;rence entre eux n&#8217;est pas principalement op&#233;rationnelle.</p><p>Elle est motivationnelle.</p><p>Elle est r&#233;v&#233;l&#233;e dans notre r&#233;ponse &#224; la question : Vers quoi visons-nous vraiment ?</p><p><strong>Le b&#226;tisseur exploiteur</strong> vise &#224; gagner &#8212; &#224; tout prix. La m&#233;trique est la domination du march&#233;. Le succ&#232;s signifie s&#8217;en sortir mieux que les autres, peu importe qui en supporte le co&#251;t en chemin. Cet objectif est rarement exprim&#233; &#224; voix haute. Il se cache souvent derri&#232;re un langage d&#8217;efficacit&#233; et des indicateurs de performance. Mais il appara&#238;t clairement sous la pression : qui est prot&#233;g&#233;, et qui est utilis&#233;.</p><p><strong>Le b&#226;tisseur &#233;thique</strong> vise &#224; bien faire les choses &#8212; jouer franc jeu, &#234;tre un bon acteur, cr&#233;er une vraie valeur sans exploiter personne. C&#8217;est genuinement mieux. Mais c&#8217;est quand m&#234;me, au fond, un succ&#232;s auto-d&#233;fini poursuivi avec int&#233;grit&#233;. L&#8217;objectif est toujours de gagner &#8212; juste de fa&#231;on plus honorable.</p><p><strong>Le b&#226;tisseur r&#233;dempteur</strong> vise quelque chose de cat&#233;goriquement diff&#233;rent : la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu qui cr&#233;e une vraie valeur pour les personnes et participe &#224; Son &#339;uvre de restauration. La m&#233;trique n&#8217;est pas la domination, ni m&#234;me la conduite &#233;thique, mais l&#8217;alignement &#8212; avec les desseins de Dieu, le peuple de Dieu et la conception de Dieu pour l&#8217;&#233;panouissement.</p><p>Ces trois objectifs produisent trois cultures tr&#232;s diff&#233;rentes, trois sch&#233;mas de prise de d&#233;cision tr&#232;s diff&#233;rents, et trois r&#233;sultats tr&#232;s diff&#233;rents &#8212; pour les personnes &#224; l&#8217;int&#233;rieur de l&#8217;organisation et les communaut&#233;s qu&#8217;elles atteignent.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png" width="438" height="614.4338028169014" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:996,&quot;width&quot;:710,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:438,&quot;bytes&quot;:131560,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/209246160?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Ihr!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f3e5a3b-32a0-4022-bee3-eaf4307c5d5c_710x996.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>L&#8217;objectif r&#233;dempteur ne rejette pas l&#8217;excellence ni la viabilit&#233; &#233;conomique. Il les r&#233;ordonne.</p><p>Le profit, la performance et la croissance ne sont pas la destination ultime &#8212; ce sont des outils au service d&#8217;une destination bien plus grande et bien plus durable.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Succ&#232;s vs. Fid&#233;lit&#233; : Pas une Dichotomie, Mais un Ordre</strong></h3><p>&#192; ce stade, beaucoup de disciples de J&#233;sus r&#233;fl&#233;chis ressentent une vraie tension.</p><p>D&#8217;un c&#244;t&#233;, nous voulons &#234;tre excellents.</p><p>Nous voulons construire des choses qui fonctionnent. Nous voulons cr&#233;er une vraie valeur. Nous voulons que nos efforts portent du fruit.</p><p>Nos d&#233;sirs peuvent &#234;tre purs et nos c&#339;urs, humbles devant Dieu.</p><p>N&#233;anmoins, les &#201;critures mettent l&#8217;accent sur la fid&#233;lit&#233; :</p><ul><li><p>Des intendants fid&#232;les</p></li><li><p>Des serviteurs fid&#232;les</p></li><li><p>Une ob&#233;issance fid&#232;le</p></li></ul><p>Alors, qu&#8217;est-ce que c&#8217;est ? Le succ&#232;s ou la fid&#233;lit&#233; ?</p><p>Le monde peut ignorer la seconde, et l&#8217;&#201;glise peut les traiter comme la m&#234;me chose &#8212; ou remplacer silencieusement la fid&#233;lit&#233; par un succ&#232;s visible.</p><p>Mais les &#201;critures font une distinction cruciale.</p><h4>Dans le Royaume de Dieu, <strong>la fid&#233;lit&#233; est la mesure.</strong></h4><h4>La f&#233;condit&#233; d&#233;coule de la fid&#233;lit&#233;, et la fid&#233;lit&#233; d&#233;coule du fait de demeurer dans le Seigneur et de rester dans Son amour.</h4><p>Praxis le souligne clairement dans <em>The Redemptive Business: A Playbook for Leaders</em> :</p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Le leadership r&#233;dempteur ne commence pas par les r&#233;sultats, mais par la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#8212; la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu, aux personnes et au but pour lequel l&#8217;&#339;uvre existe. &#187;</em></p></blockquote><p>Cela ne signifie pas que nous ignorons les r&#233;sultats. Cela signifie que nous refusons de faire de nos r&#233;sultats souhait&#233;s notre objectif ultime. Les r&#233;sultats comptent, mais ils ne sont pas ultimes.</p><p>La fid&#233;lit&#233;, oui.</p><p>Je trouve une vraie libert&#233; dans cela. Faire de la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu mon objectif me lib&#232;re de la pression d&#8217;orchestrer des r&#233;sultats que je n&#8217;&#233;tais jamais cens&#233; contr&#244;ler.</p><p>Le Dieu omniscient, qui voit chaque d&#233;cision, chaque sacrifice et chaque petit acte fid&#232;le que personne d&#8217;autre n&#8217;a remarqu&#233; &#8212; Lui seul p&#232;se et multiplie ce que nous offrons.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un fardeau &#224; porter. C&#8217;est un soulagement.</p><p>Dans 1 Corinthiens 4 :2, Paul &#233;crit simplement :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Or, ce qu&#8217;on demande des &#233;conomes, c&#8217;est que chacun soit trouv&#233; fid&#232;le. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Pas r&#233;ussi. Pas pass&#233; &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle. <strong>Fid&#232;le.</strong></p><p>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice commence par un acte de foi &#8212; soumettre notre d&#233;finition du succ&#232;s &#224; la seigneurie de J&#233;sus-Christ, et laisser cette soumission tout remodeler en aval.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#192; Quoi Ressemble Concr&#232;tement la Fid&#233;lit&#233; dans la Strat&#233;gie</strong></h3><p>Soyons clairs : la fid&#233;lit&#233; n&#8217;est pas la passivit&#233;. Ce n&#8217;est pas la paresse habill&#233;e en langage spirituel. Ce n&#8217;est pas l&#8217;excuse confortable de quelqu&#8217;un qui a peur d&#8217;essayer.</p><p>La fid&#233;lit&#233; est une simple ob&#233;issance et une confiance en action dans les petites choses, soutenue dans le temps.</p><p>Elle est motiv&#233;e par l&#8217;amour et habilit&#233;e par l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu travaillant en et &#224; travers des personnes qui ont ancr&#233; leur vie en J&#233;sus-Christ.</p><p>La vraie fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu est la preuve qu&#8217;on demeure dans le Seigneur et qu&#8217;on reste dans Son amour.</p><p>Bibliquement, la fid&#233;lit&#233; ressemble &#224; ceci :</p><ul><li><p>Chercher la volont&#233; de Dieu avant d&#8217;agir impulsivement</p></li><li><p>Prendre des d&#233;cisions dans la pri&#232;re par la foi, pas par la peur</p></li><li><p>Intendanter les ressources avec honn&#234;tet&#233; et soin</p></li><li><p>Aimer et b&#233;nir les personnes, pas les utiliser</p></li><li><p>Dire la v&#233;rit&#233;, m&#234;me quand &#231;a co&#251;te quelque chose</p></li><li><p>Mourir &#224; soi-m&#234;me, plut&#244;t que vivre pour soi-m&#234;me</p></li><li><p>Faire confiance &#224; Dieu pour les r&#233;sultats que nous ne pouvons pas contr&#244;ler</p></li></ul><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que l&#8217;<em>avodah</em> devient pratiquement essentiel. Souviens-toi &#8212; <em>avodah</em> est la compr&#233;hension h&#233;bra&#239;que ancestrale du travail, du culte et du service tiss&#233;s ensemble comme un seul acte int&#233;gr&#233; de d&#233;votion &#224; Dieu. <em>Avad</em> &#8212; vivre, travailler, servir et diriger de cette fa&#231;on &#8212; n&#8217;est pas un exercice religieux superpos&#233; &#224; ton &#171; vrai travail &#187;. C&#8217;est ce que ton vrai travail est cens&#233; &#234;tre, fait en partenariat avec Dieu.</p><p>Quand la fid&#233;lit&#233; est l&#8217;objectif et l&#8217;<em>avodah</em> la posture, la strat&#233;gie cesse d&#8217;&#234;tre un jeu comp&#233;titif et commence &#224; &#234;tre un acte d&#8217;amour.</p><p>La planification d&#233;coule de la pri&#232;re.</p><p>Les d&#233;cisions deviennent des actes de confiance.</p><p>Et l&#8217;entreprise ou le projet devient quelque chose que tu offres &#224; Dieu, pas quelque chose que tu prot&#232;ges pour toi-m&#234;me.</p><p>Les Proverbes nous donnent deux promesses qui vont ensemble :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Recommande &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel tes &#339;uvres, et tes projets r&#233;ussiront. &#187;</strong></em> (Proverbes 16 :3)</p></blockquote><p>et</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;homme m&#233;dite sa voie, mais c&#8217;est l&#8217;&#201;ternel qui dirige ses pas. &#187;</strong></em> (Proverbes 16 :9)</p></blockquote><p>Remarque l&#8217;ordre :</p><p>D&#8217;abord, recommande ton &#339;uvre &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel et planifie avec Dieu, pas en dehors de Lui.</p><p>Cherche l&#8217;alignement, puis fais confiance &#224; Dieu pour &#233;tablir tes pas comme Lui seul peut le faire.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice ne consiste pas &#224; supprimer la planification ; il s&#8217;agit de la racheter &#8212; de la placer sous la propri&#233;t&#233; de Celui &#224; qui tout appartient.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>L&#8217;Expertise Strat&#233;gique Rachet&#233;e</strong></h3><p>Tout cours de strat&#233;gie qui vaut son nom finira par demander :</p><p><em>Qu&#8217;est-ce que tu cherches &#224; accomplir, et comment sauras-tu si tu y es parvenu ?</em></p><p>Tr&#232;s pratique. &#192; l&#8217;&#233;cole de commerce, cette question trouve sa r&#233;ponse en termes de positionnement concurrentiel, de part de march&#233;, de rentabilit&#233; et d&#8217;avantage durable.</p><p>Ce sont les m&#233;triques accept&#233;es du succ&#232;s strat&#233;gique &#8212; et elles ne sont pas sans valeur. La clart&#233; sur ce que tu cherches &#224; accomplir est genuinement importante.</p><p>Des objectifs vagues produisent des r&#233;sultats vagues.</p><p>Un succ&#232;s non d&#233;fini ne peut &#234;tre poursuivi, mesur&#233; ou ajust&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;&#233;ducation commerciale enseigne aussi quelque chose de plus subtil mais tout aussi important : la coh&#233;rence.</p><p>Les meilleures strat&#233;gies ne sont pas seulement claires sur la direction &#8212; elles sont coh&#233;rentes en interne.</p><p>Ce que tu dis valoriser, ce que tu mesures, ce que tu r&#233;compenses et ce que tu tol&#232;res doivent tous s&#8217;aligner.</p><p>Sans alignement, la strat&#233;gie se fracture.</p><p>Quand les personnes poursuivent des objectifs diff&#233;rents, la culture d&#233;rive, et l&#8217;organisation perd peu &#224; peu son identit&#233;.</p><p>Ces deux insights &#8212; la clart&#233; de l&#8217;objectif et la coh&#233;rence &#8212; sont genuinement utiles.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice les embrasse tous les deux.</p><p>La part de march&#233; est mesurable. Le profit est tra&#231;able. L&#8217;avantage concurrentiel est analysable.</p><p>Mais aucun de ces &#233;l&#233;ments n&#8217;est une r&#233;ponse suffisante &#224; la question de vers quoi une personne &#8212; cr&#233;&#233;e &#224; l&#8217;image de Dieu, appel&#233;e &#224; intendanter Son monde, invit&#233;e dans un partenariat avec le Cr&#233;ateur &#8212; devrait construire.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice prend au s&#233;rieux la clart&#233; de l&#8217;objectif et la coh&#233;rence, puis les soumet &#224; une d&#233;finition plus &#233;lev&#233;e du succ&#232;s :</p><p>La fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu, exprim&#233;e &#224; travers la cr&#233;ation d&#8217;une vraie valeur pour les personnes, en alignement avec Ses desseins r&#233;dempteurs.</p><p>Les outils de mesure et de coh&#233;rence restent.</p><p>Le principe qui les gouverne change. Et quand il change, tout ce qui suit change &#233;galement.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>La Strat&#233;gie R&#233;demptrice : Viser l&#8217;Alignement avec Dieu</strong></h3><p>Alors vers quoi visons-nous exactement ?</p><p>Le voici, dit clairement :</p><h4><em><strong>L&#8217;objectif de la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice est la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu qui cr&#233;e une vraie valeur pour les personnes et participe &#224; l&#8217;&#339;uvre de restauration de Dieu &#8212; tout en restant &#233;conomiquement viable et op&#233;rationnellement excellente.</strong></em></h4><p>Ce genre de strat&#233;gie recherche l&#8217;alignement, pas seulement l&#8217;accomplissement.</p><p>L&#8217;alignement entre quatre choses qui, lorsqu&#8217;elles sont correctement ordonn&#233;es, font d&#8217;une entreprise un vecteur de gr&#226;ce plut&#244;t qu&#8217;une machine d&#8217;extraction :</p><p>L&#8217;alignement entre les 4 th&#232;mes : <strong>But, Personnes, Pouvoir et Profit.</strong></p><p><strong>But</strong></p><ul><li><p>Pourquoi cela existe-t-il, vraiment ? &#192; quelle brisure r&#233;pond-il ? Quel bien est-il cens&#233; servir ?</p></li></ul><p><strong>Personnes</strong></p><ul><li><p>Qui sommes-nous appel&#233;s &#224; aimer &#224; travers ce travail ? Comment les employ&#233;s, les clients, les partenaires et les communaut&#233;s sont-ils trait&#233;s, form&#233;s et genuinement valoris&#233;s ?</p></li></ul><p><strong>Pouvoir</strong></p><ul><li><p>Quelle influence d&#233;tenons-nous ? Comment les d&#233;cisions sont-elles prises ? Le pouvoir est-il utilis&#233; pour servir &#8212; ou pour contr&#244;ler ?</p></li></ul><p><strong>Profit</strong></p><ul><li><p>Quel r&#244;le l&#8217;argent joue-t-il vraiment ? Est-ce un serviteur de la mission &#8212; ou est-il silencieusement en train de devenir un ma&#238;tre sur la mission ?</p></li></ul><p>Quand ces quatre P sont mal align&#233;s, m&#234;me des entreprises ostensiblement &#171; r&#233;ussies &#187; d&#233;forment silencieusement les personnes et endommagent les communaut&#233;s.</p><p>Quand ils sont align&#233;s sous Christ, une entreprise devient tout autre chose &#8212; un moyen d&#8217;amour, de service et de renouvellement.</p><p>Comme J&#233;sus le dit en Matthieu 6 :33 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Cherchez premi&#232;rement le royaume et la justice de Dieu ; et toutes ces choses vous seront donn&#233;es par-dessus. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le Royaume d&#8217;abord. Les personnes avant le profit. La fid&#233;lit&#233; avant la mise &#224; l&#8217;&#233;chelle. L&#8217;alignement avec le bon dessein de Dieu avant l&#8217;ambition &#233;go&#239;ste. La strat&#233;gie suit.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Un Outil Simple : Le Canevas d&#8217;Alignement de l&#8217;Objectif</strong></h3><p>Pour rendre cela pratique et r&#233;p&#233;table, voici un outil simple auquel tu peux revenir r&#233;guli&#232;rement &#8212; au d&#233;marrage d&#8217;une nouvelle entreprise, &#224; un carrefour strat&#233;gique, ou pendant toute saison o&#249; il est possible de d&#233;river de la mission. Tu n&#8217;as pas besoin d&#8217;un dipl&#244;me avanc&#233; pour l&#8217;utiliser. Tu as besoin d&#8217;honn&#234;tet&#233;, de pri&#232;re et du courage de laisser Dieu r&#233;pondre, de recevoir Sa direction et de r&#233;pondre dans la foi.</p><p>Pr&#233;sente ces quatre th&#232;mes &#224; Dieu &#8212; lentement, dans la pri&#232;re, avec un carnet ouvert et un stylo pr&#234;t :</p><h4><strong>1. But</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Pourquoi ce business, ce minist&#232;re ou ce projet existe-t-il vraiment ?</p></li><li><p>&#192; quelle brisure r&#233;pond-il ?</p></li><li><p>Quel bien est-il sp&#233;cifiquement con&#231;u pour servir ?</p></li></ul><h4><strong>2. Personnes</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Qui sommes-nous appel&#233;s &#224; aimer &#224; travers ce travail ?</p></li><li><p>Comment les employ&#233;s, les clients, les partenaires et les communaut&#233;s sont-ils trait&#233;s, form&#233;s et valoris&#233;s &#8212; non pas dans notre d&#233;claration de vision, mais dans nos d&#233;cisions r&#233;elles ?</p></li></ul><h4><strong>3. Pouvoir</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Quelle influence d&#233;tenons-nous, et comment est-elle exerc&#233;e ?</p></li><li><p>Qui a voix au chapitre dans les d&#233;cisions qui les affectent ?</p></li><li><p>Le pouvoir dans cette organisation est-il orient&#233; vers le service &#8212; ou vers l&#8217;auto-pr&#233;servation et le contr&#244;le ?</p></li></ul><h4><strong>4. Profit</strong></h4><ul><li><p>Quel r&#244;le l&#8217;argent joue-t-il vraiment dans notre culture et notre prise de d&#233;cision ?</p></li><li><p>Le profit sert-il la mission &#8212; ou est-il silencieusement en train de la remplacer ?</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que le rendement financier rend possible pour le bien des personnes et pour le Royaume de Dieu ?</p></li></ul><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un exercice ponctuel.</p><p>C&#8217;est une discipline de discernement &#8212; le genre de chose qui, lorsqu&#8217;elle est pratiqu&#233;e de fa&#231;on constante, maintient la mission et les valeurs fondamentales d&#8217;une entreprise intactes &#224; travers des ann&#233;es de croissance, de pression et de changement.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Un Exemple Concret &#8212; Quand l&#8217;Objectif D&#233;rive : L&#8217;Histoire Cautionnaire de Sears</strong></h3><p>Tous les exemples concrets qui valent la peine d&#8217;&#234;tre appris ne sont pas des histoires de succ&#232;s. Certaines des le&#231;ons les plus instructives viennent de l&#8217;observation de ce qui se passe quand l&#8217;objectif d&#233;rive &#8212; graduellement, silencieusement, puis de fa&#231;on catastrophique.</p><p>Sears &#233;tait autrefois le d&#233;taillant le plus fiable d&#8217;Am&#233;rique. Fond&#233;e &#224; la fin des ann&#233;es 1800, elle avait b&#226;ti son identit&#233; initiale sur un objectif genuinement centr&#233; sur le client : apporter des produits abordables et de qualit&#233; aux Am&#233;ricains ruraux qui n&#8217;y avaient pas acc&#232;s autrement. Son catalogue n&#8217;&#233;tait pas seulement un outil de vente &#8212; c&#8217;&#233;tait, pour des millions de familles, une bou&#233;e de sauvetage. La preuve de leur objectif &#233;tait claire : bien servir les gens et gagner leur confiance.</p><p>Pendant des d&#233;cennies, cet objectif a produit des r&#233;sultats extraordinaires. Sears est devenu le plus grand d&#233;taillant au monde. Mais avec le temps &#8212; en particulier lorsque les pressions financi&#232;res ont augment&#233; et que les rendements &#224; court terme pour les actionnaires ont commenc&#233; &#224; dominer la r&#233;flexion strat&#233;gique &#8212; l&#8217;objectif a chang&#233;. Les personnes sont devenues des m&#233;triques. Les magasins sont devenus des centres de co&#251;ts. Les employ&#233;s sont devenus des frais g&#233;n&#233;raux &#224; minimiser.</p><p>La question <em>comment servir nos clients efficacement ?</em> a &#233;t&#233; peu &#224; peu remplac&#233;e par <em>comment extraire davantage de valeur de cet actif ?</em></p><p>La logique exploitative s&#8217;est impos&#233;e non pas par une seule d&#233;cision dramatique, mais par des centaines de petits moments de d&#233;rive de l&#8217;objectif &#8212; chacun d&#233;fendable isol&#233;ment, chacun d&#233;pla&#231;ant un peu plus l&#8217;aiguille loin de la posture initiale de service.</p><p>Dans les ann&#233;es 2010, Sears &#233;tait en chute libre. La marque qui avait &#233;t&#233; autrefois synonyme de confiance &#233;tait devenue synonyme de d&#233;clin. En 2018, elle a d&#233;pos&#233; le bilan.</p><p>L&#8217;histoire de Sears n&#8217;est pas principalement une histoire d&#8217;&#233;chec strat&#233;gique. C&#8217;est une histoire d&#8217;&#233;chec de l&#8217;objectif &#8212; de ce qui se passe quand une entreprise cesse de se demander <em>&#224; quoi est-ce que &#231;a sert ?</em> et commence &#224; se demander uniquement <em>qu&#8217;est-ce que &#231;a peut produire ?</em></p><p>La le&#231;on pour les b&#226;tisseurs r&#233;dempteurs n&#8217;est pas que le profit est l&#8217;ennemi. Sears avait besoin de profit pour survivre, tout comme n&#8217;importe quelle entreprise &#224; but lucratif viable.</p><p>La le&#231;on est que lorsque le profit devient l&#8217;objectif plut&#244;t que l&#8217;outil, tout ce qui suit finit par se casser &#8212; la culture, la relation client, la capacit&#233; de servir, et finalement l&#8217;entreprise elle-m&#234;me.</p><p>Comme le dit Proverbes 11 :2 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Quand vient l&#8217;orgueil, vient aussi la honte ; mais la sagesse est avec les humbles. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le b&#226;tisseur humble continue de poser la bonne question. Le b&#226;tisseur exploiteur cesse de la poser.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>La Libert&#233; de Viser la Fid&#233;lit&#233;</strong></h3><p>Voici la v&#233;rit&#233; tranquille et &#224; contre-courant vers laquelle ce chapitre nous m&#232;ne :</p><p><strong>Quand l&#8217;amour de Dieu nous motive et que la fid&#233;lit&#233; devient l&#8217;objectif, la peur perd son emprise.</strong></p><p>Tu n&#8217;as plus besoin de courir apr&#232;s chaque opportunit&#233; qui se pr&#233;sente.</p><p>Tu n&#8217;as plus besoin de compromettre tes convictions pour rester comp&#233;titif.</p><p>Tu n&#8217;as plus besoin de constamment comparer ton taux de croissance, tes m&#233;triques, ta plateforme ou ta valorisation &#224; ceux de quelqu&#8217;un d&#8217;autre.</p><p>Quand la fid&#233;lit&#233; est l&#8217;objectif, tu es libre de faire ce qui est juste m&#234;me quand personne n&#8217;applaudit.</p><p>Tu es libre d&#8217;attendre quand attendre est la bonne d&#233;cision.</p><p>Tu es libre de dire non &#224; des opportunit&#233;s qui peuvent sembler bonnes &#224; court terme, et oui &#224; l&#8217;ob&#233;issance m&#234;me quand le r&#233;sultat est incertain.</p><p>La fid&#233;lit&#233; ne garantit pas la facilit&#233;.</p><p>Elle ne te prot&#232;ge pas des saisons difficiles, des malentendus ou d&#8217;une croissance lente.</p><p>Mais elle apporte quelque chose que la d&#233;finition du succ&#232;s selon le monde ne livre jamais : un caract&#232;re &#233;prouv&#233;, une conscience tranquille, une paix stable, et une intimit&#233; croissante avec le Dieu avec lequel tu construis.</p><p>Dans H&#233;breux 13 :5, Dieu promet :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je ne te d&#233;laisserai point, et je ne t&#8217;abandonnerai point. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Et dans Matthieu 28 :20, J&#233;sus Lui-m&#234;me dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu&#8217;&#224; la fin du monde. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Toi et moi ne construisons pas seuls. Nous ne l&#8217;avons jamais fait et nous ne le ferons jamais.</p><p>Nous avons le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;<em>avad</em> avec Emmanuel &#8212; Dieu avec nous &#8212; chaque jour, dans chaque d&#233;cision, dans chaque saison de construction.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un lieu commun superficiel. C&#8217;est peut-&#234;tre la v&#233;rit&#233; la plus strat&#233;gique de ce livre.</p><p>Le d&#233;fi et l&#8217;opportunit&#233; est d&#8217;embrasser cette r&#233;alit&#233; : construire avec Dieu, aujourd&#8217;hui et chaque jour qui suit, dans nos choix petits et apparemment insignifiants comme dans nos d&#233;cisions lourdes et directionnelles.</p><p>Nous avons le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;<em>avad</em> avec Emmanuel &#8212; de nous associer &#224; la Source de la cr&#233;ativit&#233;, de la perspicacit&#233; et de la beaut&#233;, habilit&#233;s et soutenus par le Saint-Esprit.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Un Mot pour les B&#226;tisseurs et les Leaders</strong></h3><p>Si tu lis ceci et que tu ressens &#224; la fois de l&#8217;espoir et de la conviction, c&#8217;est un tr&#232;s bon signe.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice ne concerne pas la perfection. Elle concerne la direction.</p><p>Dieu ne cherche pas des strat&#232;ges impeccables. Il cherche des intendants fid&#232;les &#8212; des personnes qui apportent ce qu&#8217;elles ont, le Lui confient et font le prochain pas fid&#232;le.</p><p>L&#8217;objectif n&#8217;est pas de tout faire juste.</p><p>L&#8217;objectif est de continuer &#224; poser la bonne question &#8212; <em>&#224; quoi est-ce que &#231;a sert ?</em> &#8212; et de continuer &#224; laisser la r&#233;ponse &#234;tre fa&#231;onn&#233;e par Quelqu&#8217;un de plus sage, de plus aimant et de plus clairvoyant qu&#8217;aucun d&#8217;entre nous.</p><p>Vise Christ. Fais confiance &#224; Sa direction. Avance en partenariat avec Dieu.</p><p>C&#8217;est la sainte invitation pour toi et pour moi.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Pause &amp; Prions</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>Notre P&#232;re c&#233;leste, Dieu fid&#232;le,</strong></p><p>Nous reconnaissons que Tu es la Source de la sagesse, de la provision et de la vie.</p><p>Tu es le Dieu omniscient qui voit tout.</p><p>Seigneur, nous confessons que nous courons souvent apr&#232;s le succ&#232;s ou certains r&#233;sultats sans prendre le temps de Te chercher d&#8217;abord.</p><p>Pardonne-nous pour les fois o&#249; nous avons suppos&#233; l&#8217;objectif sans Te le soumettre.</p><p>Bon Berger, merci pour Ta gr&#226;ce, Ta patience et Ta proximit&#233;.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; prioriser le fait de demeurer en Toi et de rester dans Ton amour, Seigneur J&#233;sus.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; embrasser la fid&#233;lit&#233; comme le vrai but &#8212; pas une foi ti&#232;de qui &#233;vite le risque, mais le genre de foi courageux qui Te fait confiance pour les r&#233;sultats.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; <em>avad</em> avec Toi : &#224; travailler, servir et adorer comme un seul acte int&#233;gr&#233; d&#8217;amour.</p><p>Que Ton amour nous pousse vers l&#8217;action, la diligence et le service d&#8217;une fa&#231;on qui Te pla&#238;t, Seigneur J&#233;sus.</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous choisissons d&#8217;embrasser Ta Voie, Ta V&#233;rit&#233; et Ta Vie. Nous choisissons de viser la fid&#233;lit&#233; motiv&#233;e par l&#8217;amour.</p><p>Brillant Cr&#233;ateur, Ma&#238;tre Artisan, Ton dessein est beau.</p><p>Aligne nos c&#339;urs, nos plans et notre travail avec Ton Royaume et Tes d&#233;sirs. Apprends-nous &#224; bien intendanter, &#224; aimer avec audace et &#224; Te faire pleinement confiance.</p><p>Comme Tu l&#8217;as promis, nous faisons confiance &#224; Ton Esprit &#8212; notre Aide &#8212; pour nous guider dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p>Apprends-nous &#224; construire avec Toi, pas en dehors de Toi.</p><p>Au nom du Seigneur J&#233;sus, nous Te confions notre travail et nos vies.</p><p>Amen.</p></blockquote><p>Merci, Dieu gracieux, P&#232;re &#233;ternel, Prince de Paix, Homme Fort, Conseiller Admirable.</p><div><hr></div><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re qu&#8217;il est maintenant clair qu&#8217;avant de construire quoi que ce soit &#8212; une entreprise, une &#233;quipe, une strat&#233;gie, l&#8217;&#339;uvre d&#8217;une vie &#8212; nous devons honn&#234;tement demander vers quoi nous visons vraiment et embrasser la r&#233;alit&#233; qui change notre perspective : la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#8212; et non la d&#233;finition du succ&#232;s selon le monde &#8212; est le vrai but de la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice. La f&#233;condit&#233; suit la fid&#233;lit&#233;, et la fid&#233;lit&#233; suit le fait de demeurer en J&#233;sus.</p><p>Alors, et maintenant ? Peut-&#234;tre que tes prochaines &#233;tapes pour embrasser la strat&#233;gie avec Dieu sont claires.</p><p>M&#234;me ainsi, je veux partager</p><h3><strong>3 Fa&#231;ons de Mettre la Strat&#233;gie R&#233;demptrice en Pratique</strong></h3><p><strong>1. Audite honn&#234;tement ton objectif actuel.</strong> Mets de c&#244;t&#233; 15 minutes avec un carnet et demande dans la pri&#232;re : vers quoi est-ce que je construis vraiment &#8212; dans ce projet, cette entreprise ou ce r&#244;le ? Pas ce que tu dirais si quelqu&#8217;un te posait la question &#224; l&#8217;&#233;glise. Quel est le vrai objectif qui fa&#231;onne tes d&#233;cisions quotidiennes ? Dieu conna&#238;t nos c&#339;urs et nos motifs mieux que nous. Sois tranquille, ouvre ton c&#339;ur &#224; Dieu, et note tout ce qui se pr&#233;sente sans jugement. La clart&#233; est le d&#233;but du repentir et du r&#233;alignement.</p><p><strong>2. Travaille &#224; travers le Canevas d&#8217;Alignement de l&#8217;Objectif.</strong> Prends les questions sur le But, les Personnes, le Pouvoir et le Profit et travaille-les chacune lentement et dans la pri&#232;re pour ton travail actuel. O&#249; y a-t-il alignement ? O&#249; y a-t-il d&#233;rive ? Partage tes r&#233;ponses avec une personne de confiance qui te dira la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p><strong>3. Identifie un endroit o&#249; tu as vis&#233; des productions ou des r&#233;sultats plut&#244;t que la fid&#233;lit&#233;.</strong> Nomme la d&#233;cision, l&#8217;habitude ou la pression sp&#233;cifique qui te tire vers la posture exploitative ou simplement &#233;thique. Apporte-la &#224; Dieu. Demande-Lui &#224; quoi ressemble la fid&#233;lit&#233; l&#224; &#8212; concr&#232;tement, cette semaine.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Point &#224; Retenir du Chapitre</strong></h3><p>L&#8217;objectif derri&#232;re ta strat&#233;gie d&#233;termine tout. La strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise r&#233;demptrice refuse de supposer l&#8217;objectif &#8212; elle soumet l&#8217;objectif &#224; la seigneurie de Christ, alignant le but, les personnes, le pouvoir et le profit sous la fid&#233;lit&#233; &#224; Dieu. La f&#233;condit&#233; d&#233;coule de la fid&#233;lit&#233;. Et la fid&#233;lit&#233; d&#233;coule du fait de demeurer en Celui qui est toujours avec nous.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Pourquoi est-ce que j&#8217;&#233;cris cette s&#233;rie sur l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur ?</strong></h3><p>Parce que je crois que notre Dieu est en train de faire na&#238;tre quelque chose de puissant dans cette g&#233;n&#233;ration &#8212; une faim durable de vivre et de s&#8217;associer &#224; Dieu ici et maintenant dans Son &#339;uvre mondiale et locale d&#8217;apporter la r&#233;demption.</p><p>Parce qu&#8217;Il nous invite &#224; voir notre travail de la fa&#231;on dont Il le voit.</p><p>Parce que le Royaume de Dieu n&#8217;est pas confin&#233; aux matin&#233;es du dimanche &#224; l&#8217;&#233;glise &#8212; le Royaume de Dieu avance dans les familles, les salles de conseil, les caf&#233;s, les studios, les ateliers et les quartiers.</p><p>J&#8217;&#233;cris cette s&#233;rie parce que l&#8217;entrepreneuriat est un v&#233;hicule de disciple-ship. Parce que nos nouvelles entreprises et notre travail quotidien peuvent et ont toujours &#233;t&#233; cens&#233;s &#234;tre des collaborations avec Christ. Parce que J&#233;sus est Seigneur sur chaque centim&#232;tre carr&#233; de la cr&#233;ation.</p><p>Et parce que&#8230; Le monde que Dieu aime g&#233;mit pour la r&#233;demption, et nous avons le privil&#232;ge de Le rejoindre dans Son &#339;uvre &#8212; entrepreneurs ou non.</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie est ma simple r&#233;ponse, mon &#171; oui &#187; &#224; l&#8217;invitation du Seigneur.</p><p>Ma pri&#232;re est que chaque billet et chaque &#233;pisode de podcast t&#8217;appelle plus profond&#233;ment vers une vie d&#8217;abandon, de courage, de cr&#233;ativit&#233; et de ressemblance &#224; Christ, l&#224; o&#249; tu construis et partout o&#249; Dieu te conduit.</p><div><hr></div><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re vraiment que tu es b&#233;ni par Dieu &#224; travers ce billet-podcast.</p><p><strong>Laisse un commentaire.</strong> (J&#8217;adorerais savoir ce que tu en penses.)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Partage-le</strong> avec tes amis.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/what-are-we-aiming-at-success-or?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Abonne-toi</strong> si tu ne l&#8217;as pas encore fait pour recevoir ces billets par e-mail.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> avec TANNER KLEIN</strong> est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux posts et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Le lien pour <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">le dernier billet-podcast</a> est disponible ici:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy">La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint &#8212; Une S&#233;rie sur l&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Il y a plus &#224; venir. Ce n&#8217;est que le d&#233;but.</p><p>R&#233;pondons par la foi.</p><p>Merci de me rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strategy as a Form of Love, Why Strategy Matters, & Why It's a Holy Partnership — A Series on REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Kingdom Vision for Building with Jesus and Eternal Impact (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:58:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208300478/107d4ace5c94b8a90ecedad6bee12359.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends - Thanks for joining me in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus. My name Tanner Klein.</p><p>For the longest time I&#8217;ve been inspired by the integration of faith and work. </p><p>I love business as mission (BAM), business for transformation (B4T), faith-driven entrepreneurship, reaching the unreached by way of local business or investment in communities that would otherwise be inaccessible, ministries engaging in the marketplace, and the like.</p><p>There are so many opportunities to use the gifts, time, talents, and resources God has given us to glorify Him while making a real and lasting impact in other peoples&#8217; lives, across families, communities, and nations alike. </p><p>That is amazing. </p><h3><strong>Our God can make an eternally significant impact on other eternal souls through us, and He does!</strong>  </h3><p>Few topics get me more fired up. <br>Our lives have so much meaning. <br>Today has so much purpose.</p><p>Understandably, I&#8217;ve embraced living on mission abroad with Jesus.  </p><p>And here&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve witnessed from the US to Asia to Oceania to Europe and beyond. When I look at the landscape of business, ministry, creativity, and culture today, I see something extraordinary:</p><h3><strong>God is raising up men and women who want to build </strong><em><strong>with Him</strong></em><strong>, not just </strong><em><strong>for</strong></em><strong> Him.</strong></h3><p>There&#8217;s a big difference. </p><p>Our Creator is stirring a generation of entrepreneurs who aren&#8217;t driven by the world&#8217;s definition of success, who aren&#8217;t chasing influence, who aren&#8217;t satisfied with business-as-usual, and who aren&#8217;t settling for a compartmentalized faith that gets picked up on Sunday and left at home on Monday.</p><p>These are people who want to create with Jesus, serve like Jesus, and love other eternal souls the way Jesus loves us and gave Himself for us.<br>People who want to solve real problems without losing their souls in the process.<br>People who want to build ventures and create in ways that express the heart of God.</p><p>This reflects the heart of <strong>Redemptive Entrepreneurship</strong>.</p><p>Not <em>exploitative</em> entrepreneurship. <br>Not simply <em>social</em> entrepreneurship.<br>Not just a more <em>ethical</em> version of innovation.</p><p><strong>What is Redemptive Entrepreneurship? </strong></p><p>We covered this in our previous posts linked below. </p><p><strong>It</strong> <strong>is about partnering with God in His ongoing work of renewal&#8212;right where we are&#8212;building, leading, serving, and creating. </strong></p><p>Our friends at Praxis, a New York City-based venture-building ecosystem that champions the awakening of our redemptive imagination,<strong> </strong>distinguish the word <strong>Redemptive </strong>as<strong> </strong>following the pattern of <span>creative restoration through sacrifice</span> in our life and work&#8212;and <strong>Entrepreneurship</strong> as directing our agency and resources toward organizational <span>creation, innovation, and risk</span>.</p><p>And through the years, this kind of innovative work reflecting the ways of Jesus and His Kingdom has captivated my attention and inspired me greatly in my own business, missional, and entrepreneurial efforts. </p><p>I&#8217;m excited to explore this more with you all. </p><p>We&#8217;ve already published three podcast-posts on this topic:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP &#8212; An Introduction</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">EXPLOITATIVE vs. ETHICAL vs. REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP: The Three Ways We Build</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVATING the HEART of a REDEMPTIVE ENTREPRENEUR: Surrender, Faith in Action, &amp; the Fear of the LORD</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>These three podcast-posts are linked here. </p><p>What we&#8217;re diving into today is<strong> a glimpse from my book on Redemptive Business Strategy. </strong>If you are interested in this topic and would like to pre-order a copy. Leave a comment or message me and I will follow up with you.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Let&#8217;s start by asking:</p><h1><strong><span>Why Strategy Matters (and Why It&#8217;s a Holy Partnership)?</span></strong></h1><h4><strong><span><br>Here&#8217;s the Core Question we&#8217;re addressing today?</span></strong></h4><p><em><strong><span>What if strategy &#8212; rightly understood and rightly practiced &#8212; is not just a business discipline, but a form of partnership with God?</span></strong></em></p><h4><strong><span>The Focus</span></strong></h4><p><span>This chapter establishes the foundation of the entire book: that business strategy, when submitted to the Lordship of Christ, becomes a form of faithful stewardship, integrated worship, and love made durable. Before we discuss frameworks, markets, or competitive advantage, we must understand </span><em><span>why</span></em><span> strategy matters&#8212;and </span><em><span>with whom</span></em><span> we are building.</span></p><div><hr></div><p><span>Strategy might not sound spiritual at first.</span></p><p><span>For many people, it brings to mind boardrooms, spreadsheets, competitive analysis, five-year plans, and PowerPoint decks that somehow manage to say a lot without saying very much.</span></p><p><span>But Scripture tells a deeper story.</span></p><p><span>Strategy &#8212; rightly understood &#8212; is not about control. It&#8217;s about faithful direction.</span></p><p><span>And when practiced with God, strategy becomes something far more than a management tool. It becomes a holy partnership.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Strategy Is About Direction</span></strong></h3><p><span>At its core, strategy answers simple but weighty questions:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Where are we going?</span></p></li><li><p><span>Why are we going there?</span></p></li><li><p><span>How will we steward what we&#8217;ve been given along the way?</span></p></li></ul><p><span>Whether you are starting a business, leading or working on a team, serving in ministry role, launching a nonprofit, or shaping a creative project &#8212; you are already making strategic decisions. The only question is whether those decisions are intentional and aligned.</span></p><p><span>Aligned with what? Not just a plan. Not just a market opportunity.</span></p><p><span>Aligned with God&#8217;s purposes, His design, and the people He has called you to love.</span></p><p><span>That alignment is what this book is about.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>God Is Not Anti-Planning</span></strong></h3><p><span>Sometimes we assume that faith and planning are in tension.</span></p><p><span>They are not.</span></p><p><span>From the opening pages of Scripture, we see God as intentional, ordered, and purposeful. In Colossians 1:16&#8211;17, Paul writes:</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong><span>For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth&#8230; all things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.</span></strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>God creates with purpose.</span></p><p><span>God orders creation toward flourishing.</span></p><p><span>God works with direction.</span></p><p><span>Strategy, when rightly oriented, reflects God&#8217;s own character. The God who spoke galaxies into ordered existence, who called a people, made a covenant, and sent His Son at exactly the right moment in history &#8212; this God is not allergic to planning. He invented it.</span></p><p><span>The danger is not strategy. The danger is strategy practiced </span><em><span>apart from Him</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>Consider Proverbs 16:3 and verse 9 together. Verse 3 declares:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>Commit your work to the Lord,</span><br><span> and your plans will be established.</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>Verse 9 declares:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>The heart of man plans his way,<br>    but the Lord establishes his steps.</strong></h4></blockquote><p>And to add to this tapestry of truth, Proverbs 3:5-6 shares both wisdom and a promise:</p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>Trust in the Lord with all your heart,</span><br><span> and do not lean on your own understanding.</span><br><sup><span> </span></sup><span>In all your ways acknowledge him,</span><br><span> and he will make straight your paths.</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>We are not to plan like our ever-present God is far off. That is a fruitless endeavor, and frankly, a waste of time.</p><p>Truly effective and impactful strategies are aligned with truth, and there is no better Source and model of truth than the Way, the Truth, and the Life Himself &#8212; Jesus Christ.</p><h3><strong><span><br>Strategy is Stewardship &#8212; and Stewardship is an Expression of Worship</span></strong></h3><p><span>Here is where it gets personal.</span></p><p><span>Everything we have &#8212; time, talent, opportunity, resources, relationships &#8212; has been entrusted to us. Not owned. Entrusted.</span></p><p><span>Wayne Grudem, in </span><em><span>Business for the Glory of God</span></em><span>, reminds us that business exists to serve human needs and glorify God through good stewardship. That insight applies far beyond formal business. It applies to all purposeful work.</span></p><p><span>Strategy is how we steward well instead of drifting.</span></p><p><span>But there is something even deeper here than good management.</span></p><p><span>The ancient Hebrew word for this kind of integrated work is </span><em><span>avodah</span></em><span> &#8212; and its verb form is </span><em><span>avad</span></em><span>. It is a single word that weaves together work, worship, and service into one seamless act of devotion to God. This was God&#8217;s original design: not compartmentalized religion on one side and &#8220;real life&#8221; on the other, but an integrated life of love &#8212; working, serving, and worshiping God in everything we do.</span></p><p><span>When we understand this, strategy is no longer merely a business practice. To avad with God &#8212; to work </span><em><span>as</span></em><span> worship, in partnership with the Creator &#8212; is one of the most profound realities available to us as His children.</span></p><p><span>This means your planning session can be an act of worship. Your decision-making can be an act of service. Your business can be an expression of love.</span></p><p><span>In Colossians 3:23-24, Paul captures this posture with striking simplicity:</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>Not some of what you do. Whatever you do. Strategy included.</span></p><p><span>Strategy, practiced this way, is not just an effective skill to add to a resum&#233;. It is a way we avad with God and respond to His ancient calling for humanity as faith-filled and love-fueled partners and ambassadors for Jesus and the Kingdom of God.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Why Strategy Matters for Love</span></strong></h3><p><span>This is crucial, and it is often missed.</span></p><p><span>Strategy is not primarily about efficiency. It is about </span><em><span>steady and long-lasting love&#8212;love made durable </span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>I&#8217;ll explain what I mean by that.</span></p><p><span>Good intentions, on their own, are not enough. History is full of well-meaning ventures that burned bright and burned out &#8212; hurting the very people they set out to serve. Without wise, prayerful strategy:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Good intentions burn out</span></p></li><li><p><span>Vision remains vague</span></p></li><li><p><span>People get hurt unintentionally</span></p></li><li><p><span>Resources are wasted</span></p></li></ul><p><span>But with wise, prayerful strategy:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>People are served more consistently</span></p></li><li><p><span>Systems protect the vulnerable</span></p></li><li><p><span>Good work outlasts initial enthusiasm</span></p></li></ul><p><span>Strategy helps love endure. This matters for the souls impacted by the strategic decisions made and it matter to God.</span></p><p><span>Consider the contrast: an exploitative business treats strategy as a tool for extraction &#8212; maximizing what can be taken from the market, from employees, from the environment.</span></p><p><span>A merely ethical business uses strategy to do things right, to play fair, to minimize harm.</span></p><p><span>But a </span><em><span>redemptive</span></em><span> business treats strategy as a form of love &#8212; designing systems, making decisions, and allocating resources in ways that genuinely bless people and participate in God&#8217;s work of restoration.</span></p><p><span>The difference is not technique. It is our heart posture and motives behind why we do what we do.</span></p><p><span>In </span>Ephesians 2:8-10, the Spirit of God brings this powerful truth to light through Paul&#8217;s letter to the church in Ephesus,</p><blockquote><h4><strong><sup><span>8 </span></sup><span>For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, </span><sup><span>9 </span></sup><span>not a result of works, so that no one may boast. </span><sup><span>10 </span></sup><span>For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>What should motivate the faith-filled builder?</p><p>It is this grace, this salvation through faith in Jesus, this gift of God, this identity rooted in God&#8217;s love for us as His intentional workmanship, redeemed in and through Jesus Christ &#8212; because of these we respond with action.</p><p>The grace and love of God drive us toward Him, and it&#8217;s God in us, through His Spirit, who empowers us to walk out the good and redemptive works that God prepared in advance for you and for me. </p><p>In his book <em><span>The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life</span></em>, Os Guinness puts it this way:</p><blockquote><p><span>&#8220;Our primary calling as followers of Christ is by him, to him, and for him. First and foremost we are called to Someone (God), not to something (such as motherhood, politics, or teaching) or to somewhere (such as the inner city or Outer Mongolia)... We are not primarily called to do something or go somewhere; we are called to Someone.&#8221;</span></p></blockquote><p>The intentionality and loving-kindness of God are unmatched. </p><p>Strategy as a form of love is made possible by building in partnership with Love Himself and leads to the potent expression of God&#8217;s love in our plans, work, service, &amp; worship.</p><p>This attitude doesn&#8217;t just impact the bottom line, it impacts the lives of eternal souls.</p><p>Now, let&#8217;s consider </p><h3><strong><span>The Three Ways to Build &#8212; and Why Your Choice Matters </span></strong></h3><p><span>Not all strategy is equal. Not all building is the same.</span></p><p><span>Praxis identifies three fundamentally different postures that shape how any organization builds:</span></p><p><strong><span>The exploitative way</span></strong><span> operates on a simple logic: take all you can get. Win at others&#8217; expense. Leverage culture, use people, live for self. Strategy here is a weapon.</span></p><p><strong><span>The ethical way</span></strong><span> operates more fairly: do things right, pursue win-win outcomes, respect people, improve yourself. This is better &#8212; but it still stops short. Ethical business is good, but it is not necessarily redemptive.</span></p><p><strong><span>The redemptive way</span></strong><span> operates on an entirely different logic: creative restoration through sacrifice. I sacrifice, we win. Renew culture. Bless people. Die to self. Strategy here is a form of love.</span></p><p><span>These are not just philosophical categories. They show up in the actual decisions you make. Let&#8217;s compare the three different ways to build.</span></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png" width="466" height="631.800539083558" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1006,&quot;width&quot;:742,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:466,&quot;bytes&quot;:110566,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/208300478?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ld8d!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F00975f1c-dc63-46d1-98b9-f2ce6e2c4c7b_742x1006.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>As you read this book, you will encounter this contrast repeatedly. Not to judge where you have been, but to clarify where you are going &#8212; and to help you recognize the difference between building </span><em><span>for</span></em><span> yourself, building </span><em><span>well</span></em><span>, and building </span><em><span>redemptively with Jesus</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>This is the question underneath every strategy: </span></p><p><em><span>What kind of builder do I want to be?<br>What kind of builder am I becoming?</span></em></p><p><span>Either we are on a trajectory leading us toward resembling Jesus, more and more so, or we are slowly but surely heading toward resembling the world building apart from God and end up finding ourselves more lost and deceived than ever.</span></p><p><span>I hope we can better see how important it is that we intentionally choose how we will build today, because our choices today radically impact who we will become tomorrow and beyond. </span></p><p><span>This may be a wakeup call for some, but the good news remains: you and I can choose to build with God, and that changes everything.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s consider another thing&#8230;</span></p><h3><strong><span>Strategic Expertise Redeemed</span></strong></h3><p><em><span>Strategy is about long-term direction, meaningful choices, and deliberate trade-offs.</span></em></p><p><span>From what I can tell, and from experience, this seems to be the essential insight at the heart of how business strategy is taught in some of the world&#8217;s leading graduate programs. Strip away the frameworks and the jargon, and you arrive at something genuinely important:</span></p><p><strong><span>Strategy is the discipline of choosing where to go, why to go there, and how to use what you have to get there</span></strong><span> &#8212; consistently, coherently, over time.</span></p><p><span>Business school emphasizes several keys to an  effective strategy.</span></p><ul><li><p><em><span>Industry analysis</span></em><span> helps you understand the environment you are operating in.</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>Competitive advantage</span></em><span> describes what you do distinctively well.</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>The value chain</span></em><span> reveals how each activity in your organization either serves or undermines your direction.</span></p></li><li><p><em><span>Resources and capabilities</span></em><span> determine what is actually available to you.</span></p></li><li><p><span>And </span><em><span>trade-offs</span></em><span> remind you that saying yes to one path always means saying no to another.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>These are genuinely useful tools. Clarity matters. Honest analysis matters. Coherent choices matter.</span></p><p><span>But here is where the redemptive lens changes everything.</span></p><p><span>In conventional strategy education, the purpose of all this analysis is ultimately to </span><em><span>outcompete rivals</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>maximize value capture for the firm.</span></em><span> Direction, trade-offs, and coherence all serve that goal. And that goal &#8212; winning in the market &#8212; is treated as self-evidently worthy.</span></p><p><span>Redemptive strategy agrees that direction, trade-offs, and coherence matter enormously. But it also asks a prior question that most strategy courses never raise: </span><em><strong><span>What is this strategy for?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>And further: </span><em><strong><span>Whose purposes does it serve?</span></strong></em></p><p><span>When strategy is submitted to the Lordship of Christ, the answer changes. You are no longer optimizing to outcompete rivals. You are stewarding toward human flourishing. You are not capturing value for yourself alone &#8212; you are creating value for others, as an act of love and worship. The discipline of long-term thinking, honest trade-offs, and coherent choices is not abandoned. It is </span><em><span>redeemed</span></em><span> &#8212; placed in service of a far greater mission than market dominance.</span></p><p><span>The tools stay. The direction shifts. And with it, everything else.</span></p><p><span>In alignment with the previously mentioned ancient concept of avodah, our God desires our strategizing to be done </span><em><span>with</span></em><span> Him. It becomes a&#8230;</span></p><h3><strong><span>A Holy Partnership, Not a Solo Project</span></strong></h3><p><span>The danger is not strategy.</span></p><p><span>The danger is strategy </span><em><span>apart from God</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>Faith-driven founders and leaders have learned this the hard way: when strategy becomes self-driven, anxiety increases. </span></p><p><span>In contrast, when strategy becomes a prayerful partnership, peace abides and abounds.</span></p><p><span>Here is what that looks like in practice.</span></p><p><span>You still plan. You still analyze. You still make decisions and take risks.</span></p><p><span>But you do all of it in relationship with the One who sees the end from the beginning, who knows your market better than your best consultant, and who cares about your customers far more than you or I can imagine</span></p><p><span>This book is not about mastering techniques. It is about learning to walk with God as we think, plan, decide, and act.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>You &amp; I Were Made for This Kind of Work</span></strong></h3><p><span>From the beginning, humanity was invited into partnership with God.</span></p><p><span>In Genesis 1:28, God says:</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong><span>Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it.</span></strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is not exploitation. It is cultivation. It is the first commission &#8212; a call to avad alongside God in the garden of creation, to develop, steward, and bring forth flourishing from what He had made.</span></p><p><span>That calling was never revoked. It was redeemed.</span></p><p><span>Redemptive entrepreneurship, innovation, leadership, and strategy are not modern inventions. They are ancient callings, now restored in Christ, now empowered by the Spirit, now oriented toward a Kingdom that will not end.</span></p><p><span>You and I were made for this kind of work. And we were never meant to do it alone.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s look at a </span></p><h3><strong><span>Real-World Example &#8212; Avodah in Action: HOPE International</span></strong></h3><p><span>Few organizations illustrate the integration of strategy and worship more clearly than HOPE International.</span></p><p><span>Founded by Jeff Rutt, a Pennsylvania homebuilder, HOPE began when Rutt encountered the devastation of post-war Ukraine in the 1990s and asked a simple but strategic question: </span><em><span>What does lasting restoration actually require?</span></em><span> Not just charity &#8212; that had been tried. Not just good intentions &#8212; those were already abundant. What was needed was something with direction, coherence, and power.</span></p><p><span>The answer was the microenterprise. HOPE International provides savings services, small business loans, and business training to entrepreneurs in some of the world&#8217;s most vulnerable communities &#8212; in places like Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, and Ukraine &#8212; all explicitly rooted in the gospel and the dignity of every person as an image-bearer of God.</span></p><p><span>What makes HOPE distinctively </span><em><span>redemptive</span></em><span> is not just what they do, but </span><em><span>why</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>how</span></em><span> they do it. Their field workers do not simply disburse loans. They gather clients in community savings groups, open meetings with Scripture and prayer, and walk alongside entrepreneurs as whole people &#8212; not just economic units to be optimized.</span></p><p><span>Their strategy is coherent, long-term, and shaped by a clear answer to the prior question: </span><em><span>What is this for?</span></em><span> The answer is not market share. It is human flourishing, to the glory of God.</span></p><p><span>This is avodah made organizational. Work, service, and worship woven together into a strategy that restores dignity, breaks cycles of poverty, and points people toward the God who made them.</span></p><p><span>As mentioned before, Proverbs 16:3 declares: </span></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong><span>Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.</span></strong></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>HOPE committed theirs. And across decades and dozens of nations, God has established them.</span></p><p><span>And all glory to God for that. Many lives and families have been blessed as a result.</span></p><p><span><br>Before I go further, I want to clarify</span></p><h3><strong><span>What This Book Is &#8212; and Is Not</span></strong></h3><p><span>This book is </span><strong><span>not</span></strong><span>:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>A formula for guaranteed success</span></p></li><li><p><span>A shortcut to scale</span></p></li><li><p><span>A baptized version of hustle culture</span></p></li><li><p><span>A checklist for Christian business behavior</span></p></li></ul><p><span>This book </span><strong><span>is</span></strong><span>:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>A framework for faithfulness</span></p></li><li><p><span>A guide for prayerful discernment</span></p></li><li><p><span>An invitation to avad &#8212; to work and serve with God as an offering of devotion and worship to Him</span></p></li><li><p><span>A companion for builders who want to walk with God from strategy to execution</span></p></li></ul><p><span>Every chapter will hold business insight and biblical truth together. Every chapter will ask not just </span><em><span>what should I do</span></em><span> but </span><em><span>who am I becoming</span></em><span> as I do it.</span></p><p>As we begin, here is</p><h3><strong><span>The Invitation</span></strong></h3><p><span>Slow down. Invite God into your thinking &#8212; not just your outcomes &#8212; </span>pay attention to His leadership, and be ready to respond, to prayerfully take action in faith like our ever-present God and Guide truly is with us as He promised.</p><p><span>Strategy matters because people matter. And people matter because God loves them.</span></p><p><span>You and I are not being asked to build alone. We are being invited into partnership &#8212; with the God who created us, calls us by name, and goes with us into every boardroom, conversation, and decision we will ever face.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s do this together. And there&#8217;s no better way to start than to seek God first.</span></p><h3><strong><span><br>Let&#8217;s Pause &amp; Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>God our Father,<br>our Savior and Redeemer,</span></strong><span> </span></p><p><span>You are awesome and intentional in all Your ways.</span></p><p>Your creativity, wisdom, and craftsmanship are unmatched. </p><p>You reign forever, and all You do is good.</p><p><span>Thank You for inviting us into relationship with You, and to partner with You in Your work of redemption.<br>   What an honor. Thank You for this holy opportunity.</span></p><p><span>Gracious Good Shepherd, teach us to think wisely, plan prayerfully, and act faithfully. </span></p><p><span>Guard us from fear, pride, and the relentless pressure to hurry. </span></p><p><span>Help us, Lord, to steward what You&#8217;ve entrusted to us with love and humility.</span></p><p><span>As we begin this journey together, we choose to walk with You &#8212; not ahead of You, not apart from You &#8212; and we choose to trust that You will be faithful to walk with us and bring about creative restoration through us.</span></p><p><span>Align us with Your way, truth, and life, Lord Jesus. </span></p><p><span>May our strategies truly exhibit Your love, care, and heart to serve.</span></p><p><span>Be exalted in and through us, Lord our God. </span></p><p><span>Thank You for hearing us, faithful Father. </span></p><p><span>May we be found faithful in Your eyes.</span></p><p><strong><span>We thank You and pray in the name of Jesus, <br>Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p>Hallelujah! </p><div><hr></div><p>I hope it&#8217;s now clear that <strong>strategy &#8212; rightly understood and rightly practiced &#8212; is not just a business discipline, but a form of partnership with God.</strong> </p><p>So, now what? Maybe your next steps of embracing strategy with God are clear.</p><p>Even still, I want to share  </p><h3><strong><span>3 Ways to Put Redemptive Strategy into </span>Practice</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong><span>Identify your current building posture.</span></strong><span> Looking honestly at your current project, business, or role &#8212; which of the three postures (exploitative, ethical, redemptive) most closely describes how you have been operating? Name it without condemnation. Clarity is the first step toward change.</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Name one area where your strategic decision-making can become an act of worship.</span></strong><span> Where is God inviting you to avad &#8212; to integrate your work, service, and worship? Write it down. Bring it to Him in prayer this week.</span></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Invite God into your planning.</span></strong><span> Before your next strategy session, planning conversation, or key decision, take at least five minutes to pray first &#8212; not as a formality, but as an act of dependence. Ask God what He sees that you might be missing.</span></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong><span>Key Takeaways</span></strong></h3><p><strong><span>Redemptive strategy is not a business discipline with a spiritual layer added on top. It is a form of faithful stewardship: an invitation to avad with God, to build in ways that reflect His love, serve His purposes, and bless the people He died for. The tools of strategy are not abandoned. They are redeemed, and placed in service of a mission far greater than market dominance.</span></strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Why am I writing this series on Redemptive Entrepreneurship?</strong></h3><p>Because I believe that our God is birthing something powerful in this generation, a lasting hunger to live and partner with God here and now in His global and local work of brining redemption.<br>Because He is inviting us to see our work the way He sees it.<br>Because God&#8217;s Kingdom is not confined to Sunday mornings at church &#8212; God&#8217;s Kingdom is advancing in families, boardrooms, caf&#233;s, studios, workshops, and neighborhoods.<br><br>I am writing this series because entrepreneurship is a vehicle for discipleship.<br>Because our new ventures and daily work can and were always meant to be collaborations with Christ.<br>Because Jesus is Lord over every square inch of creation.</p><p>And because&#8230;<br><strong>The world God loves is groaning for redemption, and we get to join Him in His work</strong>&#8212; entrepreneurs and otherwise.</p><p>This series is my simple response, my &#8220;yes&#8221; to the Lord&#8217;s invitation.</p><p>My prayer is that every post and every podcast episode calls you deeper into a life of surrender, courage, creativity, and Christlikeness, right where you build and wherever God leads you.</p><div><hr></div><p>I really hope you are blessed by God through this podcast-post. </p><p><strong>Leave a comment. </strong>(I&#8217;d love to hear what you think.)</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Share it with friends.</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Subscribe if you haven&#8217;t already.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>There&#8217;s more to come. <strong>This is just the beginning.</strong> </p><p><strong>Let&#8217;s respond in faith.</strong> </p><p>Thanks for joining me in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; La Strat&#233;gie comme Forme d&#8217;Amour, Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante, et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint &#8212; Une S&#233;rie sur l&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR</strong></h1><h2><em>Une Vision du Royaume pour B&#226;tir avec J&#233;sus et pour un Impact &#201;ternel</em></h2><p><br>Bonjour les amis &#8212; Merci de me rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus. Je m&#8217;appelle Tanner Klein.</p><p>Depuis longtemps, je suis inspir&#233; par l&#8217;int&#233;gration de la foi et du travail.</p><p>J&#8217;aime le business en tant que mission (BAM), l&#8217;entrepreneuriat au service de la transformation (B4T), l&#8217;entrepreneuriat port&#233; par la foi, atteindre les peuples non atteints par le biais d&#8217;une entreprise locale ou d&#8217;un investissement dans des communaut&#233;s qui seraient autrement inaccessibles, les minist&#232;res engag&#233;s dans le milieu professionnel, et tout ce qui s&#8217;y rattache.</p><p>Il y a tellement d&#8217;opportunit&#233;s d&#8217;utiliser les dons, le temps, les talents et les ressources que Dieu nous a donn&#233;s pour Le glorifier tout en ayant un impact r&#233;el et durable dans la vie des autres, &#224; travers les familles, les communaut&#233;s et les nations.</p><p>C&#8217;est extraordinaire.</p><h3><strong>Notre Dieu peut avoir un impact d&#8217;une port&#233;e &#233;ternelle sur d&#8217;autres &#226;mes &#233;ternelles &#224; travers nous, et Il le fait !</strong></h3><p>Peu de sujets m&#8217;enthousiasment autant. Nos vies ont tant de sens. Aujourd&#8217;hui a tant de but.</p><p>Naturellement, j&#8217;ai embrass&#233; cette vie en mission &#224; l&#8217;&#233;tranger avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Et voici quelque chose que j&#8217;ai observ&#233;, des &#201;tats-Unis &#224; l&#8217;Asie, de l&#8217;Oc&#233;anie &#224; l&#8217;Europe et au-del&#224;. Quand je regarde le paysage du business, du minist&#232;re, de la cr&#233;ativit&#233; et de la culture aujourd&#8217;hui, je vois quelque chose d&#8217;extraordinaire :</p><h3><strong>Dieu suscite des hommes et des femmes qui veulent construire </strong><em><strong>avec</strong></em><strong> Lui, pas seulement </strong><em><strong>pour</strong></em><strong> Lui.</strong></h3><p>Il y a une grande diff&#233;rence.</p><p>Notre Cr&#233;ateur est en train de susciter une g&#233;n&#233;ration d&#8217;entrepreneurs qui ne sont pas anim&#233;s par la d&#233;finition du succ&#232;s selon le monde, qui ne courent pas apr&#232;s l&#8217;influence, qui ne se satisfont pas du statu quo, et qui ne se contentent pas d&#8217;une foi compartiment&#233;e qu&#8217;on ramasse le dimanche et qu&#8217;on laisse &#224; la maison le lundi.</p><p>Ce sont des personnes qui veulent cr&#233;er avec J&#233;sus, servir comme J&#233;sus, et aimer d&#8217;autres &#226;mes &#233;ternelles de la fa&#231;on dont J&#233;sus nous aime et s&#8217;est donn&#233; pour nous. Des personnes qui veulent r&#233;soudre de vrais probl&#232;mes sans perdre leur &#226;me dans le processus. Des personnes qui veulent b&#226;tir des entreprises et cr&#233;er d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui exprime le c&#339;ur de Dieu.</p><p><strong>Cela refl&#232;te le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur.</strong></p><p>Pas l&#8217;entrepreneuriat exploiteur. Pas simplement l&#8217;entrepreneuriat social. Pas seulement une version plus &#233;thique de l&#8217;innovation.</p><p><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce que l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur ?</strong></p><p>Nous avons abord&#233; cela dans nos billets pr&#233;c&#233;dents li&#233;s ci-dessous.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de s&#8217;associer &#224; Dieu dans Son &#339;uvre de renouvellement en cours &#8212; l&#224; o&#249; nous sommes &#8212; en construisant, dirigeant, servant et cr&#233;ant.</p><p>Nos amis de Praxis, un &#233;cosyst&#232;me de d&#233;veloppement d&#8217;entreprises bas&#233; &#224; New York qui d&#233;fend l&#8217;&#233;veil de notre imagination r&#233;demptrice, d&#233;finissent le mot <em>R&#233;dempteur</em> comme suivant le mod&#232;le de la restauration cr&#233;ative &#224; travers le sacrifice dans notre vie et notre travail &#8212; et <em>Entrepreneuriat</em> comme l&#8217;orientation de notre action et de nos ressources vers la cr&#233;ation organisationnelle, l&#8217;innovation et la prise de risque.</p><p>Et au fil des ann&#233;es, ce genre de travail innovant qui refl&#232;te les voies de J&#233;sus et de Son Royaume a capt&#233; mon attention et m&#8217;a beaucoup inspir&#233; dans mes propres efforts en mati&#232;re de business, de mission et d&#8217;entrepreneuriat.</p><p>Je suis enthousiaste d&#8217;explorer cela davantage avec vous tous.</p><p>Nous avons d&#233;j&#224; publi&#233; trois billets-podcasts sur ce sujet :</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/redemptive-entrepreneurship-an-introduction?utm_source=publication-search">L&#8217;ENTREPRENEURIAT R&#201;DEMPTEUR &#8212; Une Introduction</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/exploitative-vs-ethical-vs-redemptive">ENTREPRENEURIAT EXPLOITEUR vs. &#201;THIQUE vs. R&#201;DEMPTEUR : Les Trois Fa&#231;ons de Construire</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/cultivating-the-heart-of-a-redemptive">CULTIVER LE C&#338;UR D&#8217;UN ENTREPRENEUR R&#201;DEMPTEUR : L&#8217;Abandon, la Foi en Action, et la Crainte du SEIGNEUR</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Ces trois billets-podcasts sont li&#233;s ici.</p><p>Ce dans quoi nous plongeons aujourd&#8217;hui est un aper&#231;u de mon livre sur la Strat&#233;gie d&#8217;Entreprise R&#233;demptrice. Si tu es int&#233;ress&#233; par ce sujet et que tu souhaites pr&#233;commander un exemplaire, laisse un commentaire ou envoie-moi un message et je te recontacterai.</p><div><hr></div><p>Commen&#231;ons par nous demander :</p><h4><strong>Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante (et Pourquoi C&#8217;est un Partenariat Saint) ?</strong></h4><p>Voici la Question Centrale que nous abordons aujourd&#8217;hui :</p><p><em><strong>Et si la strat&#233;gie &#8212; bien comprise et bien pratiqu&#233;e &#8212; n&#8217;&#233;tait pas seulement une discipline commerciale, mais une forme de partenariat avec Dieu ?</strong></em></p><h4><strong>Le Fil Directeur</strong></h4><p>Ce chapitre &#233;tablit le fondement de tout le livre : que la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise, lorsqu&#8217;elle est soumise &#224; la seigneurie de Christ, devient une forme de bonne intendance fid&#232;le, de culte int&#233;gr&#233; et d&#8217;amour rendu durable. Avant d&#8217;aborder les cadres conceptuels, les march&#233;s ou l&#8217;avantage concurrentiel, nous devons comprendre pourquoi la strat&#233;gie est importante &#8212; et avec qui nous construisons.</p><div><hr></div><p>La strat&#233;gie peut ne pas sembler tr&#232;s spirituelle &#224; premi&#232;re vue.</p><p>Pour beaucoup de gens, elle &#233;voque des salles de conseil, des tableaux, des analyses concurrentielles, des plans quinquennaux et des pr&#233;sentations PowerPoint qui parviennent d&#8217;une fa&#231;on ou d&#8217;une autre &#224; dire beaucoup sans vraiment dire grand-chose.</p><p>Mais les &#201;critures racontent une histoire plus profonde.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie &#8212; bien comprise &#8212; n&#8217;est pas une question de contr&#244;le. C&#8217;est une question d&#8217;orientation fid&#232;le.</p><p>Et lorsqu&#8217;elle est pratiqu&#233;e avec Dieu, la strat&#233;gie devient bien plus qu&#8217;un outil de gestion. Elle devient un partenariat saint.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>La Strat&#233;gie, c&#8217;est une Question d&#8217;Orientation</strong></h3><p>&#192; son c&#339;ur, la strat&#233;gie r&#233;pond &#224; des questions simples mais importantes :</p><ul><li><p>O&#249; allons-nous ?</p></li><li><p>Pourquoi y allons-nous ?</p></li><li><p>Comment allons-nous intendanter ce qui nous a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233; en chemin ?</p></li></ul><p>Que tu lances une entreprise, que tu diriges ou travailles dans une &#233;quipe, que tu serves dans un r&#244;le de minist&#232;re, que tu lances une organisation &#224; but non lucratif, ou que tu fa&#231;onnes un projet cr&#233;atif &#8212; tu prends d&#233;j&#224; des d&#233;cisions strat&#233;giques. La seule question est de savoir si ces d&#233;cisions sont intentionnelles et align&#233;es.</p><p>Align&#233;es sur quoi ? Pas seulement sur un plan. Pas seulement sur une opportunit&#233; de march&#233;.</p><p>Align&#233;es sur les desseins de Dieu, Sa conception, et les personnes qu&#8217;Il t&#8217;a appel&#233; &#224; aimer.</p><p>Cet alignement, c&#8217;est ce dont ce livre traite.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Dieu n&#8217;est Pas Contre la Planification</strong></h3><p>Parfois, nous supposons que la foi et la planification sont en tension.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas le cas.</p><p>D&#232;s les premi&#232;res pages des &#201;critures, nous voyons Dieu comme intentionnel, ordonn&#233; et plein de but. Dans Colossiens 1 :16-17, Paul &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car en lui ont &#233;t&#233; cr&#233;&#233;es toutes les choses qui sont dans les cieux et sur la terre&#8230; tout a &#233;t&#233; cr&#233;&#233; par lui et pour lui. Il est avant toutes choses, et tout subsiste en lui. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Dieu cr&#233;e avec un but.</p><p>Dieu ordonne la cr&#233;ation vers l&#8217;&#233;panouissement.</p><p>Dieu agit avec direction.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie, bien orient&#233;e, refl&#232;te le caract&#232;re m&#234;me de Dieu. Le Dieu qui a fait surgir des galaxies dans une existence ordonn&#233;e, qui a appel&#233; un peuple, &#233;tabli une alliance, et envoy&#233; Son Fils au moment pr&#233;cis dans l&#8217;histoire &#8212; ce Dieu n&#8217;est pas allergique &#224; la planification. Il en est l&#8217;inventeur.</p><p>Le danger n&#8217;est pas la strat&#233;gie. Le danger, c&#8217;est la strat&#233;gie pratiqu&#233;e en dehors de Lui.</p><p>Consid&#232;re Proverbes 16 :3 et le verset 9 ensemble. Le verset 3 d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Recommande &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel tes &#339;uvres, et tes projets r&#233;ussiront. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le verset 9 d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;homme m&#233;dite sa voie, mais c&#8217;est l&#8217;&#201;ternel qui dirige ses pas. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Et pour compl&#233;ter cette tapisserie de v&#233;rit&#233;, Proverbes 3 :5-6 partage &#224; la fois sagesse et promesse :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Confie-toi en l&#8217;&#201;ternel de tout ton c&#339;ur, et ne t&#8217;appuie pas sur ta sagesse ; reconnais-le dans toutes tes voies, et il aplanira tes sentiers. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous ne devons pas planifier comme si notre Dieu toujours pr&#233;sent &#233;tait loin. C&#8217;est un effort st&#233;rile, et franchement, une perte de temps.</p><p>Les strat&#233;gies vraiment efficaces et impactantes sont align&#233;es sur la v&#233;rit&#233;, et il n&#8217;y a pas de meilleure Source et mod&#232;le de v&#233;rit&#233; que le Chemin, la V&#233;rit&#233; et la Vie Lui-m&#234;me &#8212; J&#233;sus-Christ.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>La Strat&#233;gie est de l&#8217;Intendance &#8212; et l&#8217;Intendance est une Expression du Culte</strong></h3><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que &#231;a devient personnel.</p><p>Tout ce que nous avons &#8212; le temps, les talents, les opportunit&#233;s, les ressources, les relations &#8212; nous a &#233;t&#233; confi&#233;. Pas poss&#233;d&#233;. Confi&#233;.</p><p>Wayne Grudem, dans <em>Business for the Glory of God</em>, nous rappelle que l&#8217;entreprise existe pour r&#233;pondre aux besoins humains et glorifier Dieu par une bonne intendance. Cette id&#233;e s&#8217;applique bien au-del&#224; du monde des affaires formel. Elle s&#8217;applique &#224; tout travail porteur de sens.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie est la fa&#231;on dont nous pratiquons une bonne intendance plut&#244;t que de d&#233;river.</p><p>Mais il y a quelque chose encore plus profond ici qu&#8217;une simple bonne gestion.</p><p>L&#8217;ancien mot h&#233;breu pour ce genre de travail int&#233;gr&#233; est <em>avodah</em> &#8212; dont la forme verbale est <em>avad</em>. C&#8217;est un seul mot qui tisse ensemble travail, culte et service en un seul acte de d&#233;votion &#224; Dieu. Tel &#233;tait le dessein originel de Dieu : non pas une religion compartiment&#233;e d&#8217;un c&#244;t&#233; et la &#171; vraie vie &#187; de l&#8217;autre, mais une vie int&#233;gr&#233;e d&#8217;amour &#8212; travailler, servir et adorer Dieu dans tout ce que nous faisons.</p><p>Quand nous comprenons cela, la strat&#233;gie n&#8217;est plus seulement une pratique commerciale. <em>Avad</em> avec Dieu &#8212; travailler comme acte de culte, en partenariat avec le Cr&#233;ateur &#8212; est l&#8217;une des r&#233;alit&#233;s les plus profondes disponibles pour nous en tant que Ses enfants.</p><p>Cela signifie que ta session de planification peut &#234;tre un acte de culte. Ta prise de d&#233;cision peut &#234;tre un acte de service. Ton entreprise peut &#234;tre une expression d&#8217;amour.</p><p>Dans Colossiens 3 :23-24, Paul saisit cette posture avec une simplicit&#233; saisissante :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Quoi que vous fassiez, faites-le de bon c&#339;ur, comme pour le Seigneur et non pour des hommes, sachant que vous recevrez du Seigneur l&#8217;h&#233;ritage pour r&#233;compense. Vous servez le Seigneur Christ. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Pas certaines de tes actions. <em>Tout</em> ce que tu fais. Y compris la strat&#233;gie.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie, pratiqu&#233;e de cette fa&#231;on, n&#8217;est pas seulement une comp&#233;tence efficace &#224; ajouter &#224; un CV. C&#8217;est une fa&#231;on d&#8217;<em>avad</em> avec Dieu et de r&#233;pondre &#224; Son appel ancestral pour l&#8217;humanit&#233; en tant que partenaires et ambassadeurs de J&#233;sus et du Royaume de Dieu, remplis de foi et anim&#233;s par l&#8217;amour.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Pourquoi la Strat&#233;gie Est Importante pour l&#8217;Amour</strong></h3><p>C&#8217;est crucial, et c&#8217;est souvent oubli&#233;.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie ne concerne pas principalement l&#8217;efficacit&#233;. Elle concerne un amour constant et durable &#8212; <strong>l&#8217;amour rendu durable</strong>.</p><p>Laisse-moi t&#8217;expliquer ce que j&#8217;entends par l&#224;.</p><p>Les bonnes intentions, &#224; elles seules, ne suffisent pas. L&#8217;histoire est remplie d&#8217;initiatives bien intentionn&#233;es qui ont brill&#233; fort puis s&#8217;sont &#233;puis&#233;es &#8212; blessant les personnes m&#234;mes qu&#8217;elles avaient cherch&#233; &#224; servir. Sans une strat&#233;gie sage et priante :</p><ul><li><p>Les bonnes intentions s&#8217;&#233;puisent</p></li><li><p>La vision reste floue</p></li><li><p>Des personnes sont bless&#233;es involontairement</p></li><li><p>Les ressources sont gaspill&#233;es</p></li></ul><p>Mais avec une strat&#233;gie sage et priante :</p><ul><li><p>Les personnes sont servies de fa&#231;on plus constante</p></li><li><p>Les syst&#232;mes prot&#232;gent les plus vuln&#233;rables</p></li><li><p>Le bon travail survit &#224; l&#8217;enthousiasme initial</p></li></ul><p>La strat&#233;gie aide l&#8217;amour &#224; durer. Cela compte pour les &#226;mes impact&#233;es par les d&#233;cisions strat&#233;giques prises, et cela compte pour Dieu.</p><p>Consid&#232;re le contraste : une entreprise exploitative traite la strat&#233;gie comme un outil d&#8217;extraction &#8212; maximisant ce qu&#8217;on peut tirer du march&#233;, des employ&#233;s, de l&#8217;environnement.</p><p>Une entreprise simplement &#233;thique utilise la strat&#233;gie pour bien faire les choses, jouer franc jeu, respecter les gens, s&#8217;am&#233;liorer.</p><p>Mais une entreprise r&#233;demptrice traite la strat&#233;gie comme une forme d&#8217;amour &#8212; concevant des syst&#232;mes, prenant des d&#233;cisions et allouant des ressources de mani&#232;re &#224; v&#233;ritablement b&#233;nir les gens et &#224; participer &#224; l&#8217;&#339;uvre de restauration de Dieu.</p><p>La diff&#233;rence n&#8217;est pas technique. C&#8217;est la posture de notre c&#339;ur et les motifs derri&#232;re ce que nous faisons.</p><p>Dans &#201;ph&#233;siens 2 :8-10, l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu met en lumi&#232;re cette v&#233;rit&#233; puissante &#224; travers la lettre de Paul &#224; l&#8217;&#233;glise d&#8217;&#201;ph&#232;se :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car c&#8217;est par la gr&#226;ce que vous &#234;tes sauv&#233;s, par le moyen de la foi. Et cela ne vient pas de vous, c&#8217;est le don de Dieu. Ce n&#8217;est point par les &#339;uvres, afin que personne ne se glorifie. Car nous sommes son ouvrage, ayant &#233;t&#233; cr&#233;&#233;s en J&#233;sus-Christ pour de bonnes &#339;uvres, que Dieu a pr&#233;par&#233;es d&#8217;avance, afin que nous les pratiquions. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui devrait motiver le b&#226;tisseur anim&#233; par la foi ?</p><p>C&#8217;est cette gr&#226;ce, ce salut par la foi en J&#233;sus, ce don de Dieu, cette identit&#233; ancr&#233;e dans l&#8217;amour de Dieu pour nous en tant qu&#8217;&#339;uvre intentionnelle de Ses mains, rachet&#233;s en et par J&#233;sus-Christ &#8212; c&#8217;est &#224; cause de cela que nous r&#233;pondons par l&#8217;action.</p><p>La gr&#226;ce et l&#8217;amour de Dieu nous poussent vers Lui, et c&#8217;est Dieu en nous, par Son Esprit, qui nous habilite &#224; accomplir les &#339;uvres bonnes et r&#233;demptices que Dieu a pr&#233;par&#233;es &#224; l&#8217;avance pour toi et pour moi.</p><p>Dans son livre <em>The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life</em>, Os Guinness l&#8217;exprime ainsi :</p><blockquote><p><em>&#171; Notre vocation premi&#232;re en tant que disciples du Christ est par lui, &#224; lui et pour lui. Avant tout, nous sommes appel&#233;s &#224; Quelqu&#8217;un (Dieu), et non &#224; quelque chose (comme la maternit&#233;, la politique ou l&#8217;enseignement) ou &#224; quelque part (comme le centre-ville ou la Mongolie ext&#233;rieure)&#8230; Nous ne sommes pas d&#8217;abord appel&#233;s &#224; faire quelque chose ou &#224; aller quelque part ; nous sommes appel&#233;s &#224; Quelqu&#8217;un. &#187;</em></p></blockquote><p>L&#8217;intentionnalit&#233; et la bienveillance aimante de Dieu sont sans &#233;gales.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie comme forme d&#8217;amour est rendue possible en construisant en partenariat avec l&#8217;Amour Lui-m&#234;me et conduit &#224; l&#8217;expression puissante de l&#8217;amour de Dieu dans nos plans, notre travail, notre service et notre culte.</p><p>Cette attitude n&#8217;impacte pas seulement les r&#233;sultats financiers, elle impacte la vie d&#8217;&#226;mes &#233;ternelles.</p><div><hr></div><p>Maintenant, consid&#233;rons</p><h3><strong>Les Trois Fa&#231;ons de Construire &#8212; et Pourquoi Ton Choix Compte</strong></h3><p>Toutes les strat&#233;gies ne se valent pas. Toutes les constructions ne sont pas identiques.</p><p>Praxis identifie trois postures fondamentalement diff&#233;rentes qui fa&#231;onnent la fa&#231;on dont toute organisation construit :</p><p>La <strong>voie exploitative</strong> fonctionne selon une logique simple : prendre tout ce qu&#8217;on peut. Gagner aux d&#233;pens des autres. Instrumentaliser la culture, utiliser les gens, vivre pour soi-m&#234;me. La strat&#233;gie ici est une arme.</p><p>La <strong>voie &#233;thique</strong> fonctionne de fa&#231;on plus &#233;quitable : bien faire les choses, viser des r&#233;sultats gagnant-gagnant, respecter les gens, s&#8217;am&#233;liorer. C&#8217;est mieux &#8212; mais &#231;a s&#8217;arr&#234;te quand m&#234;me en de&#231;&#224;. L&#8217;entreprise &#233;thique est bonne, mais elle n&#8217;est pas n&#233;cessairement r&#233;demptrice.</p><p>La <strong>voie r&#233;demptrice</strong> fonctionne selon une logique enti&#232;rement diff&#233;rente : la restauration cr&#233;ative &#224; travers le sacrifice. Je sacrifie, nous gagnons. Renouveler la culture. B&#233;nir les gens. Mourir &#224; soi-m&#234;me. La strat&#233;gie ici est une forme d&#8217;amour.</p><p>Ce ne sont pas que des cat&#233;gories philosophiques. Elles se manifestent dans les d&#233;cisions concr&#232;tes que tu prends. Comparons les trois fa&#231;ons de construire.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png" width="416" height="546.8878048780488" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1078,&quot;width&quot;:820,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:416,&quot;bytes&quot;:141456,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/208300478?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zKe7!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0e101534-a57f-46c1-a2de-29d8a1cfd00a_820x1078.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Au fil de ce livre, tu rencontreras ce contraste &#224; maintes reprises. Non pas pour juger o&#249; tu en es, mais pour clarifier o&#249; tu vas &#8212; et pour t&#8217;aider &#224; reconna&#238;tre la diff&#233;rence entre construire pour toi-m&#234;me, construire bien, et construire de fa&#231;on r&#233;demptrice avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>C&#8217;est la question qui sous-tend toute strat&#233;gie :</p><p><strong>Quel genre de b&#226;tisseur est-ce que je veux &#234;tre ?</strong> <strong>Quel genre de b&#226;tisseur suis-je en train de devenir ?</strong></p><p>Soit nous sommes sur une trajectoire qui nous m&#232;ne &#224; ressembler &#224; J&#233;sus, de plus en plus, soit nous nous dirigeons peu &#224; peu vers une ressemblance au monde, construisant en dehors de Dieu, et nous retrouvons plus perdus et tromp&#233;s que jamais.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que nous pouvons mieux voir &#224; quel point il est important que nous choisissions intentionnellement comment nous allons construire aujourd&#8217;hui, car nos choix d&#8217;aujourd&#8217;hui impactent radicalement qui nous deviendrons demain et au-del&#224;.</p><p>Ce pourrait &#234;tre un r&#233;veil pour certains, mais la bonne nouvelle demeure : toi et moi pouvons choisir de construire avec Dieu, et cela change tout.</p><div><hr></div><p>Consid&#233;rons encore une chose&#8230;</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;Expertise Strat&#233;gique Rachet&#233;e</strong></h3><p>La strat&#233;gie concerne la direction &#224; long terme, des choix significatifs et des compromis d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;s.</p><p>D&#8217;apr&#232;s ce que j&#8217;ai pu observer et d&#8217;apr&#232;s mon exp&#233;rience, cela semble &#234;tre l&#8217;insight essentiel au c&#339;ur de la fa&#231;on dont la strat&#233;gie d&#8217;entreprise est enseign&#233;e dans certains des programmes de troisi&#232;me cycle les plus reconnus au monde. D&#233;barrassez-vous des cadres et du jargon, et vous arrivez &#224; quelque chose de genuinement important :</p><p>La strat&#233;gie est la discipline consistant &#224; choisir o&#249; aller, pourquoi y aller, et comment utiliser ce dont on dispose pour y parvenir &#8212; de fa&#231;on constante, coh&#233;rente, dans le temps.</p><p>Les &#233;coles de commerce soulignent plusieurs &#233;l&#233;ments cl&#233;s d&#8217;une strat&#233;gie efficace :</p><ul><li><p><strong>L&#8217;analyse sectorielle</strong> aide &#224; comprendre l&#8217;environnement dans lequel on op&#232;re.</p></li><li><p><strong>L&#8217;avantage concurrentiel</strong> d&#233;crit ce qu&#8217;on fait de distinctif.</p></li><li><p><strong>La cha&#238;ne de valeur</strong> r&#233;v&#232;le comment chaque activit&#233; dans l&#8217;organisation sert ou nuit &#224; l&#8217;orientation.</p></li><li><p><strong>Les ressources et capacit&#233;s</strong> d&#233;terminent ce qui est r&#233;ellement disponible.</p></li><li><p><strong>Les compromis</strong> rappellent que dire oui &#224; un chemin signifie toujours dire non &#224; un autre.</p></li></ul><p>Ce sont des outils genuinement utiles. La clart&#233; compte. L&#8217;analyse honn&#234;te compte. Les choix coh&#233;rents comptent.</p><p>Mais voici o&#249; le prisme r&#233;dempteur change tout.</p><p>Dans l&#8217;enseignement conventionnel de la strat&#233;gie, le but de toute cette analyse est finalement de surpasser les concurrents et de maximiser la capture de valeur pour l&#8217;entreprise. La direction, les compromis et la coh&#233;rence servent tous cet objectif. Et cet objectif &#8212; gagner sur le march&#233; &#8212; est trait&#233; comme allant de soi.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice convient que la direction, les compromis et la coh&#233;rence comptent enorm&#233;ment. Mais elle pose aussi une question pr&#233;alable que la plupart des cours de strat&#233;gie ne soul&#232;vent jamais : <em>&#192; quoi sert cette strat&#233;gie ?</em></p><p>Et plus loin : <em>Quels desseins sert-elle ?</em></p><p>Lorsque la strat&#233;gie est soumise &#224; la seigneurie de Christ, la r&#233;ponse change. Tu n&#8217;optimises plus pour surpasser tes concurrents. Tu intendantes en vue de l&#8217;&#233;panouissement humain. Tu ne captes pas de valeur uniquement pour toi-m&#234;me &#8212; tu cr&#233;es de la valeur pour les autres, comme acte d&#8217;amour et de culte. La discipline de la pens&#233;e &#224; long terme, des compromis honn&#234;tes et des choix coh&#233;rents n&#8217;est pas abandonn&#233;e. Elle est rachet&#233;e &#8212; mise au service d&#8217;une mission bien plus grande que la domination du march&#233;.</p><p>Les outils restent. La direction change. Et avec elle, tout le reste.</p><p>En alignement avec le concept ancestral d&#8217;<em>avodah</em> mentionn&#233; pr&#233;c&#233;demment, notre Dieu d&#233;sire que notre strat&#233;gie soit &#233;labor&#233;e avec Lui. Elle devient alors&#8230;</p><h3><strong>Un Partenariat Saint, pas un Projet Solitaire</strong></h3><p>Le danger n&#8217;est pas la strat&#233;gie.</p><p>Le danger, c&#8217;est la strat&#233;gie en dehors de Dieu.</p><p>Les fondateurs et dirigeants anim&#233;s par la foi l&#8217;ont appris &#224; leurs d&#233;pens : quand la strat&#233;gie devient auto-centr&#233;e, l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233; augmente.</p><p>En revanche, quand la strat&#233;gie devient un partenariat priant, la paix demeure et abonde.</p><p>Voici &#224; quoi &#231;a ressemble concr&#232;tement.</p><p>Tu planifies quand m&#234;me. Tu analyses quand m&#234;me. Tu prends quand m&#234;me des d&#233;cisions et tu prends des risques.</p><p>Mais tu fais tout cela en relation avec Celui qui voit la fin depuis le commencement, qui conna&#238;t ton march&#233; mieux que ton meilleur consultant, et qui se soucie de tes clients bien plus que toi et moi ne pouvons l&#8217;imaginer.</p><p>Ce livre ne porte pas sur la ma&#238;trise de techniques. Il porte sur l&#8217;apprentissage de marcher avec Dieu pendant que nous pensons, planifions, d&#233;cidons et agissons.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Toi et Moi Avons &#201;t&#233; Faits pour Ce Genre de Travail</strong></h3><p>D&#232;s le commencement, l&#8217;humanit&#233; a &#233;t&#233; invit&#233;e dans un partenariat avec Dieu.</p><p>Dans Gen&#232;se 1 :28, Dieu dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Soyez f&#233;conds, multipliez, remplissez la terre, et l&#8217;assujettissez. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas de l&#8217;exploitation. C&#8217;est de la culture. C&#8217;est la premi&#232;re vocation &#8212; un appel &#224; <em>avad</em> aux c&#244;t&#233;s de Dieu dans le jardin de la cr&#233;ation, &#224; d&#233;velopper, &#224; intendanter et &#224; faire fleurir ce qu&#8217;Il avait fait.</p><p>Cet appel n&#8217;a jamais &#233;t&#233; r&#233;voqu&#233;. Il a &#233;t&#233; rachet&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;entrepreneuriat r&#233;dempteur, l&#8217;innovation, le leadership et la strat&#233;gie ne sont pas des inventions modernes. Ce sont des vocations ancestrales, maintenant restaur&#233;es en Christ, maintenant habilit&#233;es par l&#8217;Esprit, maintenant orient&#233;es vers un Royaume qui ne finira pas.</p><p>Toi et moi avons &#233;t&#233; faits pour ce genre de travail. Et nous n&#8217;avons jamais &#233;t&#233; cens&#233;s le faire seuls.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Un Exemple Concret &#8212; L&#8217;Avodah en Action : HOPE International</strong></h3><p>Peu d&#8217;organisations illustrent l&#8217;int&#233;gration de la strat&#233;gie et du culte plus clairement que HOPE International.</p><p>Fond&#233;e par Jeff Rutt, un constructeur de maisons de Pennsylvanie, HOPE a d&#233;marr&#233; quand Rutt a &#233;t&#233; confront&#233; aux ravages de l&#8217;Ukraine d&#8217;apr&#232;s-guerre dans les ann&#233;es 1990 et a pos&#233; une question simple mais strat&#233;gique : <em>Que n&#233;cessite une restauration durable ?</em> Pas seulement la charit&#233; &#8212; on avait essay&#233;. Pas seulement les bonnes intentions &#8212; elles &#233;taient d&#233;j&#224; abondantes. Ce qu&#8217;il fallait, c&#8217;&#233;tait quelque chose avec une direction, une coh&#233;rence et de la puissance.</p><p>La r&#233;ponse fut la microentreprise. HOPE International fournit des services d&#8217;&#233;pargne, de petits pr&#234;ts commerciaux et une formation entrepreneuriale aux entrepreneurs dans certaines des communaut&#233;s les plus vuln&#233;rables du monde &#8212; dans des endroits comme le Rwanda, la R&#233;publique D&#233;mocratique du Congo, Ha&#239;ti et l&#8217;Ukraine &#8212; tout cela ancr&#233; explicitement dans l&#8217;&#201;vangile et la dignit&#233; de chaque personne en tant qu&#8217;image-porteur de Dieu.</p><p>Ce qui rend HOPE distinctement r&#233;dempteur n&#8217;est pas seulement ce qu&#8217;ils font, mais pourquoi et comment ils le font. Leurs travailleurs de terrain ne se contentent pas de d&#233;bourser des pr&#234;ts. Ils rassemblent leurs clients dans des groupes d&#8217;&#233;pargne communautaires, ouvrent les r&#233;unions avec la lecture des &#201;critures et la pri&#232;re, et accompagnent les entrepreneurs en tant que personnes enti&#232;res &#8212; pas seulement comme des unit&#233;s &#233;conomiques &#224; optimiser.</p><p>Leur strat&#233;gie est coh&#233;rente, &#224; long terme, et fa&#231;onn&#233;e par une r&#233;ponse claire &#224; la question pr&#233;alable : <em>&#192; quoi est-ce que &#231;a sert ?</em> La r&#233;ponse n&#8217;est pas la part de march&#233;. C&#8217;est l&#8217;&#233;panouissement humain, pour la gloire de Dieu.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#8217;<em>avodah</em> rendu organisationnel. Travail, service et culte tiss&#233;s ensemble dans une strat&#233;gie qui restaure la dignit&#233;, brise les cycles de pauvret&#233; et pointe les gens vers le Dieu qui les a cr&#233;&#233;s.</p><p>Comme mentionn&#233; auparavant, Proverbes 16 :3 d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Recommande &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel tes &#339;uvres, et tes projets r&#233;ussiront. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>HOPE a confi&#233; les siens. Et &#224; travers des d&#233;cennies et des dizaines de nations, Dieu les a &#233;tablis.</p><p>Et toute la gloire en revient &#224; Dieu pour cela. De nombreuses vies et familles en ont &#233;t&#233; b&#233;nies.</p><div><hr></div><p>Avant d&#8217;aller plus loin, je veux clarifier</p><h3><strong>Ce que Ce Livre Est &#8212; et N&#8217;est Pas</strong></h3><p>Ce livre n&#8217;est <strong>pas</strong> :</p><ul><li><p>Une formule pour un succ&#232;s garanti</p></li><li><p>Un raccourci vers la croissance</p></li><li><p>Une version baptis&#233;e de la culture du travail acharn&#233;</p></li><li><p>Une liste de v&#233;rification pour le comportement chr&#233;tien en affaires</p></li></ul><p>Ce livre <strong>est</strong> :</p><ul><li><p>Un cadre pour la fid&#233;lit&#233;</p></li><li><p>Un guide pour le discernement priant</p></li><li><p>Une invitation &#224; <em>avad</em> &#8212; &#224; travailler et servir avec Dieu comme offrande de d&#233;votion et de culte &#224; Lui</p></li><li><p>Un compagnon pour les b&#226;tisseurs qui veulent marcher avec Dieu de la strat&#233;gie &#224; l&#8217;ex&#233;cution</p></li></ul><p>Chaque chapitre tiendra ensemble les insights commerciaux et la v&#233;rit&#233; biblique. Chaque chapitre posera non seulement la question <em>que dois-je faire ?</em> mais aussi <em>qui suis-je en train de devenir en le faisant ?</em></p><div><hr></div><p>En commen&#231;ant, voici</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;Invitation</strong></h3><p>Ralentis. Invite Dieu dans ta r&#233;flexion &#8212; pas seulement dans tes r&#233;sultats &#8212; fais attention &#224; Sa direction, et pr&#233;pare-toi &#224; r&#233;pondre, &#224; passer &#224; l&#8217;action dans la pri&#232;re et dans la foi comme si notre Dieu toujours pr&#233;sent et Guide est vraiment avec nous comme Il l&#8217;a promis.</p><p>La strat&#233;gie est importante parce que les personnes sont importantes. Et les personnes sont importantes parce que Dieu les aime.</p><p>Toi et moi ne sommes pas invit&#233;s &#224; construire seuls. Nous sommes invit&#233;s dans un partenariat &#8212; avec le Dieu qui nous a cr&#233;&#233;s, nous appelle par notre nom, et marche avec nous dans chaque salle de r&#233;union, chaque conversation et chaque d&#233;cision que nous aurons jamais &#224; prendre.</p><p>Faisons cela ensemble. Et il n&#8217;y a pas de meilleure fa&#231;on de commencer que de chercher Dieu d&#8217;abord.</p><h3><strong>Faisons une Pause &amp; Prions</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>Dieu notre P&#232;re, notre Sauveur et R&#233;dempteur,<br>Tu es merveilleux et intentionnel dans toutes Tes voies.</strong></p><p>Ta cr&#233;ativit&#233;, Ta sagesse et Ton art sont sans &#233;gaux.</p><p>Tu r&#232;gnes pour toujours, et tout ce que Tu fais est bon.</p><p>Merci de nous avoir invit&#233;s dans une relation avec Toi, et &#224; nous associer &#224; Toi dans Ton &#339;uvre de r&#233;demption. Quel honneur. Merci pour cette sainte opportunit&#233;.</p><p>Bon Berger plein de gr&#226;ce, apprends-nous &#224; penser avec sagesse, &#224; planifier dans la pri&#232;re et &#224; agir avec fid&#233;lit&#233;.</p><p>Garde-nous de la peur, de l&#8217;orgueil et de la pression incessante de se presser.</p><p>Aide-nous, Seigneur, &#224; intendanter ce que Tu nous as confi&#233; avec amour et humilit&#233;.</p><p>Alors que nous commen&#231;ons ce voyage ensemble, nous choisissons de marcher avec Toi &#8212; pas devant Toi, pas loin de Toi &#8212; et nous choisissons de faire confiance au fait que Tu seras fid&#232;le &#224; marcher avec nous et &#224; accomplir une restauration cr&#233;ative &#224; travers nous.</p><p>Aligne-nous avec Ta voie, Ta v&#233;rit&#233; et Ta vie, Seigneur J&#233;sus.</p><p>Que nos strat&#233;gies expriment vraiment Ton amour, Ton soin et Ton c&#339;ur &#224; servir.</p><p>Sois exalt&#233; en et &#224; travers nous, Seigneur notre Dieu.</p><p>Merci de nous entendre, P&#232;re fid&#232;le.</p><p>Que nous soyons trouv&#233;s fid&#232;les &#224; Tes yeux.</p><p>Nous Te remercions et prions au nom de J&#233;sus, Amen.</p></blockquote><p>All&#233;luia !</p><div><hr></div><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re qu&#8217;il est maintenant clair que la strat&#233;gie &#8212; bien comprise et bien pratiqu&#233;e &#8212; n&#8217;est pas seulement une discipline commerciale, mais une forme de partenariat avec Dieu.</p><p>Alors, et maintenant ? Peut-&#234;tre que tes prochaines &#233;tapes pour embrasser la strat&#233;gie avec Dieu sont claires.</p><p>M&#234;me ainsi, je veux partager</p><h3><strong>3 Fa&#231;ons de Mettre la Strat&#233;gie R&#233;demptrice en Pratique</strong></h3><p><strong>1. Identifie ta posture actuelle de construction.</strong> En examinant honn&#234;tement ton projet, ton entreprise ou ton r&#244;le actuel &#8212; laquelle des trois postures (exploitative, &#233;thique, r&#233;demptrice) d&#233;crit le mieux ta fa&#231;on d&#8217;op&#233;rer jusqu&#8217;&#224; pr&#233;sent ? Nomme-la sans condamnation. La clart&#233; est le premier pas vers le changement.</p><p><strong>2. Nomme un domaine o&#249; ta prise de d&#233;cision strat&#233;gique peut devenir un acte de culte.</strong> O&#249; Dieu t&#8217;invite-t-il &#224; <em>avad</em> &#8212; &#224; int&#233;grer ton travail, ton service et ton culte ? &#201;cris-le. Apporte-le &#224; Lui dans la pri&#232;re cette semaine.</p><p><strong>3. Invite Dieu dans ta planification.</strong> Avant ta prochaine session de strat&#233;gie, conversation de planification ou d&#233;cision cl&#233;, prends au moins cinq minutes pour prier d&#8217;abord &#8212; pas comme une formalit&#233;, mais comme un acte de d&#233;pendance. Demande &#224; Dieu ce qu&#8217;Il voit que tu pourrais ne pas voir.</p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Points &#224; Retenir</strong></h3><p><strong>La strat&#233;gie r&#233;demptrice n&#8217;est pas une discipline commerciale avec une couche spirituelle ajout&#233;e par-dessus. C&#8217;est une forme d&#8217;intendance fid&#232;le : une invitation &#224; </strong><em><strong>avad</strong></em><strong> avec Dieu, &#224; construire d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui refl&#232;te Son amour, sert Ses desseins et b&#233;nit les personnes pour lesquelles Il est mort. Les outils de la strat&#233;gie ne sont pas abandonn&#233;s. Ils sont rachet&#233;s, et mis au service d&#8217;une mission bien plus grande que la domination du march&#233;.</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Pourquoi est-ce que j&#8217;&#233;cris cette s&#233;rie sur l&#8217;Entrepreneuriat R&#233;dempteur ?</strong></h3><p>Parce que je crois que notre Dieu est en train de faire na&#238;tre quelque chose de puissant dans cette g&#233;n&#233;ration &#8212; une faim durable de vivre et de s&#8217;associer &#224; Dieu ici et maintenant dans Son &#339;uvre mondiale et locale d&#8217;apporter la r&#233;demption.</p><p>Parce qu&#8217;Il nous invite &#224; voir notre travail de la fa&#231;on dont Il le voit.</p><p>Parce que le Royaume de Dieu n&#8217;est pas confin&#233; aux matin&#233;es du dimanche &#224; l&#8217;&#233;glise &#8212; le Royaume de Dieu avance dans les familles, les salles de conseil, les caf&#233;s, les studios, les ateliers et les quartiers.</p><p>J&#8217;&#233;cris cette s&#233;rie parce que l&#8217;entrepreneuriat est un v&#233;hicule de disciple-ship.</p><p>Parce que nos nouvelles entreprises et notre travail quotidien peuvent et ont toujours &#233;t&#233; cens&#233;s &#234;tre des collaborations avec Christ.</p><p>Parce que J&#233;sus est Seigneur sur chaque centim&#232;tre carr&#233; de la cr&#233;ation.</p><p>Et parce que&#8230;</p><p>Le monde que Dieu aime g&#233;mit pour la r&#233;demption, et nous avons le privil&#232;ge de Le rejoindre dans Son &#339;uvre &#8212; entrepreneurs ou non.</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie est ma simple r&#233;ponse, mon &#171; oui &#187; &#224; l&#8217;invitation du Seigneur.</p><p>Ma pri&#232;re est que chaque billet et chaque &#233;pisode de podcast t&#8217;appelle plus profond&#233;ment vers une vie d&#8217;abandon, de courage, de cr&#233;ativit&#233; et de ressemblance &#224; Christ, l&#224; o&#249; tu construis et partout o&#249; Dieu te conduit.</p><div><hr></div><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re vraiment que tu es b&#233;ni par Dieu &#224; travers ce post-podcast.</p><p><strong>Laisse un commentaire.</strong> (J&#8217;adorerais savoir ce que tu en penses.) </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p><strong>Partage-le</strong> avec tes amis. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/strategy-as-a-form-of-love-why-strategy?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Abonne-toi</strong> si tu ne l&#8217;as pas encore fait.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> avec TANNER KLEIN</strong> est une publication soutenue par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux posts et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Il y a plus &#224; venir. Ce n&#8217;est que le d&#233;but.</p><p>R&#233;pondons par la foi.</p><p>Merci de me rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:118535,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/168563104?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Su_i!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9a9d0465-ed1d-4fd9-b6ac-0d84286e147d_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: "The Abundant Life Awaits" A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « La Vie Abondante T'Attend » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Embracing All That Comes with Jesus (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 12:22:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204633958/2465fa5e894c2c5248954c667955216a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><span>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/"><span>LIFE ON MISSION</span></a></strong><span> with Jesus!</span></p><p><span>Welcome to the final post in this Drawing Near series, </span>post number 8, part 7. It <span>follows our last post </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</span></a></strong><span> I want to thank  to all of you who shared our last post as more than 5,000 people have already downloaded the podcast. That blows my mind. Lord willing, many will be impacted by God through this series focused on cultivating intimacy with our Creator and King. Before our last post, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following">&#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</a></strong><span> was post number 6, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that"><span>&#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time,&#8221;</span></a></strong><span> post 5, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions"><span>&#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</span></a></strong><span>, post 4,</span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span> </span></a><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span>&#8220;Counting the Cost,</span></a><span>&#8221; </span></strong><span>post 3, </span><strong><span>&#8220;Seeking First,&#8221;</span></strong><span> post 2, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and"><span>&#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</span></a></strong><span>, and the series introduction. All of these podcasts are linked </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>below</span></a><span>.</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Seeking First</span></a><span>&#8221;</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost</span></a><span>&#8221;</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Abundant Life Awaits&#8221; </span></strong><span>(this post)</span></p></li></ul><p><span>As a reminder, </span><strong><span>Here&#8217;s The Heart Behind This Series</span></strong></p><p><span>We&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about </span><em><span>relationship</span></em><span>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised in John 10:10: </span><strong><span>&#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.&#8221;</span></strong></p><p><span>Throughout this seven-part journey, we are exploring some crucial questions:</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><span>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</span></strong></p></li></ul><p><span>Today, we continue with the seventh key question: </span><strong><span>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</span></strong><span> This is an exercise in loosening our grip on control and fear and relinquishing our claims to be the lords of our lives, so that we can receive Jesus as our Lord and King, as well as all the goodness and grace that come with Him.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><span>As mentioned earlier, in John 10:10, Jesus says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><em><span>&#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.&#8221;</span></em></h4></blockquote><p><span>In context, Jesus is referring to Himself as the Good Shepherd who loves and cares for His sheep in stark contrast to the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy the sheep.</span></p><p><span>We&#8217;ve now journeyed together through some searching questions: Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good? Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first? Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus? What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God? Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord? Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</span></p><p><span>Now we arrive at the culmination, the glorious reality that makes it all worthwhile:</span></p><h3><em><span>Our God is willing and ready to offer us real abundant life with Him.</span></em></h3><h3><em><span>The problem is that few want it.</span></em></h3><p><span>Let that sink in for a moment.</span></p><h3><span>God is </span><em><span>willing and ready</span></em><span>.</span></h3><p><span>Not reluctant. Not hesitant. Not waiting for you to get your act together first. He&#8217;s ready </span><em><span>right now</span></em><span> to offer you abundant life.</span></p><p><span>Real. Abundant. Life. Not a seemingly appealing imitation. Not a religious checklist. Not dry duty or empty ritual.</span></p><p><em><span>Real life with Him</span></em><span>&#8212;the kind of abundance that satisfies your deepest longings, fills your emptiest places, and brings purpose to your every breath.</span></p><p><span>Jesus came so that His disciples, so that His followers, so that you and me would have life and have it to the full.</span></p><p><span>Overflowing. Far more abundantly than all that we ask or think (see Ephesians 3:20).</span></p><p><span>God&#8217;s love for us is so great, so pervasive, so high, and long, and deep, and wide, that Apostle Paul prays on his knees before the Father on behalf of the people of God in Ephesus that they would have the strength to comprehend and truly know the height, depth, breadth, and length of God&#8217;s love.</span></p><p><span>According to the New Testament book of Ephesians 3:14-20, as Paul prayed for the Ephesian Body of Christ, so I pray for you who are listening to this podcast or reading this post,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>14 &#8220;&#8230;I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, [and pray] 16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith&#8212;that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.</span></strong></h4><h4><strong><span>20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Hallelujah! Thank You, God, in advance, for answering this prayer.</span></p><h3><em><span>So, if God is willing and ready to offer us real abundant life with Him, why do so few want it?</span></em></h3><p><span>Because, among other things, abundant life with Jesus comes with a condition:</span></p><h3><span>Our God is willing and ready to offer us real abundant life with Him, but few want it </span><em><span>if</span></em><span> it means that Jesus is the Lord of our hearts and lives.</span></h3><p><span>There it is. There&#8217;s the sticking point. The place where many turn back.</span></p><p><span>Many want God&#8217;s blessings without God as Boss. We want the gifts without the Giver having authority in our lives. We want abundant life on our terms, not His.</span></p><p><span>But it doesn&#8217;t work that way.</span></p><p><span>We mentioned Jesus&#8217; words in Matthew 6:24 in our last post. He says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;</span>No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.<span>&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>You and I cannot have Jesus as our Savior but not as our Lord. <br>We cannot receive His Kingdom while maintaining our own throne.</span></p><h3><span>The abundant life Jesus offers is </span><em><span>in Him</span></em><span>, not just </span><em><span>from Him</span></em><span>.</span></h3><p><span>That reality is worth repeating: The abundant life Jesus offers is </span><em><span>in Him</span></em><span>, not just </span><em><span>from Him</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>Abundant life is found in relationship with Him, in surrender to Him, in making Jesus the center of your entire existence.</span></p><p><span>And here&#8217;s what that requires:</span></p><h3><span>We must relinquish our claims to be lords over our own lives, masters of our own time, and masters of our own destinies.</span></h3><p><span>There can only be one master. God or anything else. Only one we can serve.</span></p><p><span>So, that means if we claim allegiance to Jesus, we get to relinquish our claim to the throne of our hearts and lives. That means you and I get to and choose to let go, surrender, release our grip&#8212;day after day.</span></p><p><span>And that is hard because we like control. We are human; we like calling the shots. We like being the masters of our own fate, the captains of our own souls&#8212;at least we like to imagine we hold control over our future.</span></p><p><span>But look where that&#8217;s gotten us:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>anxious,</span></p></li><li><p><span>exhausted,</span></p></li><li><p><span>empty,</span></p></li><li><p><span>searching for meaning in things that can&#8217;t truly satisfy,</span></p></li><li><p><span>building kingdoms that crumble,</span></p></li><li><p><span>chasing pleasures that fade,</span></p></li><li><p><span>wanting more and more and more, but never having enough.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>Jesus Himself says this in Matthew 16:26,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, to get everything they lust after, yet lose themselves completely in the process? Disillusioned, discontent, hard-hearted, lost.</span></p><p><span>You can have everything the world offers and still be empty.</span></p><p><span>Or you can have Jesus and have </span><em><span>everything that truly matters</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><span>But, considering the fact that our God and Creator is willing and ready to offer us real abundant life with Him, what if we </span><em><span>are </span></em><span>among the few who want this </span><em><span>even if </span></em><span>it means that Jesus is the Lord of our hearts and lives.</span></p><p><span>That leads us to a crucial question:</span></p><h3><em><span>Do you realize that in this exchange you receive Jesus and all that comes with him?</span></em></h3><p><span>When I say all, I mean ALL that comes with Him.</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s unpack this incredible reality.</span></p><p><strong><span>By making Jesus the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive:</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>His everlasting Kingdom.</span></strong></h3><p><span>You become a citizen of a Kingdom that will never end, never be overthrown, and never fade, ruled by the only truly perfect, just, and loving King who will reign forever&#8212;Jesus Christ (see Luke 1:33).</span></p><p><span>Hebrews 12:28 powerfully declares,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Holy, holy, holy is the Lord our Almighty God.</span></p><p><span>While earthly kingdoms rise and fall, you and I get to belong to an eternal kingdom, and to the sovereign One who sits on the throne.</span></p><p><strong><span>By making Jesus the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive:</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>Eternal life.</span></strong></h3><p><span>Not just endless existence, but </span><em><span>life</span></em><span>&#8212;real, full, rich life that begins now and lasts forever with the Source of all that is good Himself.</span></p><p><span>Jesus, the Son of God, says this in John 3:36,</span></p><blockquote><h3><strong><span>&#8220;Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.&#8221;</span></strong></h3></blockquote><p><span>Let&#8217;s not miss the Good News given in this truth shared by Jesus. God&#8217;s free gift of eternal life comes through faith in Jesus. All of us have sinned and fallen short of God&#8217;s set apart standard. None of us are perfect. That goes without saying.</span></p><p><span>The reality remains that all our selfish choices and rebellion against God&#8217;s beautiful design and desires for us were leading us toward God&#8217;s just judgement and wrath&#8212;God told us in advance that we will reap what we sow&#8212;but thanks be to God, Jesus took upon Himself all the weight, wrath, and penalty for all of our sins against God and one another, so that anyone who chooses to anchor his or her faith in Jesus may receive complete forgiveness from all our past sins, and embrace Jesus as both the Savior and the Lord of our lives.</span></p><p><span>Because of Jesus, by trusting in His sacrifice for us on the cross and believing He did exactly what He said He would do by rising from that rich man&#8217;s tomb after three days, we are made right in the eyes of our holy God. There needed to be payback for all our wrongs, and Jesus took our place and paid the debt we owed in full.</span></p><p><span>Hallelujah! Praise be to the one, true, living God. His grace is unmatched. His mercies, new every morning. His faithfulness, greater than we know. His love, unending and soul-satisfying.</span></p><p><span>And, as though that&#8217;s not enough&#8230;the end result of this trust in Jesus: eternal life, daily joy, purpose, and freedom from the sins that kept us in bondage&#8212;not only in heaven, but also after heaven meets earth in the new creation (see 2 Peter 3:13 and Revelation 21-22. Take a few moments or the rest of your days to consider the past, present, and coming goodness of God and His Kingdom that will come on earth as it is in heaven.)</span></p><p><span>Friends, if that Good News doesn&#8217;t blow your mind, maybe this next verse will.</span></p><p><span>In John 5:24, Jesus is recorded saying,</span></p><blockquote><h3><strong><span>&#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.&#8221;</span></strong></h3></blockquote><p><span>Pause and re-read that again.</span></p><p><span>Jesus says,</span></p><blockquote><h3><strong><span>&#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.&#8221;</span></strong></h3></blockquote><p><span>That is radical. That is awesome. That is truly life-giving truth. That Good News needs to be shared.</span></p><p><span>In John 17:3, Jesus says,</span></p><blockquote><h3><strong><span>&#8220;Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.&#8221;</span></strong></h3></blockquote><p><span>Eternal life is knowing our infinite God intimately, starting this very moment, and continuing day by day, for the length of our brief lives on earth and forevermore.</span></p><p><span>Believe it or not, we&#8217;re not even finished yet&#8230;</span></p><p><strong><span>By making Jesus the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive real, steady, inexpressible:</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>Joy.</span></strong></h3><p><span>We are NOT talking about happiness that depends on circumstances, but lasting</span><strong><span> </span></strong><span>JOY that runs deeper than any circumstance can touch.</span></p><p><span>Peter, a disciple of Jesus, speaks about this as it relates to Jesus. He puts it this way in his letter, recorded in 1 Peter 1:8,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Joy that&#8217;s inexpressible&#8212;too wonderful for words.</span></p><p><span>Have you wanted this set-apart joy? Have you been looking for this holy joy in other places?</span></p><p><span>Turn to the Source. Turn to Jesus and open your hands and heart. Get ready to receive, overflow, and pour out this glory-joy to the people around you who so desperately need it&#8212;and even more, who need the Source of this joy Himself.</span></p><p><strong><span>By making Jesus the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive:</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>Peace.</span></strong></h3><p><span>Consider Jesus&#8217; words on His gift of peace to us, recorded in John 14:27,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is peace that guards our hearts and minds in Christ (see Philippians 4:7).</span></p><p><span>This is heart-, soul-, mind-filling peace that doesn&#8217;t make sense when nothing else seems to make sense. Peace that the world can&#8217;t give and can&#8217;t take away.</span></p><p><strong><span>By making Jesus is the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive:</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>Eternal reward.</span></strong></h3><p><span>Everything you do in Jesus&#8217; name matters eternally.</span></p><p><span>In 1 Corinthians 15:58, Paul writes,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Colossians 3:23-24 says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>That is shockingly good news. Consider remembering that reality before you start your workday.</span></p><p><span>Your life counts. Your faithfulness matters. Your reward awaits.</span></p><p><strong><span>By making Jesus the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive:</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>Pleasures forevermore.</span></strong></h3><p><span>In Psalm 16:11, David writes this declaration about God,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;</span>You make known to me the path of life;<br>    in your presence there is fullness of joy;<br>    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>We&#8217;re not talking about fleeting pleasures that leave us empty, but true, eternal pleasures that satisfy completely&#8212;forever&#8212;found only with and from God, not apart from Him.</span></p><p><span>And best of all&#8230;</span><strong><span>by making Jesus the Lord of our hearts and lives, we receive:</span></strong></p><h2><em><strong><span>A real relationship with the one, true, living God.</span></strong></em></h2><p><span>Like a treasure hidden in a field, worth selling everything to obtain (see Matthew 13:44), or a pearl of great price highlighted in verses 45-46, nothing compares to a living relationship with the living God.</span></p><p><span>This is what makes every sacrifice worth it and every cost pale in comparison to knowing Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Paul seemed to get this. Look at what he writes in Philippians 3:7-8,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><em><span>Everything</span></em><span> is loss compared to knowing Jesus. Not some things. Not most things. </span><em><span>Everything.</span></em></p><p><span>When you see it clearly&#8212;when you truly grasp what you&#8217;re receiving&#8212;the exchange becomes obvious. It&#8217;s not even close.</span></p><p><span>You and I are trading:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Temporary for eternal</span></p></li><li><p><span>Emptiness for fullness</span></p></li><li><p><span>Bondage for freedom</span></p></li><li><p><span>Anxiety for peace</span></p></li><li><p><span>Unending striving for rest</span></p></li><li><p><span>Fear for love</span></p></li><li><p><span>Death for life</span></p></li><li><p><span>The kingdom of darkness for His everlasting Kingdom of light</span></p></li></ul><p><em><span>Who wouldn&#8217;t make that trade?</span></em></p><p><span>And yet, look around. Evidently, few want it.</span></p><p><em><span>Why?</span></em></p><p><span>Because many of us haven&#8217;t really counted the cost </span><em><span>and</span></em><span> the gain of following Jesus as our Lord.</span></p><p><span>Many have only looked at what we&#8217;re giving up, not what we are receiving through Jesus.</span></p><p><span>Others don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s real. They think Christianity is about rules and restrictions, not real intimacy with God and abundant life with Christ.</span></p><p><span>Others are too distracted to seriously consider this eternally significant exchange.</span></p><p><span>According to Scripture, others simply love their sin more than they love God, and so remain living in darkness. <br>   Such a sad way to live&#8212;in compromise, shame, and fear of judgement&#8212;disregarding all Jesus did so that we could be free through faith in Him.</span></p><p><span>We must also acknowledge that this is a spiritual battle. There&#8217;s no doubt about it. Read Ephesians 6. </span></p><p><span>Also, many have not even heard the Good News of Jesus. </span></p><p><span>Meanwhile, the deceiver and the enemy of those who trust in Jesus is actively working to keep hearts hardened and eyes blinded.</span></p><p><span>There is a veil over the eyes and hearts of many, keeping them blinded from receiving the truth about Jesus and responding in faith. But, in </span>2 Corinthians 3:16, it says that</p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;When one turns to the Lord, the </span>veil<span> is removed.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>So, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, the invitation stands:</span></p><h3><em><span>Do you want to taste and see that God is good every day?</span></em></h3><p><span>Yes?</span></p><p><span>Then come and see for yourself.<br>Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.<br>Make space for your Maker.<br>Cut off distractions. <br>Take time to abide in His presence, unrushed and undistracted.<br>Listen closely.<br>Follow intently and immediately.</span></p><h3><em><span>Are you willing to let Jesus Christ be your Savior and your Lord&#8212;the Lord of your life today and every day?</span></em></h3><p><span>Yes?</span></p><p><span>Then surrender. <br>Relinquish control. <br>Submit to Jesus&#8217; leadership. <br>Trust His goodness.</span></p><h3><em><span>Do you realize how ready and willing God is to meet with you?</span></em></h3><p><span>Consider Revelation 3:20, where the Lord says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>Consider that your set apart invitation to welcome Jesus into your room, your home, your work, and your rest&#8212;welcome Him into your heart, mind, and life.</span></p><p><span>He is standing at the door and knocking.</span></p><p><span>He&#8217;s not breaking the door down. He&#8217;s not forcing His way in. He&#8217;s patiently knocking. Waiting. Ready to come in and share a meal with you.</span></p><p><span>This is intimate fellowship, a shared table, cultivating a real relationship. <br>This is what our Creator is offering you and me.</span></p><p><span>The door is your heart and only you can open it to welcome Jesus in. When you do, He comes in&#8212;not as a guest, but as Lord. Not to take over your life, but to </span><em><span>save</span></em><span> your life.</span></p><p><span>See John 3:16-17, where Jesus says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>Jesus even went on to say this in John 14:23,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.</strong></h4></blockquote><p>What an promise. What an invitation. How kind and good is our Lord, God, and Father?</p><p><span>So here we are, friends, at the end of this journey and the beginning of another.</span></p><p><span>The abundant life Jesus came to offer is not a distant dream. It&#8217;s a present reality available to all who will receive it on God&#8217;s terms.</span></p><p><span>This is not complicated.</span></p><p><span>We surrender control. <br>We admit we&#8217;ve sinned and need forgiveness.<br>We acknowledge our need for salvation and,<br>We trust Jesus to be both our Savior and the Lord of our life.</span></p><p><span>Through Him, we gain access to forgiveness, freedom, and the life-giving gift of the Spirit of God to help us and transform our inner being to embrace Jesus as Lord, including His way, truth, and life, more and more, day after day.</span></p><h3><em><span>In this exchange we receive Jesus and all that comes with him including: His everlasting Kingdom, eternal life, joy, peace, eternal rewards, and pleasures forevermore.</span></em></h3><p><span>This isn&#8217;t too good to be true. This is the Gospel&#8212;the good news that&#8217;s better than we ever imagined.</span></p><p><span>But this Good News isn&#8217;t just nice to hear, it requires a response.</span></p><p><span>Not just intellectual agreement. <br>Not just emotional sentiment. <br>But an actual decision and daily follow-through.</span></p><p><span>Consider the Exodus journey. Just before the people of Israel entered the Promised Land that God had prepared for them, Joshua spoke up and declared this powerful call to action&#8212;a call to choose who you will serve. Joshua speaks to the people who had experienced slavery in Egypt and were ready to enter the Promised Land, occupied by the Canaanites and Amorites at that time. As recorded in Joshua 24:14-15, Joshua proclaims:</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p>There&#8217;s the word, avodah. As for me and my house, we avad the Lord. That is, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord, we will partner in working with the Lord, and we will give the Lord our worship and total devotion&#8212;our attention and affection. </p><p><span>Choose this day whom </span><em><span>you</span></em><span> will serve.</span></p><p><span>That is the question for you and me, every single day.</span></p><h4><span>- Will you draw near to the God who is already drawing near to you?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you taste and see that He is good?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you seek first His Kingdom and righteousness?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you count the cost of following Jesus and recognize the gain far exceeds the loss?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you cut off distractions and make room for what matters most?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you take time to build real intimacy with the living God?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you listen to and follow the voice of your Good Shepherd?<br></span></h4><h4><span>- Will you relinquish control and lordship over your own life to Jesus Christ, and receive abundant, eternal life with Him in exchange?<br></span></h4><p><span>I can&#8217;t answer these questions for you. You and I must choose how we will respond.</span></p><p><span>The abundant life awaits.</span></p><p><span>God is willing and ready.</span></p><p><span>The question now is simple:</span></p><h3><em><span>Are you?</span></em></h3><p><strong><span>Consider these</span></strong></p><h3><strong><span>Reflection Questions:</span></strong></h3><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Having journeyed through this series, how is God specifically asking you to respond?</span></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Do you believe the abundant life Jesus offers is real and available to you right now?</span></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>What&#8217;s keeping you from fully surrendering to Jesus as Lord today?</span></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>What&#8217;s your next step in drawing near to God and growing in intimacy with Him?</span></strong></em></p></li></ul><p>Friends, I encourage you to take at least a few minutes to be still in God&#8217;s presence&#8230;no need to rush. Before we pray together, feel free to pause, even now. Whether you bring any of the reflection questions before the Lord in prayer or simply want to marvel before His holy goodness, enjoy some quality time with the Lord our God.  </p><h3><strong><span>Let&#8217;s Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>Father in heaven,</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Everlasting One, <br>King of kings, and <br>Lord of lords.</span></strong></p><p><span>Thank You for this journey we&#8217;re on, growing in intimacy with You.</span></p><p><span>You are the Good Shepherd. You guide us into peace, You care for our needs, You restore us and bring rest to our souls.</span></p><p><span>Thank You, Lord.</span></p><p><span>I know You have been speaking.</span></p><p><span>I&#8217;ve heard Your voice throughout this journey and I want to know Your voice, to listen closely, and respond with faith.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for showing us more of what true intimacy with You requires and what it offers&#8212;what it costs and what we gain with You, Lord.</span></p><p><span>Father, we confess for holding back out of fear, for wanting You on our own terms, for seeking control instead of trusting You to be the sovereign and good God that You are.</span></p><p><span>For too long I have sought to keep control. But no more.</span></p><p><span>I open my hands and loosen my grip. <br>   I lay down control and fear.</span></p><p><span>Today, I choose You.</span></p><p><span>And by the power of Your Spirit living in me, I will choose You tomorrow too.</span></p><p><span>I choose abundant life with You, Lord Jesus.</span></p><p><span>I surrender my claims to be lord over my own life.</span></p><p><span>I receive You, Jesus Christ, as both my Savior and my Lord.</span></p><p><span>I know You are standing at the door, knocking, and I&#8217;m fetting up and opening the door.</span></p><p><span>Come in, Lord.</span></p><p><span>Take Your rightful place.</span></p><p><span>Be enthroned in my heart.</span></p><p><span>Be at the center of my thought-life.</span></p><p><span>I want to know You, Lord, truly and deeply.</span></p><p><span>I want to taste and see Your goodness every day, today, even now.</span></p><p><span>I&#8217;m drawing near, trusting You to meet me here.</span></p><p><span>God our Redeemer, transform me.</span></p><p><span>Fill me with Your Spirit.</span></p><p><span>Lead me in Your way, Your truth, and Your life.</span></p><p><span>I&#8217;m Yours, completely and forever.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for filling my heart with Your love, Lord.</span></p><p><strong><span>I pledge my allegiance to You, God, and pray in Jesus&#8217; mighty name,</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p><span>Hallelujah! Thank You, Father. Go God go!<br></span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>I also hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God.<br> You can click the <strong>Share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>You can set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p><strong><span>Friends, we&#8217;ve reached the Series Conclusion.</span></strong></p><p><span>Thank you for journeying through this &#8220;Drawing Near&#8221; series with me. My prayer is that you&#8217;ve not just gained information, but encountered the living God in a refreshing way.</span></p><p><span>Remember: Intimacy with God isn&#8217;t a destination you arrive at; it&#8217;s a relationship you cultivate daily. So, keep drawing near. Keep seeking first. Keep listening to the Good Shepherd&#8217;s voice. Keep cutting off distractions. Keep taking time to be with Jesus and remain in His love.</span></p><p><span>And as you do, you&#8217;ll discover what countless saints before you have discovered: There is nothing&#8212;absolutely nothing&#8212;more satisfying, more joy-filled, more peace-giving, more life-transforming than knowing God intimately through Jesus Christ.</span></p><p><span>The abundant life is yours thanks to Jesus. Receive it by faith. Live it out with Immanuel. Share it freely with others.</span></p><p><span>May God bless you with grace and peace as you walk this journey with Jesus, in community with others, empowered not by your own strength or willpower, but by the Holy Spirit who is more committed to shaping us into the likeness of Jesus than we can possibly know.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><span>As a reminder, in this series, we explored several crucial questions. Each of the podcast-posts in this series addresses one of those crucial questions and all eight are linked here, so you can dive deeper into cultivating richer intimacy with God. By all means, enjoy exploring and sharing any and all of these crucial questions from the series introduction &#8212; </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</span></a></strong><span> &#8212; all the way through to this post, Part 7, </span><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him? </strong></p><ul><li><p><strong><span>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good? - </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first? - </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Seeking First</span></a><span>&#8221;</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus? - </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost</span></a><span>&#8221;</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God? - </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord? - </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd? - </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him? - </span></strong><span>(This post your reading now)</span></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p><span>And with that, we have come to the close of this podcast-post. Thanks for joining us on this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers.</span></p><p><span>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you in our next post coming next week.</span></p><p><span>Until then, thanks for joining us in this </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/"><span>LIFE ON MISSION</span></a></strong><span> with Jesus!</span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</span></p><p><em><strong><span>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</span></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; La Vie Abondante T&#8217;Attend &#187; <br></strong>Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU  </h1><h2><em>Embrasser Tout Ce Qui Vient avec J&#233;sus</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Bonjour amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Bienvenue dans le billet num&#233;ro 8, la partie 7 de cette s&#233;rie <em>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu</em>, &#224; la suite de notre dernier billet <strong>S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Qui Suis-Tu ? &#187;</strong> Il faisait suite &#224; notre 6e billet, <strong>&#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187;</strong>, au billet 5, <strong>&#171; Couper les Distractions &#187;</strong>, au billet 4, <strong>&#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187;</strong>, au billet 3, <strong>&#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;</strong>, au billet 2, <strong>&#171; As-tu GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</strong>, et &#224; l&#8217;introduction de la s&#233;rie. Tous ces podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COUPER les DISTRACTIONS &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Qui Suis-Tu ?</a></strong></p></li></ul><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Le C&#339;ur de Cette S&#233;rie &#8212; Un rappel</strong></p><p>Nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir dans l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire davantage d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles &#8212; il s&#8217;agit de relation. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde et transformatrice avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui entrave notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des voies pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise en Jean 10 :10 : <em>&#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance. &#187;</em></p><p>Tout au long de ce voyage en sept parties, nous explorons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p>As-tu vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</p></li><li><p>Cherches-tu d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ?</p></li><li><p>As-tu compt&#233; le co&#251;t &#8212; et le gain &#8212; de suivre J&#233;sus ?</p></li><li><p>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que tu puisses te cramponner &#224; Dieu ?</p></li><li><p>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec le Seigneur ?</p></li><li><p>Connais-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ?</p></li><li><p>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous poursuivons avec la septi&#232;me question cl&#233; : <strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong> C&#8217;est un exercice qui consiste &#224; desserrer notre emprise sur le contr&#244;le et la peur, et &#224; renoncer &#224; nos pr&#233;tentions d&#8217;&#234;tre les seigneurs de nos propres vies, afin de pouvoir recevoir J&#233;sus comme notre Seigneur et notre Roi, ainsi que toute la bont&#233; et la gr&#226;ce qui viennent avec Lui.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>En Jean 10 :10, J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Dans ce contexte, J&#233;sus se d&#233;signe lui-m&#234;me comme le bon Berger qui aime et prend soin de ses brebis, en contraste frappant avec le voleur qui vient pour voler, tuer et d&#233;truire les brebis.</p><p>Nous avons maintenant voyag&#233; ensemble &#224; travers des questions profondes : As-tu vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ? Cherches-tu d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ? As-tu compt&#233; le co&#251;t &#8212; et le gain &#8212; de suivre J&#233;sus ? Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que tu puisses te cramponner &#224; Dieu ? Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec le Seigneur ? Connais-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ?</p><p>Nous arrivons maintenant au point culminant, &#224; la r&#233;alit&#233; glorieuse qui rend tout cela en vaut la peine :</p><h3><strong>Notre Dieu est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous offrir une vraie vie abondante avec Lui.</strong></h3><h3>Le probl&#232;me, c&#8217;est que peu de gens la veulent.</h3><p>Laisse cela s&#8217;impr&#233;gner en toi un moment.</p><h3>Dieu est <em>pr&#234;t</em> et <em>dispos&#233;</em>.</h3><p>Pas &#224; contrec&#339;ur. Pas avec h&#233;sitation. Pas en attendant que tu aies d&#8217;abord mis de l&#8217;ordre dans ta vie. Il est pr&#234;t d&#232;s maintenant &#224; t&#8217;offrir la vie abondante.</p><p>R&#233;elle. Abondante. La vie. Pas une imitation s&#233;duisante en apparence. Pas une liste de contr&#244;le religieuse. Pas un devoir aride ou un rituel vide.</p><p>La vraie vie avec Lui &#8212; le genre d&#8217;abondance qui satisfait tes aspirations les plus profondes, qui comble tes endroits les plus vides, et qui donne un sens &#224; chacun de tes souffles.</p><p>J&#233;sus est venu pour que ses disciples, pour que ceux qui Le suivent, pour que toi et moi ayons la vie et la vivions pleinement.</p><p>Pleinement. De fa&#231;on d&#233;bordante. Infiniment au-del&#224; de tout ce que nous demandons ou pensons (voir &#201;ph&#233;siens 3 :20).</p><p>L&#8217;amour de Dieu pour nous est si grand, si profond, si haut, si long, si large, que l&#8217;ap&#244;tre Paul s&#8217;agenouille devant le P&#232;re et prie pour le peuple de Dieu &#224; &#201;ph&#232;se, afin qu&#8217;il ait la force de saisir et de vraiment conna&#238;tre la hauteur, la profondeur, la largeur et la longueur de l&#8217;amour de Dieu.</p><p>Selon le livre du Nouveau Testament &#201;ph&#233;siens 3 :14-20, comme Paul priait pour le Corps du Christ &#224; &#201;ph&#232;se, je prie ainsi pour toi qui &#233;coutes ce podcast ou lis ce billet :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; &#8230;je fl&#233;chis les genoux devant le P&#232;re, duquel tire son nom toute famille dans les cieux et sur la terre, afin qu&#8217;il vous donne, selon la richesse de sa gloire, d&#8217;&#234;tre puissamment fortifi&#233;s par son Esprit dans l&#8217;homme int&#233;rieur, en sorte que Christ habite dans vos c&#339;urs par la foi ; afin qu&#8217;&#233;tant enracin&#233;s et fond&#233;s dans l&#8217;amour, vous puissiez comprendre avec tous les saints quelle est la largeur, la longueur, la profondeur et la hauteur, et conna&#238;tre l&#8217;amour du Christ, qui surpasse toute connaissance, en sorte que vous soyez remplis jusqu&#8217;&#224; toute la pl&#233;nitude de Dieu. Or, &#224; celui qui peut faire, par la puissance qui agit en nous, infiniment au-del&#224; de tout ce que nous demandons ou pensons, &#224; lui soit la gloire dans l&#8217;&#201;glise et en J&#233;sus-Christ, dans toutes les g&#233;n&#233;rations, aux si&#232;cles des si&#232;cles ! Amen. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>All&#233;luia ! Merci, Dieu, &#224; l&#8217;avance, pour avoir r&#233;pondu &#224; cette pri&#232;re.</p><h3><em>Alors, si Dieu est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous offrir une vraie vie abondante avec Lui, pourquoi si peu de gens la veulent-ils ?</em></h3><p>Parce que la vie abondante avec J&#233;sus vient avec une condition :</p><h3>Notre Dieu est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous offrir une vraie vie abondante avec Lui, mais peu la veulent si cela signifie que J&#233;sus est le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies.</h3><p>Voil&#224;. C&#8217;est l&#224; que &#231;a coince. Le point o&#249; beaucoup font demi-tour.</p><p>Beaucoup veulent les b&#233;n&#233;dictions de Dieu sans avoir Dieu comme Ma&#238;tre. Nous voulons les dons sans que le Donateur ait autorit&#233; sur nos vies. Nous voulons la vie abondante selon nos conditions, pas les siennes.</p><p>Mais &#231;a ne fonctionne pas comme &#231;a.</p><p>Nous avons mentionn&#233; les paroles de J&#233;sus en Matthieu 6 :24 dans notre dernier billet. Il dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Nul ne peut servir deux ma&#238;tres. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Toi et moi ne pouvons pas avoir J&#233;sus comme Sauveur sans qu&#8217;Il soit aussi notre Seigneur. Nous ne pouvons pas recevoir Son Royaume tout en maintenant notre propre tr&#244;ne.</p><h3>La vie abondante que J&#233;sus offre est <em>en</em> Lui, pas seulement <em>de</em> Lui.</h3><p>Cette r&#233;alit&#233; m&#233;rite d&#8217;&#234;tre r&#233;p&#233;t&#233;e : <strong>La vie abondante que J&#233;sus offre est en Lui, pas seulement de Lui.</strong></p><p>La vie abondante se trouve dans la relation avec Lui, dans l&#8217;abandon &#224; Lui, dans le fait de Le placer au centre et &#224; la circonf&#233;rence de toute ton existence.</p><p>Et voici ce que cela requiert :</p><h3>Nous devons renoncer &#224; nos pr&#233;tentions d&#8217;&#234;tre les seigneurs de nos propres vies, les ma&#238;tres de notre propre temps et les ma&#238;tres de notre propre destin.</h3><p>Il ne peut y avoir qu&#8217;un seul ma&#238;tre. Dieu ou n&#8217;importe quoi d&#8217;autre. Un seul que nous pouvons servir.</p><p>Donc, si nous proclamons notre all&#233;geance &#224; J&#233;sus, nous avons la possibilit&#233; de renoncer &#224; notre revendication sur le tr&#244;ne de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies. Cela signifie que toi et moi avons le choix de l&#226;cher prise, de nous abandonner, de desserrer notre emprise &#8212; jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><p>Et c&#8217;est difficile parce que nous aimons le contr&#244;le. Nous sommes humains ; nous aimons prendre les d&#233;cisions. Nous aimons &#234;tre les ma&#238;tres de notre propre destin, les capitaines de nos propres &#226;mes &#8212; du moins nous aimons imaginer que nous contr&#244;lons notre avenir.</p><p>Mais regarde o&#249; cela nous a men&#233;s :</p><ul><li><p>anxieux,</p></li><li><p>&#233;puis&#233;s,</p></li><li><p>vides,</p></li><li><p>cherchant du sens dans des choses qui ne peuvent pas satisfaire,</p></li><li><p>construisant des royaumes qui s&#8217;effondrent,</p></li><li><p>courant apr&#232;s des plaisirs qui s&#8217;&#233;vanouissent,</p></li><li><p>voulant toujours plus et encore plus, mais n&#8217;en ayant jamais assez.</p></li></ul><p>J&#233;sus lui-m&#234;me dit ceci en Matthieu 16 :26 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et que sert-il &#224; un homme de gagner tout le monde, s&#8217;il perd son &#226;me ? Ou que donnera un homme en &#233;change de son &#226;me ? &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#192; quoi cela servira-t-il &#224; quelqu&#8217;un de gagner le monde entier, d&#8217;obtenir tout ce qu&#8217;il convoite, pour finalement se perdre compl&#232;tement dans le processus ? D&#233;sabus&#233;, m&#233;content, le c&#339;ur endurci, perdu.</p><p>Tu peux avoir tout ce que le monde offre et rester vide.</p><p>Ou tu peux avoir J&#233;sus et avoir tout ce qui compte vraiment.</p><p>Mais, compte tenu du fait que notre Dieu et Cr&#233;ateur est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous offrir une vraie vie abondante avec Lui, que se passe-t-il si nous sommes parmi les quelques-uns qui la veulent, m&#234;me si cela signifie que J&#233;sus est le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies ?</p><p>Cela nous am&#232;ne &#224; une question cruciale :</p><h3><em>R&#233;alises-tu que dans cet &#233;change tu re&#231;ois J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</em></h3><p>Quand je dis tout, je veux dire TOUT ce qui vient avec Lui.</p><p>D&#233;ballons ensemble cette r&#233;alit&#233; incroyable.</p><p><strong>En faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons :</strong></p><h3><strong>Son Royaume &#233;ternel.</strong></h3><p>Tu deviens citoyen d&#8217;un Royaume qui ne finira jamais, ne sera jamais renvers&#233; et ne s&#8217;effacera jamais, gouvern&#233; par le seul Roi vraiment parfait, juste et aimant qui r&#233;gnera pour toujours &#8212; J&#233;sus-Christ (voir Luc 1 :33).</p><p>H&#233;breux 12 :28 proclame avec puissance :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; C&#8217;est pourquoi, puisque nous recevons un royaume in&#233;branlable, ayons de la reconnaissance, et par elle servons Dieu d&#8217;une mani&#232;re agr&#233;able, avec pi&#233;t&#233; et crainte. Car notre Dieu est un feu consumant. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Saint, saint, saint est le Seigneur notre Dieu Tout-Puissant.</p><p>Tandis que les royaumes terrestres s&#8217;&#233;l&#232;vent et s&#8217;effondrent, toi et moi avons le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;appartenir &#224; un royaume &#233;ternel, et au Souverain qui si&#232;ge sur le tr&#244;ne.</p><p>En faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons :</p><h3><strong>La vie &#233;ternelle.</strong></h3><p>Pas seulement une existence sans fin, mais la vie &#8212; une vie r&#233;elle, pleine, riche qui commence maintenant et dure pour toujours avec la Source de tout ce qui est bon.</p><p>J&#233;sus, le Fils de Dieu, dit ceci en Jean 3 :36 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Celui qui croit au Fils a la vie &#233;ternelle ; celui qui ne croit pas au Fils ne verra pas la vie, mais la col&#232;re de Dieu demeure sur lui. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ne passons pas &#224; c&#244;t&#233; de la Bonne Nouvelle donn&#233;e dans cette v&#233;rit&#233; partag&#233;e par J&#233;sus. Le don gratuit de la vie &#233;ternelle de Dieu vient par la foi en J&#233;sus. Nous avons tous p&#233;ch&#233; et sommes indignes de la gloire de Dieu. Aucun d&#8217;entre nous n&#8217;est parfait. Cela va sans dire.</p><p>La r&#233;alit&#233; demeure que tous nos choix &#233;go&#239;stes et notre r&#233;bellion contre le beau dessein et les d&#233;sirs de Dieu pour nous nous conduisaient vers le juste jugement et la col&#232;re de Dieu &#8212; Dieu nous avait pr&#233;venu &#224; l&#8217;avance que nous r&#233;colterions ce que nous semons &#8212; mais gr&#226;ce &#224; Dieu, J&#233;sus a pris sur Lui tout le poids, la col&#232;re et la peine de tous nos p&#233;ch&#233;s contre Dieu et les uns contre les autres, afin que quiconque choisit d&#8217;ancrer sa foi en J&#233;sus puisse recevoir le pardon complet de tous ses p&#233;ch&#233;s pass&#233;s, et embrasser J&#233;sus &#224; la fois comme Sauveur et comme Seigneur de sa vie.</p><p>&#192; cause de J&#233;sus, en faisant confiance &#224; Son sacrifice pour nous sur la croix et en croyant qu&#8217;Il a fait exactement ce qu&#8217;Il avait dit faire en ressuscitant de ce tombeau d&#8217;un homme riche, nous sommes justifi&#233;s aux yeux de notre Dieu saint. Il fallait que tous nos torts soient pay&#233;s, et J&#233;sus a pris notre place et a pay&#233; int&#233;gralement la dette que nous devions.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Louange au seul vrai Dieu vivant. Sa gr&#226;ce est sans &#233;gale. Ses mis&#233;ricordes, nouvelles chaque matin. Sa fid&#233;lit&#233;, plus grande que nous ne le savons. Son amour, sans fin et qui satisfait l&#8217;&#226;me.</p><p>Et, comme si cela ne suffisait pas&#8230; le r&#233;sultat final de cette confiance en J&#233;sus : la vie &#233;ternelle, la joie quotidienne, le but, et la libert&#233; des p&#233;ch&#233;s qui nous maintenaient en esclavage &#8212; non seulement au ciel, mais aussi apr&#232;s que le ciel aura rejoint la terre dans la nouvelle cr&#233;ation (voir 2 Pierre 3 :13 et Apocalypse 21-22. Prends quelques moments ou le reste de tes jours pour contempler la bont&#233; pass&#233;e, pr&#233;sente et &#224; venir de Dieu et de Son Royaume qui viendra sur la terre comme au ciel.)</p><p>Amis, si cette Bonne Nouvelle ne te renverse pas, peut-&#234;tre que ce prochain verset le fera.</p><p>En Jean 5 :24, J&#233;sus est rapport&#233; disant :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; En v&#233;rit&#233;, en v&#233;rit&#233;, je vous le dis, celui qui entend ma parole, et qui croit &#224; celui qui m&#8217;a envoy&#233;, a la vie &#233;ternelle et ne vient pas en jugement, mais il est pass&#233; de la mort &#224; la vie. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Pause. Relis cela &#224; nouveau.</p><p>J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#171; En v&#233;rit&#233;, en v&#233;rit&#233;, je vous le dis, celui qui entend ma parole, et qui croit &#224; celui qui m&#8217;a envoy&#233;, a la vie &#233;ternelle et ne vient pas en jugement, mais il est pass&#233; de la mort &#224; la vie. &#187;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est radical. C&#8217;est merveilleux. C&#8217;est une v&#233;rit&#233; vraiment porteuse de vie. Cette Bonne Nouvelle doit &#234;tre partag&#233;e.</p><p>En Jean 17 :3, J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#171; Or, la vie &#233;ternelle, c&#8217;est qu&#8217;ils te connaissent, toi, le seul vrai Dieu, et celui que tu as envoy&#233;, J&#233;sus-Christ. &#187;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>La vie &#233;ternelle, c&#8217;est conna&#238;tre notre Dieu infini intimement, &#224; partir de ce moment m&#234;me, et continuer jour apr&#232;s jour, pour la dur&#233;e de nos br&#232;ves vies sur terre et pour toujours.</p><p>Tu ne le crois peut-&#234;tre pas, mais nous n&#8217;avons pas encore fini&#8230;</p><p><strong>En faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons une vraie, profonde et indicible :</strong></p><h3><strong>Joie.</strong></h3><p>Nous ne parlons pas du bonheur qui d&#233;pend des circonstances, mais d&#8217;une JOIE durable qui court plus profond qu&#8217;aucune circonstance ne peut l&#8217;atteindre.</p><p>Pierre, un disciple de J&#233;sus, l&#8217;exprime ainsi dans sa lettre, 1 Pierre 1 :8 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Sans l&#8217;avoir vu, vous l&#8217;aimez ; sans le voir encore, mais en croyant en lui, vous vous r&#233;jouissez d&#8217;une joie indicible et glorieuse. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Une joie indicible &#8212; trop merveilleuse pour les mots.</p><p>As-tu d&#233;sir&#233; cette joie &#224; part enti&#232;re ? As-tu cherch&#233; cette sainte joie ailleurs ?</p><p>Tourne-toi vers la Source. Tourne-toi vers J&#233;sus et ouvre tes mains et ton c&#339;ur. Pr&#233;pare-toi &#224; recevoir, &#224; d&#233;border et &#224; r&#233;pandre cette joie-gloire sur les personnes autour de toi qui en ont si d&#233;sesp&#233;r&#233;ment besoin &#8212; et encore davantage, qui ont besoin de la Source de cette joie elle-m&#234;me.</p><p><strong>En faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons :</strong></p><h3><strong>La paix.</strong></h3><p>Consid&#232;re les paroles de J&#233;sus sur Son don de paix pour nous, rapport&#233;es en Jean 14 :27 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je vous laisse la paix, je vous donne ma paix. Je ne vous donne pas comme le monde donne. Que votre c&#339;ur ne se trouble point, et ne se laisse point effrayer. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est la paix qui garde nos c&#339;urs et nos esprits en Christ (voir Philippiens 4 :7).</p><p>C&#8217;est la paix qui n&#8217;a pas de sens quand rien d&#8217;autre n&#8217;en a. Une paix que le monde ne peut donner ni &#244;ter.</p><p><strong>En faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons :</strong></p><h3><strong>Une r&#233;compense &#233;ternelle.</strong></h3><p>Tout ce que tu fais au nom de J&#233;sus compte pour l&#8217;&#233;ternit&#233;.</p><p>Dans 1 Corinthiens 15 :58, Paul &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Ainsi, mes fr&#232;res bien-aim&#233;s, soyez fermes, in&#233;branlables, toujours de plus en plus z&#233;l&#233;s pour l&#8217;&#339;uvre du Seigneur, sachant que votre travail ne sera pas vain dans le Seigneur. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Colossiens 3 :23-24 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Quoi que vous fassiez, faites-le de bon c&#339;ur, comme pour le Seigneur et non pour des hommes, sachant que vous recevrez du Seigneur l&#8217;h&#233;ritage pour r&#233;compense. Servez Christ le Seigneur. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ta vie compte. Ta fid&#233;lit&#233; a de l&#8217;importance. Ta r&#233;compense t&#8217;attend.</p><p><strong>En faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons :</strong></p><h3><strong>Des d&#233;lices pour toujours.</strong></h3><p>Dans le Psaume 16 :11, David &#233;crit cette d&#233;claration sur Dieu :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Tu me feras conna&#238;tre le sentier de la vie ; il y a d&#8217;abondantes joies devant ta face, des d&#233;lices &#233;ternels &#224; ta droite. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous ne parlons pas de plaisirs fugaces qui nous laissent vides, mais de vrais plaisirs &#233;ternels qui satisfont compl&#232;tement &#8212; pour toujours &#8212; que l&#8217;on trouve seulement avec et de Dieu, pas en dehors de Lui.</p><p><strong>Et le meilleur de tout&#8230; en faisant de J&#233;sus le Seigneur de nos c&#339;urs et de nos vies, nous recevons :</strong></p><h2><strong>Une vraie relation avec le seul vrai Dieu vivant.</strong></h2><p>Comme un tr&#233;sor cach&#233; dans un champ, qui vaut la peine de tout vendre pour l&#8217;obtenir (voir Matthieu 13 :44), ou comme la perle de grand prix &#233;voqu&#233;e aux versets 45-46, rien ne se compare &#224; une relation vivante avec le Dieu vivant.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce qui rend chaque sacrifice valable et fait p&#226;lir chaque co&#251;t en comparaison.</p><p>Paul semblait avoir compris cela. Regarde ce qu&#8217;il &#233;crit dans Philippiens 3 :7-8 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mais ces choses qui &#233;taient pour moi des gains, je les ai regard&#233;es comme une perte, &#224; cause de Christ. Et m&#234;me je consid&#232;re toutes choses comme une perte, &#224; cause de l&#8217;excellence de la connaissance de J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur, pour lequel j&#8217;ai renonc&#233; &#224; tout, et je regarde tout comme de la boue, afin de gagner Christ. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Tout n&#8217;est que perte compar&#233; &#224; la connaissance de J&#233;sus. Pas certaines choses. Pas la plupart des choses. <strong>Tout.</strong></p><p>Quand tu le vois clairement &#8212; quand tu saisis vraiment ce que tu re&#231;ois &#8212; l&#8217;&#233;change devient &#233;vident. Ce n&#8217;est m&#234;me pas une comparaison.</p><p>Tu &#233;changes :</p><ul><li><p>Le temporel contre l&#8217;&#233;ternel</p></li><li><p>Le vide contre la pl&#233;nitude</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;esclavage contre la libert&#233;</p></li><li><p>L&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233; contre la paix</p></li><li><p>Les efforts contre le repos</p></li><li><p>La peur contre l&#8217;amour</p></li><li><p>La mort contre la vie</p></li><li><p>Le royaume des t&#233;n&#232;bres contre Son Royaume &#233;ternel de lumi&#232;re</p></li></ul><p><em>Qui ne ferait pas cet &#233;change ?</em></p><p>Et pourtant, regarde autour de toi. De toute &#233;vidence, peu le veulent.</p><p><em>Pourquoi ?</em></p><p>Parce que beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous n&#8217;ont pas vraiment compt&#233; le co&#251;t et le gain de suivre J&#233;sus comme Seigneur.</p><p>Beaucoup ont seulement regard&#233; ce qu&#8217;ils donnent, pas ce qu&#8217;ils re&#231;oivent.</p><p>D&#8217;autres ne croient pas que c&#8217;est r&#233;el. Ils pensent que le christianisme est une question de r&#232;gles et de restrictions, pas d&#8217;intimit&#233; r&#233;elle avec Dieu et de vie abondante avec Christ.</p><p>D&#8217;autres sont trop distraits pour s&#233;rieusement envisager cet &#233;change d&#8217;une importance &#233;ternelle.</p><p>D&#8217;autres aiment leur p&#233;ch&#233; plus qu&#8217;ils n&#8217;aiment Dieu, et restent donc &#224; vivre dans les t&#233;n&#232;bres. Quelle triste fa&#231;on de vivre &#8212; dans le compromis, la honte et la peur du jugement &#8212; oubliant tout ce que J&#233;sus a fait pour que nous soyons libres par la foi en Lui.</p><p>Mais pour ceux qui ont des yeux pour voir et des oreilles pour entendre, l&#8217;invitation tient :</p><h3><em>Veux-tu go&#251;ter et voir que Dieu est bon chaque jour ?</em></h3><p>Oui ?</p><p>Alors viens et vois par toi-m&#234;me. Approche-toi de Dieu et Il s&#8217;approchera de toi. Fais de la place pour ton Cr&#233;ateur. Coupe les distractions. Prends le temps de demeurer dans Sa pr&#233;sence, sans te presser et sans distraction. &#201;coute attentivement. Suis-Le avec intention et sans tarder.</p><h3><em>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; laisser J&#233;sus-Christ &#234;tre ton Sauveur et ton Seigneur &#8212; le Seigneur de ta vie aujourd&#8217;hui et chaque jour ?</em></h3><p>Oui ?</p><p>Alors abandonne-toi. L&#226;che le contr&#244;le. Soumets-toi &#224; la direction de J&#233;sus. Fais confiance &#224; Sa bont&#233;.</p><h3><em>R&#233;alises-tu &#224; quel point Dieu est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; te rencontrer ?</em></h3><p>Consid&#232;re Apocalypse 3 :20, o&#249; le Seigneur dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Voici, je me tiens &#224; la porte, et je frappe. Si quelqu&#8217;un entend ma voix et ouvre la porte, j&#8217;entrerai chez lui, je souperai avec lui, et lui avec moi. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Consid&#232;re cela comme ton invitation personnelle &#224; accueillir J&#233;sus dans ta chambre, ton foyer, ton travail et ton repos &#8212; accueille-Le dans ton c&#339;ur, ton esprit et ta vie.</p><p>Il se tient &#224; la porte et frappe.</p><p>Il n&#8217;enfonce pas la porte. Il ne s&#8217;impose pas. Il frappe patiemment. Il attend. Il est pr&#234;t &#224; entrer et &#224; partager un repas avec toi.</p><p>C&#8217;est une communion intime, une table partag&#233;e, une vraie relation qui se cultive. C&#8217;est ce que notre Cr&#233;ateur t&#8217;offre, &#224; toi et &#224; moi.</p><p>La porte, c&#8217;est ton c&#339;ur, et toi seul peux l&#8217;ouvrir pour accueillir J&#233;sus. Quand tu le fais, Il entre &#8212; pas comme un invit&#233;, mais comme Seigneur. Pas pour prendre le contr&#244;le de ta vie, mais pour sauver ta vie.</p><p>Voir Jean 3 :16-17, o&#249; J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car Dieu a tant aim&#233; le monde qu&#8217;il a donn&#233; son Fils unique, afin que quiconque croit en lui ne p&#233;risse point, mais qu&#8217;il ait la vie &#233;ternelle. Dieu, en effet, n&#8217;a pas envoy&#233; son Fils dans le monde pour qu&#8217;il juge le monde, mais pour que le monde soit sauv&#233; par lui. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Alors nous y voil&#224;, amis, &#224; la fin de ce voyage et au d&#233;but d&#8217;un autre.</p><p>La vie abondante que J&#233;sus est venu offrir n&#8217;est pas un r&#234;ve lointain. C&#8217;est une r&#233;alit&#233; pr&#233;sente, accessible &#224; tous ceux qui la recevront selon les conditions de Dieu.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas compliqu&#233;.</p><p>Nous abandonnons le contr&#244;le. Nous admettons que nous avons p&#233;ch&#233; et avons besoin de pardon. Nous reconnaissons notre besoin de salut, et Nous faisons confiance &#224; J&#233;sus pour &#234;tre &#224; la fois notre Sauveur et le Seigneur de notre vie.</p><p>Par Lui, nous avons acc&#232;s au pardon, &#224; la libert&#233; et au don vivifiant de l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu pour nous aider et transformer notre &#234;tre int&#233;rieur afin d&#8217;embrasser J&#233;sus comme Seigneur, y compris Sa voie, Sa v&#233;rit&#233; et Sa vie, de plus en plus, jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><h3><em>Dans cet &#233;change, nous recevons J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui : Son Royaume &#233;ternel, la vie &#233;ternelle, la joie, la paix, des r&#233;compenses &#233;ternelles et des d&#233;lices pour toujours.</em></h3><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas trop beau pour &#234;tre vrai. C&#8217;est l&#8217;&#201;vangile &#8212; la bonne nouvelle qui est meilleure que nous ne l&#8217;aurions jamais imagin&#233;.</p><p>Mais cette Bonne Nouvelle n&#8217;est pas seulement agr&#233;able &#224; entendre, elle requiert une r&#233;ponse.</p><p>Pas seulement un assentiment intellectuel. <br>Pas seulement un sentiment &#233;motionnel. <br>Mais une vraie d&#233;cision et une suite quotidienne.</p><p>Consid&#232;re le voyage de l&#8217;Exode. Juste avant que le peuple d&#8217;Isra&#235;l n&#8217;entre dans la Terre Promise que Dieu avait pr&#233;par&#233;e pour lui, Josu&#233; prit la parole et fit cette puissante d&#233;claration &#8212; un appel &#224; choisir qui l&#8217;on va servir. Josu&#233; s&#8217;adresse au peuple qui avait v&#233;cu l&#8217;esclavage en &#201;gypte et l&#8217;exil comme captifs &#224; Babylone, et qui &#233;tait pr&#234;t &#224; entrer dans la Terre Promise, occup&#233;e &#224; ce moment-l&#224; par les Canan&#233;ens et les Amor&#233;ens. Comme le rapporte Josu&#233; 24 :14-15, Josu&#233; proclame :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Maintenant, craignez l&#8217;&#201;ternel, et servez-le avec int&#233;grit&#233; et fid&#233;lit&#233;. &#201;loignez les dieux que vos p&#232;res ont servis au-del&#224; du fleuve et en &#201;gypte, et servez l&#8217;&#201;ternel. Et si cela vous semble mauvais de servir l&#8217;&#201;ternel, choisissez aujourd&#8217;hui qui vous voulez servir, soit les dieux que vos p&#232;res ont servis au-del&#224; du fleuve, soit les dieux des Amor&#233;ens dans le pays desquels vous habitez. Moi et ma maison, nous servirons l&#8217;&#201;ternel. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><h3><strong>Choisis aujourd&#8217;hui qui tu veux servir.</strong></h3><p>C&#8217;est la question pour toi et moi, chaque jour sans exception.</p><h4>Vas-tu t&#8217;approcher du Dieu qui s&#8217;approche d&#233;j&#224; de toi ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu go&#251;ter et voir qu&#8217;Il est bon ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu chercher d&#8217;abord Son Royaume et Sa justice ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu compter le co&#251;t de suivre J&#233;sus et reconna&#238;tre que le gain d&#233;passe de loin la perte ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu couper les distractions et faire de la place pour ce qui compte le plus ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu prendre le temps de construire une vraie intimit&#233; avec le Dieu vivant ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu &#233;couter et suivre la voix de ton bon Berger ?</h4><h4>Vas-tu renoncer au contr&#244;le et &#224; la seigneurie sur ta propre vie &#224; J&#233;sus-Christ, et recevoir en &#233;change une vie abondante et &#233;ternelle avec Lui ?</h4><p>Je ne peux pas r&#233;pondre &#224; ces questions &#224; ta place. Toi et moi devons choisir comment nous allons r&#233;pondre.</p><p><strong>La vie abondante t&#8217;attend.</strong></p><p>Dieu est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233;.</p><p>La question maintenant est simple :</p><h3><em>Et toi ?<br></em></h3><h3><strong>Questions de R&#233;flexion :</strong></h3><ul><li><p><em><strong>Apr&#232;s avoir chemin&#233; &#224; travers cette s&#233;rie, comment Dieu te demande-t-Il sp&#233;cifiquement de r&#233;pondre ?</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Crois-tu que la vie abondante que J&#233;sus offre est r&#233;elle et disponible pour toi d&#232;s maintenant ?</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui t&#8217;emp&#234;che de te soumettre pleinement &#224; J&#233;sus comme Seigneur aujourd&#8217;hui ?</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>Quelle est ta prochaine &#233;tape pour t&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir dans l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui ?</strong></em></p></li></ul><p>Amis, je t&#8217;encourage &#224; prendre au moins quelques minutes pour &#234;tre tranquille dans la pr&#233;sence de Dieu&#8230; pas besoin de te presser. Avant que nous priions ensemble, n&#8217;h&#233;site pas &#224; faire une pause, m&#234;me maintenant. Que tu pr&#233;sentes l&#8217;une des questions de r&#233;flexion &#224; Dieu en pri&#232;re ou que tu veuilles simplement t&#8217;&#233;merveiller devant Sa sainte bont&#233;, profite d&#8217;un moment de qualit&#233; avec le Seigneur notre Dieu.</p><h3><strong><br>Prions</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>P&#232;re c&#233;leste,</strong></p><p><strong>Toi l&#8217;&#201;ternel, Roi des rois et Seigneur des seigneurs.</strong></p><p>Merci pour ce voyage que nous parcourons, grandissant dans l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Toi.</p><p>Tu es le bon Berger. Tu nous guides vers la paix, Tu prends soin de nos besoins, Tu nous restaures et apportes le repos &#224; nos &#226;mes.</p><p>Merci, Seigneur.</p><p>Je sais que Tu as parl&#233;.</p><p>J&#8217;ai entendu Ta voix tout au long de ce voyage et je veux conna&#238;tre Ta voix, &#233;couter attentivement et r&#233;pondre par la foi.</p><p>Merci de nous avoir montr&#233; davantage ce que requiert et offre la vraie intimit&#233; avec Toi &#8212; ce qu&#8217;elle co&#251;te et ce que nous gagnons avec Toi, Seigneur.</p><p>P&#232;re, nous confessons que nous avons retenu par peur, que nous T&#8217;avons voulu selon nos propres conditions, que nous avons cherch&#233; le contr&#244;le plut&#244;t que de Te faire confiance en tant que Dieu souverain et bon que Tu es.</p><p>Depuis trop longtemps, j&#8217;ai cherch&#233; &#224; garder le contr&#244;le. Mais plus maintenant.</p><p>J&#8217;ouvre mes mains et je desserre mon emprise. Je pose le contr&#244;le et la peur.</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, je Te choisis.</p><p>Et par la puissance de Ton Esprit qui vit en moi, je Te choisirai aussi demain.</p><p>Je choisis la vie abondante avec Toi.</p><p>Je renonce &#224; mes pr&#233;tentions d&#8217;&#234;tre le seigneur de ma propre vie.</p><p>Je Te re&#231;ois, J&#233;sus-Christ, &#224; la fois comme mon Sauveur et mon Seigneur.</p><p>Je sais que Tu te tiens &#224; la porte et que Tu frappes, et j&#8217;ouvre la porte.</p><p>Entre, Seigneur.</p><p>Prends Ta place l&#233;gitime.</p><p>Tr&#244;ne dans mon c&#339;ur.</p><p>Sois au centre de ma vie int&#233;rieure.</p><p>Je veux Te conna&#238;tre, Seigneur, vraiment et profond&#233;ment.</p><p>Je veux go&#251;ter et voir Ta bont&#233; chaque jour, aujourd&#8217;hui, m&#234;me maintenant.</p><p>Je m&#8217;approche, Te faisant confiance pour me rencontrer ici.</p><p>Dieu notre R&#233;dempteur, transforme-moi.</p><p>Remplis-moi de Ton Esprit.</p><p>Dirige-moi dans Ta voie, Ta v&#233;rit&#233; et Ta vie.</p><p>Je suis Tien, compl&#232;tement et pour toujours.</p><p>Merci de remplir mon c&#339;ur de Ton amour, Seigneur.</p><p><strong>Je t&#8217;engage mon all&#233;geance, Dieu, et je prie au puissant nom de J&#233;sus,</strong></p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>All&#233;luia ! Merci, P&#232;re. Gloire &#224; Dieu !</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Vous pouvez cliquer sur sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Conclusion de la S&#233;rie</strong></h3><p>Les amis, nous avons atteint la conclusion de cette s&#233;rie.</p><p>Merci d&#8217;avoir chemin&#233; avec moi &#224; travers cette s&#233;rie &#171; S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu &#187;. Ma pri&#232;re est que tu n&#8217;aies pas seulement acquis des connaissances, mais que tu aies rencontr&#233; le Dieu vivant d&#8217;une fa&#231;on qui t&#8217;a rafra&#238;chi.</p><p>Souviens-toi : l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu n&#8217;est pas une destination &#224; laquelle on arrive ; c&#8217;est une relation que l&#8217;on cultive chaque jour. Alors, continue &#224; t&#8217;approcher. Continue &#224; chercher d&#8217;abord. Continue &#224; &#233;couter la voix du bon Berger. Continue &#224; couper les distractions. Continue &#224; prendre le temps d&#8217;&#234;tre avec J&#233;sus et de demeurer dans Son amour.</p><p>Et ce faisant, tu d&#233;couvriras ce que d&#8217;innombrables saints avant toi ont d&#233;couvert : il n&#8217;y a rien &#8212; absolument rien &#8212; de plus satisfaisant, de plus rempli de joie, de plus apaisants, de plus transformateur que de conna&#238;tre Dieu intimement &#224; travers J&#233;sus-Christ.</p><p>La vie abondante est tienne gr&#226;ce &#224; J&#233;sus. Re&#231;ois-la par la foi. Vis-la avec Emmanuel. Partage-la librement avec les autres.</p><p>Que Dieu te b&#233;nisse de gr&#226;ce et de paix au fil de ce voyage avec J&#233;sus, fortifi&#233; non par ta propre force ou ta volont&#233;, mais par le Saint-Esprit qui est plus engag&#233; &#224; te fa&#231;onner &#224; la ressemblance de J&#233;sus que nous ne pouvons le concevoir.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-abundant-life-awaits/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Pour rappel, dans cette s&#233;rie, nous avons explor&#233; quelques questions cruciales. Chacun des billets-podcasts de cette s&#233;rie aborde l&#8217;une de ces questions cruciales, et les huit sont li&#233;s ici, afin que tu puisses approfondir la culture d&#8217;une intimit&#233; plus riche avec Dieu. N&#8217;h&#233;site surtout pas &#224; explorer et &#224; partager l&#8217;une ou l&#8217;ensemble de ces questions cruciales, depuis l&#8217;introduction de la s&#233;rie &#8212; <strong>S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : Une Introduction &#224; une Nouvelle S&#233;rie D&#233;votionnelle sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</strong> &#8212; jusqu&#8217;&#224; la Partie 7.</p><ul><li><p><strong>As-tu vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ? -</strong> <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; As-tu GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Cherches-tu d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ? -</strong> <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>As-tu compt&#233; le co&#251;t &#8212; et le gain &#8212; de suivre J&#233;sus ? -</strong> <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que tu puisses te cramponner &#224; Dieu ? -</strong> <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Couper les Distractions &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec le Seigneur ? -</strong> <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Connais-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ? -</strong> <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Qui Suis-Tu ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ? -</strong> (Ce billet que tu lis maintenant)<br></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p></li></ul><p>Et sur ce, nous arrivons &#224; la cl&#244;ture de ce billet-podcast. Merci de nous avoir rejoints dans ce voyage en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ et supprimer les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre.</p><p>Si le Seigneur le veut, on se retrouve dans notre prochain billet la semaine prochaine.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer dans 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance ! <br>Montre le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: "Who Are You Following?" A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « Qui Suis-Tu ? » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Voice of the Good Shepherd (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:06:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203267321/fbb69458baebb5a858cb96eaa74bae8b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p><span>Welcome to post number 7 in this Drawing Near series, following our last post </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time.&#8221;</span></a><span> </span></strong><span>It followed our 5th post, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions"><span>&#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</span></a></strong><span>, post 4,</span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span> </span></a><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span>&#8220;Counting the Cost,&#8221;</span></a><span> </span></strong><span>post 3, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional"><span>&#8220;Seeking First,&#8221;</span></a></strong><span> post 2, </span><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and"><span>&#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</span></a></strong><span>, and  the </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>series introduction</span></a><span>. All of these podcasts are linked </span><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>below</span></a><span>.</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Seeking First&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that"><span>DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time&#8221;</span></a></strong></p></li></ul><p><span>As a reminder, </span><strong><span>Here&#8217;s The Heart Behind This Series</span></strong></p><p><span>We&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about </span><em><span>relationship</span></em><span>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised in John 10:10: &#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>Throughout this seven-part journey, we are exploring some crucial questions:</span></p><ul><li><p><strong><span>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</span></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><span>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</span></strong></p></li></ul><p><span>Today, we continue with the sixth key question: </span><strong><span>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd? </span></strong><span> This is an exercise in coming to know our Creator, in developing discernment, and in listening and responding to our ever-present God who continues to guide us today.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><span>In John 10:27, we find Jesus saying,</span></p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;My sheep </span></strong><em><strong><span>listen</span></strong></em><strong><span> to my voice; I know them, and they </span></strong><em><strong><span>follow</span></strong></em><strong><span> me.&#8221;</span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><span>You and I live in a world of competing voices.</span></p><p><span>Scroll through social media for five minutes and you&#8217;ll encounter dozens of voices telling you what to think, how to feel, what to buy, who to be.</span></p><p><span>Influencers, advertisers, celebrities, politicians, friends, family&#8212;everyone has an opinion, and everyone wants your attention.</span></p><p><span>In the noise, there&#8217;s a question that cuts through it all:</span></p><h3><em><span>Do you listen to and follow the voice of your Good Shepherd?</span></em></h3><p>Notice the order of what Jesus said in John 10:27,</p><blockquote><h4><strong><span>&#8220;My sheep </span></strong><em><strong><span>listen</span></strong></em><strong><span> to my voice; I know them, and they </span></strong><em><strong><span>follow</span></strong></em><strong><span> me&#8221; </span></strong></h4></blockquote><p><em><span>Listen.</span></em><span> Then follow.</span></p><p><span>You won&#8217;t follow a voice you don&#8217;t recognize. <br>And you can&#8217;t recognize a voice you never listen to.</span></p><p><span>The sheep know the shepherd&#8217;s voice because they spend time with him and he with them. They&#8217;re familiar with his tone, his cadence, his commands. </span></p><p><span>When danger comes, when thieves try to lure them away, they don&#8217;t follow because they </span><em><span>know</span></em><span> their shepherd&#8217;s voice.</span></p><h3><span>Do </span><em><span>you</span></em><span> know God&#8217;s voice?</span></h3><p><span>Can you distinguish it from all the other voices clamoring for your attention?</span></p><p><span>From your own thoughts? <br>From the enemy&#8217;s lies? <br>From the world&#8217;s messages?</span></p><p><span>Consider Isaiah 30:21, in which God speaks,</span></p><blockquote><h3><span>&#8220;Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, <br>   </span><strong><span>&#8216;This is the way; walk in it.&#8217;</span></strong><span>&#8221;</span></h3></blockquote><p><span>Our God speaks. He guides. He directs. </span></p><ul><li><p><span>But are we </span><em><span>listening</span></em><span>? </span></p></li><li><p><em><span>When</span></em><span> He speaks, do we hear and respond? </span></p></li><li><p><span>Will we obey by faith </span><em><span>even if</span></em><span> we hear something we&#8217;d rather not hear? </span></p></li></ul><p><span>These are helpful, revelatory questions, at least if we answer honestly.</span></p><p><span>The question is NOT whether the unchanging Creator suddenly changed and went silent and distanced Himself from us, but whether we His creation have ears that hear and discern, and willing hearts to listen and obey&#8212;hearts that trust in our good and gracious King, believe He is present with us, and rely on His steadfast character.</span></p><p><span>Notice in John 10, Jesus identifies Himself as &#8220;the good shepherd.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>Not just </span><em><span>a</span></em><span> shepherd, but </span><em><span>the good</span></em><span> shepherd. </span></p><p><span>Let&#8217;s look at </span>John 10:11&#8230;<span>here&#8217;s what the Good Shepherd does:</span></p><blockquote><h3><strong><span>&#8220;The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.&#8221;</span></strong></h3></blockquote><p><span>Jesus proved His goodness at the cross. He didn&#8217;t just lead us&#8212;He died for you and me. He didn&#8217;t just guide us&#8212;He saved you and me.</span></p><p><span>In verses 14-15, Jesus says</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;I am the </span><strong><span>good shepherd</span></strong><span>; I </span><em><strong><span>know</span></strong></em><span> my sheep and my sheep </span><em><strong><span>know</span></strong></em><span> me&#8212;just as the Father knows me and I know the Father.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is intimate knowledge. Not distant awareness. Not casual acquaintance. </span></p><p><span>This is the kind of knowledge that involves deep relationship, tender care, and personal investment.</span></p><p><span>And here&#8217;s the invitation:</span></p><h3><em><span>Are you willing to submit to the leadership of Jesus, the Good Shepherd?</span></em></h3><p><span>Leadership requires followership. You can&#8217;t have a leader without a follower.</span></p><p><span>And following requires two things: </span><em><span>trust</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>surrender</span></em><span>.</span></p><p><strong><span>Trust</span></strong><span> &#8211; believing the Good Shepherd knows where He&#8217;s leading, even when we can&#8217;t see the path.</span></p><p><strong><span>Surrender</span></strong><span> &#8211; releasing our need to control, our demand to understand, our insistence on our </span><em><span>own</span></em><span> way.</span></p><p><span>David understood this. Look at his words recorded in Psalm 23:1-3,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.</span><br><strong><sup><span> </span></sup></strong><span>He makes me lie down in green pastures.</span><br><span>He leads me beside still waters.</span><br><strong><sup><span> </span></sup></strong><span>He restores my soul.</span><br><span>He leads me in paths of righteousness</span><br><span> for his name's sake.</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Notice what the Shepherd does. He</span></p><ul><li><p><span>Provides for our needs (&#8220;</span>I shall not want,&#8221; in other words, <span>&#8220;I lack nothing&#8221;),</span></p></li><li><p><span>Gives us rest (He makes us lie down </span>in green pastures<span>),</span></p></li><li><p><span>Leads us to peace (He leads us beside still, quiet waters),</span></p></li><li><p><span>Restores us (He refreshes our souls), and</span></p></li><li><p><span>Guides us (&#8220;</span>in paths of righteousness for his name&#8217;s sake<span>&#8221;).</span></p></li></ul><p><span>And what do the sheep do? </span></p><p><span>They </span><em><span>listen</span></em><span>. They </span><em><span>know</span></em><span> the Shepherd. They </span><em><span>follow.</span></em><span> They </span><em><span>trust</span></em><span>. They </span><em><span>rest</span></em><span> in the Shepherd&#8217;s care.</span></p><p><span>But here&#8217;s our struggle:</span></p><ul><li><p><span>We want to be both the sheep and the shepherd.</span></p></li><li><p><span>We want Jesus to lead us where </span><em><span>we</span></em><span> want to go.</span></p></li><li><p><span>We want Him to confirm </span><em><span>our</span></em><span> plans, bless </span><em><span>our</span></em><span> agendas, and support </span><em><span>our</span></em><span> dreams.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>That&#8217;s not following. That&#8217;s using God as a divine GPS that we program with our own destination.</span></p><p><span>A true follower says, &#8220;Where You lead, I&#8217;ll follow&#8212;even if it doesn&#8217;t make sense, even if it&#8217;s not what I planned, even if it&#8217;s hard.&#8221;</span></p><p><span>Proverbs 3:5-6 says,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; </span>in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.<span>&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Notice it says </span><em><span>all</span></em><span> your heart and </span><em><span>all</span></em><span> your ways. This is complete submission to and trust in the leadership of our Good Shepherd.</span></p><p><span>And the result? The LORD makes your paths straight. Not necessarily easy, but </span><em><span>straight</span></em><span>&#8212;leading you and me in the right direction, for our good and ultimately for His glory.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p><span>The question confronting us is this:</span></p><h3><em><span>Who is the master of your life and future?</span></em></h3><p><span>You and I can&#8217;t follow Jesus while following ourselves. <br>We can&#8217;t submit to the Good Shepherd while insisting on being our own guide.</span></p><p><span>Consider Jesus&#8217; words in Matthew 6:24,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>This is about choosing to serve God as master or mammon, that is, material things and possessions. </span></p><p><span>See the point made here: One master. Not two. Not God sometimes and you other times. You and I have to choose.</span></p><p><span>Either it&#8217;s Jesus or it&#8217;s money, riches, material possessions, ourselves, or any other thing.</span></p><p><span>But there is only one master worth following.</span></p><p><span>Only Jesus knows the right and best way forward for you and for me because He </span><em><span>is</span></em><span> the way (see John 14:6).</span></p><p><span>Jesus doesn&#8217;t just point you toward life; He </span><em><span>is</span></em><span> the life.</span></p><p><span>He doesn&#8217;t just tell you truth; He </span><em><span>is</span></em><span> the truth.</span></p><p><span>He&#8217;s been where you&#8217;re going.</span></p><p><span>Consider Hebrews 4:15,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;</span>For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.<span>&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Jesus understands us. He&#8217;s walked this earth. He&#8217;s faced temptation. He knows the struggle.</span></p><p><span>And Jesus has definitively proven God&#8217;s love for us. The Bible says this in John 15:13,</span></p><blockquote><h3><span>&#8220;Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one&#8217;s life for one&#8217;s friends.&#8221;</span></h3></blockquote><p><span>Jesus didn&#8217;t just say He loved you.</span></p><p><span>He showed it&#8212;completely, sacrificially, finally.</span></p><p><span>Jesus promises to never leave us, </span>see His Great Commission for us in Matthew 28:18-20. His last words were,</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age&#8221;</strong> </h3></blockquote><p>Hebrews 13:5 says,</p><blockquote><h3><strong><span>&#8220;</span>I will never leave you nor forsake you.&#8221;</strong></h3></blockquote><p>This is not abstract or theoretical. This is why God gives His Spirit to those who anchor their trust in Jesus. Through the Holy Spirit, God lives and works in and through you and me. This is the Spirit of Jesus, with us always&#8212;guiding us into all truth.</p><p><span>This God of ours&#8212;the one, true living God&#8212;is so much more than a man-made idol. He exists outside of time as we know it and yet engages with us in time and space. </span></p><p><span>God is Spirit and ever-present, with us.</span></p><p><span>Even when you can&#8217;t see Him, Immanuel, God with us, is there.</span></p><p><span>Even when you can&#8217;t feel Him, He&#8217;s present.</span></p><p><span>Even when you wander, He pursues.</span></p><h4><span>So, if this good and loving God is for us, with us, and willing to sacrifice Himself to save us, then </span><em><span>why wouldn&#8217;t we follow Jesus?<br></span></em></h4><ul><li><p><span>Because following requires </span><em><span>giving up control</span></em><span>. And control feels safe.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Because following might lead somewhere </span><em><span>uncomfortable</span></em><span>. And comfort feels good.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Because following means </span><em><span>trusting</span></em><span> Someone else </span><em><span>more than you trust yourself</span></em><span>. And that can be terrifying.</span></p></li><li><p><span>Because following requires </span><em><span>denying oneself</span></em><span> and </span><em><span>taking up our cross</span></em><span> </span><em><span>daily</span></em><span>. And that&#8217;s hard.</span></p></li></ul><p><span>But listen to what Jesus says:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. <br>I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.&#8221; (John 10:10).</span></h4></blockquote><p><em><span>Life to the full.</span></em><span> Not a restricted, diminished, joyless existence. FULL life. Abundant life. Overflowing life.</span></p><p><span>That&#8217;s what you get when you follow the Good Shepherd.</span></p><p><span>Contrast that with the alternative: </span><strong><span>&#8220;The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy&#8221;</span></strong><span> (John 10:10).</span></p><p><span>The other voices&#8212;the world, the flesh, the deceiver&#8212;they&#8217;re leading you toward destruction. It might not look like destruction at first. It might look fun, successful, fulfilling. But the destination is always death.</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death&#8221; (Proverbs 14:12).</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Jesus offers a different path. <br>A better way. <br>Not easier, but better. <br>Not popular, but life-giving.</span></p><p><span>In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus instructs us to</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Few find it. <br>Few follow it. <br>But those who do receive life. </span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><h3><em><span>So, do you listen to and know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</span></em></h3><p><span>If you&#8217;re not sure, here&#8217;s how you learn:</span></p><h2><strong><span>1. Spend time with Him.</span></strong></h2><p><span>Read His Word&#8212;that&#8217;s where His voice is clearest.</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.&#8221; (2 Timothy 3:16).</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>When you and I read the Bible, we get to know God&#8217;s voice.</span></p><p><span>We learn what words He uses and how He speaks to others. </span></p><h2><strong><span>2. Pray and listen.</span></strong></h2><p><span>Don&#8217;t just talk at God; create space to hear from Him.</span></p><p><span>Consider Psalm 46:10,</span></p><blockquote><h3><span>&#8220;Be still, and know that I am God.&#8221;</span></h3></blockquote><p><span>Test what you hear against Scripture. The Holy Spirit will </span><em><span>never</span></em><span> contradict God&#8217;s Word.</span></p><p><span>God is holy. He doesn&#8217;t play games with us. He does not waste time, nor does He waste words. His leadership is to be followed, His voice, heard and responded to. </span></p><p><span>He never leads us astray toward temptations to sin or rebel against Him, or to hurt ourselves or others.</span></p><p><span>Remember, Psalm 23:3, </span><strong><span>God leads us in paths of righteousness for His name's sake.</span></strong><span> He restores our souls.</span></p><p>In John 16:13, we find that Jesus declared,</p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into </span><strong><span>all the truth.</span></strong><span>&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><h2><strong><span>3. Look for God&#8217;s character.</span></strong><span> </span></h2><p><span>God&#8217;s guidance aligns with truth. </span></p><p><span>His voice comes with peace in our hearts (see Colossians 3:15), it aligns with love (see 1 Corinthians 13), and it points you and me toward holiness (see 1 Peter 1:15-16).</span></p><p><span>The more we listen, the more you and I spend time with the Good Shepherd, the more familiar His voice becomes. The more we know and trust His voice, the easier it is to follow.</span></p><p><span>And when you follow the Good Shepherd, here&#8217;s what Jesus said you receive:</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand&#8221; (John 10:28).</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Eternal life. Security. Protection. A Shepherd who holds you so tightly that nothing&#8212;</span><em><span>nothing</span></em><span>&#8212;can snatch you away.</span></p><h3><em><span>Are you willing to submit to the leadership of Jesus, the Good Shepherd?</span></em></h3><p><span>Not just in theory, but in practice. In your decisions. In your relationships. In your career. In your finances. In your time. In everything.</span></p><p><span>Consider Jesus&#8217; invitation recorded in Luke 9:23,</span></p><blockquote><h4><span>&#8220;Then he said to them all: &#8216;Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.&#8217;&#8221;</span></h4></blockquote><p><span>Daily. Every single day, you and I make the choice:</span></p><p><span>Will I follow Jesus today? Will I listen to His voice? Will I submit to His leadership?</span></p><p><span>Our Good Shepherd is calling, friends. His voice is clear. The path is set before us.</span></p><p><span>The Way, the Truth, and the Life is with us, ready to guide us forward.</span></p><p><span>The only question left is: Will we follow?</span></p><h3><span>Will </span><em><span>you</span></em><span> follow?<br></span></h3><p><span>Before we respond in prayer, consider these</span></p><h3><strong><span>Reflection Questions:</span></strong></h3><ul><li><p><span>Can you identify Jesus&#8217; voice among all the other voices in your life?</span></p></li><li><p><span>What voices are you currently listening to and following more than Jesus?</span></p></li><li><p><span>In what specific areas of your life are you resisting Jesus&#8217; leadership?</span></p></li><li><p><span>What might full submission to Jesus as your Good Shepherd look like this week?</span></p></li></ul><p><span>No need to rush in God&#8217;s presence. Feel free to bring these questions to God in prayer, in sharing, listening, and responding to His good and loving guidance.<br></span></p><h3><strong><span>Let&#8217;s Pray</span></strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong><span>Lord Jesus,</span></strong></p><p><strong><span>You are the Way, the Truth, and the Life.<br></span></strong><span>No one gets to the Father except through You.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for making a way to truly know You, God, as our Creator, Father, and best Friend.</span></p><p><span>By Your sacrifice on the cross, You reconciled us to God. <br>You paved the way for us to know the one true, living God, personally. <br>We get to know our Father in heaven. <br>We get to be fully known and loved by You, forever.</span></p><p><span>Hallelujah! You&#8217;re amazing, Lord.</span></p><p><span>You are the Good Shepherd, and I want to follow You faithfully.</span></p><p><span>I want to overcome temptations to sin, like You did, Jesus.</span></p><p><span>I choose to lay down </span>my desires to seek after the temporary things of this world and choose to seek after You instead, eternal Shepherd.</p><p><span>Father, forgive me for the times I&#8217;ve tried to lead myself or followed other voices.</span></p><p><span>Teach me to recognize and respond to Your voice.</span></p><p><span>Help me distinguish it from my own thoughts, the world&#8217;s messages, and the enemy&#8217;s lies.</span></p><p><span>I don&#8217;t want half-truths. I don&#8217;t want little compromises. I don&#8217;t want to be deceived.</span></p><p><span>I want the truth.</span></p><p><span>I want You, Jesus, as my Savior, Lord, and King, now and forever.</span></p><p><span>I want to partner with You in Your work of redemption in our world.</span></p><p><span>I want to walk in the victory and freedom You paid for and secured for us on the cross.</span></p><p><span>I want to live fully and joyfully, empowered by Your Spirit and full of Your resurrection life.</span></p><p><span>Lord Jesus, I choose to submit to Your leadership&#8212;not just in word, but in action. Not just today, but every day.</span></p><p><span>Lead me, and by Your grace, with joy, I choose to follow.</span></p><p><span>Guide me, and by the power of Your Holy Spirit, I choose to obey.</span></p><p><span>Thank You for this new beginning.</span></p><p><span>I know I will fall short of perfection again and again but I know You will never give up on me; You will be faithful to shape me more and more into the likeness of Jesus and for that, God, I thank You.</span></p><p><span>You&#8217;ve proven Your love for me at the cross. You proved Your authority and power over sin, death, and the deceiver through Your resurrection.</span></p><p><span>Lord Jesus, You are alive, with us, forever.</span></p><p><span>Now, Immanuel, help me prove my trust in You through my daily choices.</span></p><p><span>May I be a good steward of this life and all You have entrusted to me.</span></p><p><span>May I be found faithful, even through the hardest and darkest moments.</span></p><p><span>I&#8217;m Yours, Lord.</span></p><p><span>Lead the way, my Good Shepherd.</span></p><p><span>It&#8217;s in Your name we pray, Jesus Christ our Lord, <br></span><strong><span>Amen.</span></strong></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I really encourage you to take at least a few minutes to be still in God&#8217;s presence, whether you bring any of the reflection questions before Him in prayer, or simply want to marvel before His holy goodness. Enjoy some quality time with the Lord our God.  </p><p>I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God.<br> You can click the <strong>Share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>You can set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>The journey continues next week with the last post in this series, post #8, <strong>Part 7: &#8220;The Abundant Life Awaits&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Embracing all that comes with Jesus&#8212;His Kingdom, eternal life, joy, peace, and intimacy with Him.</p><p>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; Qui Suis-Tu ? &#187; <br></strong>Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU  </h1><h2><em>La Voix du Bon Berger</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Bonjour amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Bienvenue dans le billet num&#233;ro 7 de cette s&#233;rie <em>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu</em>, &#224; la suite de notre dernier billet <strong>S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps. &#187;</strong> Il faisait suite &#224; notre 5e billet, <strong>&#171; Couper les Distractions &#187;</strong>, au billet 4, <strong>&#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187;</strong>, au billet 3, <strong>&#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;</strong>, au billet 2, <strong>&#171; As-tu GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</strong>, et &#224; l&#8217;introduction de la s&#233;rie. Tous ces podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COUPER les DISTRACTIONS &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><h4><strong>Le C&#339;ur de Cette S&#233;rie &#8212; Un rappel</strong></h4><p>Nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir dans l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire davantage d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles &#8212; il s&#8217;agit de relation. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde et transformatrice avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui entrave notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des voies pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise en Jean 10 :10 : <em>&#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance. &#187;</em></p><p>Tout au long de ce voyage en sept parties, nous explorons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p><strong>As-tu vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Cherches-tu d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>As-tu compt&#233; le co&#251;t &#8212; et le gain &#8212; de suivre J&#233;sus ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que tu puisses te cramponner &#224; Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec le Seigneur ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Connais-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous poursuivons avec la sixi&#232;me question cl&#233; : <strong>Connais-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ?</strong> C&#8217;est un exercice qui consiste &#224; apprendre &#224; conna&#238;tre notre Cr&#233;ateur, &#224; d&#233;velopper le discernement, et &#224; &#233;couter et r&#233;pondre &#224; notre Dieu toujours pr&#233;sent qui continue de nous guider aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>En Jean 10 :27, nous trouvons J&#233;sus disant :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mes brebis entendent ma voix ; je les connais, et elles me suivent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous vivons dans un monde de voix qui se disputent notre attention.</p><p>Faites d&#233;filer les r&#233;seaux sociaux pendant cinq minutes et vous rencontrerez des dizaines de voix vous disant quoi penser, comment ressentir, quoi acheter, qui &#234;tre.</p><p>Influenceurs, publicitaires, c&#233;l&#233;brit&#233;s, politiciens, amis, famille &#8212; tout le monde a une opinion, et tout le monde veut votre attention.</p><p>Dans ce bruit, il y a une question qui transperce tout :</p><h2><em><strong>&#201;coutes-tu et suis-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ? </strong></em></h2><p>Remarquez l&#8217;ordre dans ce que J&#233;sus a dit en Jean 10 :27 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mes brebis entendent ma voix ; je les connais, et elles me suivent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#201;couter. Puis suivre.</p><p>Vous ne pouvez pas suivre une voix que vous ne reconnaissez pas. Et vous ne pouvez pas reconna&#238;tre une voix que vous n&#8217;&#233;coutez jamais.</p><p>Les brebis connaissent la voix du berger parce qu&#8217;elles passent du temps avec lui. Elles connaissent bien son ton, sa cadence, ses ordres.</p><p>Quand le danger arrive, quand des voleurs essaient de les attirer ailleurs, elles ne les suivent pas car elles connaissent la voix de leur berger.</p><h3><em>Connaissez-vous la voix de Dieu ?</em></h3><p>Pouvez-vous la distinguer de toutes les autres voix qui r&#233;clament votre attention ?</p><p>De vos propres pens&#233;es ? Des mensonges de l&#8217;ennemi ? Des messages du monde ?</p><p>Consid&#233;rez &#201;sa&#239;e 30 :21, o&#249; Dieu parle :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Soit que vous tourniez &#224; droite, soit que vous tourniez &#224; gauche, vos oreilles entendront derri&#232;re vous la voix qui dira : &#8220;Voici le chemin, marchez-y !&#8221; &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Notre Dieu parle. Il guide. Il dirige.</p><ul><li><p>Mais sommes-nous &#224; <em>l&#8217;&#233;coute</em> ?</p></li><li><p><em>Quand</em> Il parle, entendons-nous et r&#233;pondons-nous ?</p></li><li><p>Ob&#233;irons-nous par la foi <em>m&#234;me si</em> nous entendons quelque chose que nous pr&#233;f&#233;rerions ne pas entendre ?</p></li></ul><p>Ce sont des questions utiles et r&#233;v&#233;latrices, du moins si nous y r&#233;pondons honn&#234;tement.</p><p>La question n&#8217;est pas de savoir si le Cr&#233;ateur immuable a chang&#233;, s&#8217;est tu et s&#8217;est &#233;loign&#233; de nous, mais de savoir si nous, Sa cr&#233;ation, avons des oreilles qui entendent et discernent, et des c&#339;urs dispos&#233;s &#224; &#233;couter et ob&#233;ir &#8212; des c&#339;urs qui font confiance &#224; notre Roi bon et bienveillant, croient qu&#8217;Il est pr&#233;sent avec nous, et s&#8217;appuient sur Son caract&#232;re fid&#232;le.</p><p>Remarquez en Jean 10 que J&#233;sus s&#8217;identifie comme &#171; le bon berger &#187;.</p><p>Pas seulement un berger, mais <strong>le bon berger</strong>.</p><p>Regardons Jean 10 :11&#8230; voici ce que fait le bon Berger :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Le bon berger donne sa vie pour ses brebis. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus a prouv&#233; Sa bont&#233; &#224; la croix. Il ne nous a pas seulement guid&#233;s &#8212; Il est mort pour vous et moi. Il ne nous a pas seulement orient&#233;s &#8212; Il nous a sauv&#233;s, vous et moi.</p><p>Aux versets 14-15, J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je suis le bon berger. Je connais mes brebis, et mes brebis me connaissent, comme le P&#232;re me conna&#238;t et comme je connais le P&#232;re. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est une connaissance intime. Pas une conscience distante. Pas une simple connaissance de surface.</p><p>C&#8217;est le genre de connaissance qui implique une relation profonde, un soin tendre et un investissement personnel.</p><p>Et voici l&#8217;invitation :</p><h3><em>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; te soumettre &#224; la direction de J&#233;sus, le bon Berger ?</em></h3><p>La direction requiert qu&#8217;on la suive. On ne peut pas avoir un chef sans avoir quelqu&#8217;un qui le suit.</p><p>Et suivre requiert deux choses : <strong>la confiance et l&#8217;abandon.</strong></p><p><strong>La confiance</strong> &#8212; croire que le bon Berger sait o&#249; Il nous m&#232;ne, m&#234;me quand nous ne pouvons pas voir le chemin.</p><p><strong>L&#8217;abandon</strong> &#8212; rel&#226;cher notre besoin de tout contr&#244;ler, notre exigence de tout comprendre, notre insistance &#224; suivre notre propre voie.</p><p>David comprenait cela. Regardez ses paroles enregistr&#233;es dans le Psaume 23 :1-3 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; L&#8217;&#201;ternel est mon berger : je ne manquerai de rien.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Il me fait reposer dans de verts p&#226;turages,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Il me dirige pr&#232;s des eaux paisibles.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Il restaure mon &#226;me,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Il me conduit dans les sentiers de la justice,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>&#224; cause de son nom. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Remarquez ce que fait le Berger. Il :</p><ul><li><p>Pourvoit &#224; nos besoins (&#171; je ne manquerai de rien &#187;)</p></li><li><p>Nous donne du repos (Il nous fait reposer dans de verts p&#226;turages)</p></li><li><p>Nous conduit &#224; la paix (Il nous dirige pr&#232;s des eaux paisibles)</p></li><li><p>Nous restaure (Il rafra&#238;chit nos &#226;mes)</p></li><li><p>Nous guide (&#171; dans les sentiers de la justice, &#224; cause de son nom &#187;)</p></li></ul><p>Et que font les brebis ? Elles suivent. Elles font confiance. Elles se reposent dans le soin du berger.</p><p>Mais voici notre lutte :</p><ul><li><p>Nous voulons &#234;tre &#224; la fois la brebis et le berger.</p></li><li><p>Nous voulons que J&#233;sus nous m&#232;ne o&#249; <em>nous</em> voulons aller.</p></li><li><p>Nous voulons qu&#8217;Il confirme nos plans, b&#233;nisse nos agendas et soutienne nos r&#234;ves.</p></li></ul><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas suivre. C&#8217;est utiliser Dieu comme un GPS divin que nous programmons avec notre propre destination.</p><p>Un vrai disciple dit : <em><strong>&#171; O&#249; Tu m&#232;nes, je suivrai &#8212; m&#234;me si cela n&#8217;a pas de sens, m&#234;me si ce n&#8217;est pas ce que j&#8217;avais pr&#233;vu, m&#234;me si c&#8217;est difficile. &#187;</strong></em></p><p>Proverbes 3 :5-6 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Confie-toi en l&#8217;&#201;ternel de tout ton c&#339;ur, et ne t&#8217;appuie pas sur ta sagesse ; reconnais-le dans toutes tes voies, et il aplanira tes sentiers. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Remarquez qu&#8217;il est dit <em>tout ton c&#339;ur</em> et <em>toutes tes voies</em>. C&#8217;est une soumission compl&#232;te.</p><p>Et le r&#233;sultat ? L&#8217;&#201;ternel aplanit tes sentiers. Pas n&#233;cessairement faciles, mais droits &#8212; nous menant, vous et moi, dans la bonne direction, pour notre bien et finalement pour Sa gloire.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p>La question qui se pose &#224; nous est celle-ci :</p><h3><em>Qui est le ma&#238;tre de votre vie et de votre avenir ?</em></h3><p>Vous et moi ne pouvons pas suivre J&#233;sus tout en nous suivant nous-m&#234;mes. Nous ne pouvons pas nous soumettre au bon Berger tout en insistant pour &#234;tre notre propre guide.</p><p>Consid&#233;rez les paroles de J&#233;sus en Matthieu 6 :24 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Nul ne peut servir deux ma&#238;tres. Car, ou il ha&#239;ra l&#8217;un, et aimera l&#8217;autre ; ou il s&#8217;attachera &#224; l&#8217;un, et m&#233;prisera l&#8217;autre. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Un seul ma&#238;tre. Pas deux. Vous devez choisir.</p><p>C&#8217;est soit J&#233;sus, soit Mammon (c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire l&#8217;argent, les richesses, les biens mat&#233;riels) ou n&#8217;importe quelle autre chose.</p><p>Mais il n&#8217;y a qu&#8217;un seul ma&#238;tre digne d&#8217;&#234;tre suivi.</p><p>Seul J&#233;sus conna&#238;t le chemin juste et meilleur pour vous et pour moi, parce qu&#8217;Il est le chemin (voir Jean 14 :6).</p><p>J&#233;sus ne se contente pas de vous indiquer la vie ; Il <em>est</em> la vie.</p><p>Il ne se contente pas de vous dire la v&#233;rit&#233; ; Il <em>est</em> la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p>Il est pass&#233; l&#224; o&#249; vous allez.</p><p>Consid&#233;rez H&#233;breux 4 :15 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car nous n&#8217;avons pas un grand pr&#234;tre qui ne puisse compatir &#224; nos faiblesses ; au contraire, il a &#233;t&#233; tent&#233; comme nous en toutes choses, sans commettre de p&#233;ch&#233;. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il nous comprend. Il a march&#233; sur cette terre. Il a fait face &#224; la tentation. Il conna&#238;t la lutte.</p><p>Et J&#233;sus a d&#233;finitivement prouv&#233; Son amour. La Bible dit ceci en Jean 15 :13 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Il n&#8217;y a pas de plus grand amour que de donner sa vie pour ses amis. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus n&#8217;a pas seulement dit qu&#8217;Il vous aimait.</p><p>Il l&#8217;a montr&#233; &#8212; compl&#232;tement, sacrificiellement, jusqu&#8217;au bout.</p><p>J&#233;sus nous promet de ne jamais nous abandonner ; d&#233;couvrez la Grande Mission qu&#8217;il nous a confi&#233;e dans Matthieu 28, 18-20. Ses derni&#232;res paroles ont &#233;t&#233; :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Voici, je suis avec vous tous les jours, jusqu&#8217;&#224; la fin des temps. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il promet de ne jamais vous quitter. H&#233;breux 13 :5 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je ne te d&#233;laisserai point, et je ne t&#8217;abandonnerai point. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le Dieu vivant est bien plus qu&#8217;une idole faite par des mains humaines. Il existe en dehors du temps tel que nous le connaissons, et pourtant Il s&#8217;engage avec nous dans le temps et l&#8217;espace. Dieu est Esprit et toujours pr&#233;sent, avec nous.</p><p>M&#234;me quand vous ne pouvez pas Le voir, Emmanuel, Dieu avec nous, est l&#224;.</p><p>M&#234;me quand vous ne pouvez pas Le sentir, Il est pr&#233;sent.</p><p>M&#234;me quand vous vous &#233;garez, Il vous poursuit.</p><h3><em>Alors, si ce Dieu bon et aimant est pour nous, avec nous, et dispos&#233; &#224; se sacrifier pour nous sauver, pourquoi ne suivrions-nous pas J&#233;sus ?</em></h3><ul><li><p>Parce que suivre exige d&#8217;abandonner le contr&#244;le. Et le contr&#244;le nous donne un sentiment de s&#233;curit&#233;.</p></li><li><p>Parce que suivre pourrait nous mener vers quelque chose d&#8217;inconfortable. Et le confort nous fait du bien.</p></li><li><p>Parce que suivre signifie faire confiance &#224; Quelqu&#8217;un d&#8217;autre plus qu&#8217;&#224; soi-m&#234;me. Et c&#8217;est terrifiant.</p></li><li><p>Parce que suivre exige de se renier soi-m&#234;me et de porter sa croix chaque jour. Et c&#8217;est difficile.</p></li></ul><p>Mais &#233;coutez ce que dit J&#233;sus :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Le voleur ne vient que pour voler, tuer et d&#233;truire. Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 10 :10)</p></blockquote><p>La vie en pl&#233;nitude. Pas une existence restreinte, diminu&#233;e, sans joie. Une vie PLEINE. Une vie abondante. Une vie d&#233;bordante.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce que vous obtenez en suivant le bon Berger.</p><p>Comparez cela &#224; l&#8217;alternative : <em><strong>&#171; Le voleur ne vient que pour voler, tuer et d&#233;truire &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 10 :10).</p><p>Les autres voix &#8212; le monde, la chair, le trompeur &#8212; elles vous conduisent vers la destruction. Cela ne ressemble peut-&#234;tre pas &#224; de la destruction au premier abord. Cela peut sembler amusant, gratifiant, &#233;panouissant. Mais la destination est toujours la mort.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Telle voie para&#238;t droite &#224; un homme, mais son issue, c&#8217;est la voie de la mort &#187;</strong></em> (Proverbes 14 :12).</p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus offre un chemin diff&#233;rent. Une meilleure voie. Pas plus facile, mais meilleure. Pas populaire, mais porteuse de vie.</p><p>En Matthieu 7 :13-14, J&#233;sus nous instruit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Entrez par la porte &#233;troite. Car large est la porte, spacieux est le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la perdition, et il y en a beaucoup qui entrent par l&#224;. Mais &#233;troite est la porte, &#233;troit est le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la vie, et il y en a peu qui les trouvent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Peu les trouvent. Peu les suivent. Mais ceux qui le font re&#231;oivent la vie.</p><h3><em>Alors, &#233;coutez-vous et connaissez-vous la voix de votre bon Berger ?</em></h3><p>Si vous n&#8217;&#234;tes pas s&#251;r, voici comment l&#8217;apprendre :</p><h3><strong>1. Passez du temps avec Lui.</strong></h3><p>Lisez Sa Parole &#8212; c&#8217;est l&#224; que Sa voix est la plus claire.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Toute &#201;criture est inspir&#233;e de Dieu, et utile pour enseigner, pour convaincre, pour corriger, pour instruire dans la justice, afin que l&#8217;homme de Dieu soit accompli et propre &#224; toute bonne &#339;uvre. &#187;</strong></em> (2 Timoth&#233;e 3 :16)</p></blockquote><p>Quand vous lisez la Bible, vous entendez la voix de Dieu.</p><h3><strong>2. Priez et &#233;coutez.</strong></h3><p>Ne vous contentez pas de parler &#224; Dieu ; cr&#233;ez de l&#8217;espace pour L&#8217;entendre.</p><p>Consid&#233;rez le Psaume 46 :11 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Arr&#234;tez, et sachez que je suis Dieu. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Testez ce que vous entendez &#224; la lumi&#232;re de l&#8217;&#201;criture. Le Saint-Esprit ne contredira jamais la Parole de Dieu.</p><p>Dieu est saint. Il ne joue pas avec nous. Il ne perd pas de temps, ni de mots. Sa direction doit &#234;tre suivie, Sa voix, entendue et re&#231;ue avec une r&#233;ponse.</p><p>Il ne nous m&#232;ne jamais vers des tentations de p&#233;ch&#233; ou de r&#233;bellion contre Lui.</p><p>Voir le Psaume 23 :3 : Dieu nous conduit dans les sentiers de la justice &#224; cause de Son nom. Il restaure nos &#226;mes.</p><p>En Jean 16 :13, nous trouvons J&#233;sus d&#233;clarant :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Quand le consolateur sera venu, l&#8217;Esprit de v&#233;rit&#233;, il vous conduira dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233;. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><h3><strong>3. Recherchez le caract&#232;re de Dieu.</strong> </h3><p>La direction de Dieu s&#8217;aligne avec la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p>Sa voix vient avec la paix dans nos c&#339;urs (voir Colossiens 3 :15), elle s&#8217;aligne avec l&#8217;amour (voir 1 Corinthiens 13), et elle vous oriente, vous et moi, vers la saintet&#233; (voir 1 Pierre 1 :15-16).</p><p>Plus nous &#233;coutons, plus vous et moi passons du temps avec le bon Berger, plus Sa voix devient famili&#232;re. Plus Sa voix est famili&#232;re, plus il est facile de La suivre.</p><p>Et quand vous suivez le bon Berger, voici ce que J&#233;sus a dit que vous recevez :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je leur donne la vie &#233;ternelle ; et elles ne p&#233;riront jamais, et personne ne les ravira de ma main. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 10 :28)</p></blockquote><p>La vie &#233;ternelle. La s&#233;curit&#233;. La protection. Un Berger qui vous tient si fermement que rien &#8212; rien &#8212; ne peut vous arracher de Sa main.</p><h3><em>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; te soumettre &#224; la direction de J&#233;sus, le bon Berger ?</em></h3><p>Pas seulement en th&#233;orie, mais en pratique. Dans vos d&#233;cisions. Dans vos relations. Dans votre carri&#232;re. Dans vos finances. Dans votre temps. Dans tout.</p><p>Consid&#233;rez l&#8217;invitation de J&#233;sus enregistr&#233;e en Luc 9 :23 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Puis il dit &#224; tous : Si quelqu&#8217;un veut venir apr&#232;s moi, qu&#8217;il renonce &#224; lui-m&#234;me, se charge chaque jour de sa croix, et me suive. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Chaque jour. Chaque jour sans exception, vous et moi faisons le choix :</p><p>Vais-je suivre J&#233;sus aujourd&#8217;hui ? Vais-je &#233;couter Sa voix ? Vais-je me soumettre &#224; Sa direction ?</p><p>Notre bon Berger appelle, amis. Sa voix est claire. Le chemin est devant nous.</p><p>Le Chemin, la V&#233;rit&#233; et la Vie est avec nous, pr&#234;t &#224; nous guider en avant.</p><p>La seule question qui reste est : <strong>Suivrons-nous ?</strong></p><h3><em>Le suivrez-vous ?</em></h3><div><hr></div><p>Avant de r&#233;pondre en pri&#232;re, consid&#233;rez ces</p><h3><strong>Questions de R&#233;flexion :</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong>Pouvez-vous identifier la voix de J&#233;sus parmi toutes les autres voix de votre vie ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles voix &#233;coutez-vous et suivez-vous actuellement plus que J&#233;sus ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Dans quels domaines pr&#233;cis de votre vie r&#233;sistez-vous &#224; la direction de J&#233;sus ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#192; quoi pourrait ressembler une soumission compl&#232;te &#224; J&#233;sus comme votre bon Berger cette semaine ?</strong></p></li></ul><h3><strong><br>Prions</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>Seigneur J&#233;sus,</strong></p><p>Tu es le Chemin, la V&#233;rit&#233; et la Vie. Personne ne va au P&#232;re sauf par Toi.</p><p>Merci d&#8217;avoir ouvert un chemin pour vraiment Te conna&#238;tre, Toi, Dieu, comme notre Cr&#233;ateur, notre P&#232;re et notre meilleur Ami.</p><p>Par Ton sacrifice &#224; la croix, Tu nous as r&#233;concili&#233;s avec Dieu. Tu as pav&#233; le chemin pour que nous connaissions le seul vrai Dieu vivant, personnellement. Nous avons le privil&#232;ge de conna&#238;tre notre P&#232;re c&#233;leste. Nous avons le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;&#234;tre pleinement connus et aim&#233;s par Toi, pour toujours.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Tu es merveilleux, Seigneur.</p><p>Tu es le bon Berger, et je veux Te suivre.</p><p>Je veux surmonter les tentations de p&#233;cher et de rechercher les choses passag&#232;res de ce monde, comme Tu l&#8217;as fait, J&#233;sus.</p><p>P&#232;re, pardonne-moi pour les fois o&#249; j&#8217;ai essay&#233; de me diriger moi-m&#234;me ou o&#249; j&#8217;ai suivi d&#8217;autres voix.</p><p>Apprends-moi &#224; reconna&#238;tre Ta voix.</p><p>Aide-moi &#224; la distinguer de mes propres pens&#233;es, des messages du monde et des mensonges de l&#8217;ennemi.</p><p>Je ne veux pas de demi-v&#233;rit&#233;s. Je ne veux pas de petits compromis. Je ne veux pas &#234;tre tromp&#233;.</p><p>Je veux la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p>Je Te veux Toi, J&#233;sus, comme mon Sauveur, mon Seigneur et mon Roi, maintenant et pour toujours.</p><p>Je veux collaborer avec Toi dans Ton &#339;uvre de r&#233;demption dans notre monde.</p><p>Je veux marcher dans la victoire et la libert&#233; que Tu as pay&#233;es et assur&#233;es pour nous &#224; la croix.</p><p>Je veux vivre pleinement et joyeusement, fortifi&#233; par Ton Esprit et plein de Ta vie de r&#233;surrection.</p><p>Seigneur J&#233;sus, je choisis de me soumettre &#224; Ta direction &#8212; pas seulement en parole, mais en action. Pas seulement aujourd&#8217;hui, mais chaque jour.</p><p>Dirige-moi, et par Ta gr&#226;ce, avec joie, je choisis de Te suivre.</p><p>Guide-moi, et par la puissance de Ton Saint-Esprit, je choisis d&#8217;ob&#233;ir.</p><p>Merci pour ce nouveau commencement.</p><p>Je sais que je manquerai encore et encore &#224; la perfection, mais je sais que Tu ne renonceras jamais &#224; moi ; Tu seras fid&#232;le &#224; me fa&#231;onner de plus en plus &#224; la ressemblance de J&#233;sus, et pour cela, Dieu, je Te remercie.</p><p>Tu as prouv&#233; Ton amour pour moi &#224; la croix. Tu as prouv&#233; Ton autorit&#233; et Ta puissance sur le p&#233;ch&#233;, la mort et le trompeur par Ta r&#233;surrection.</p><p>Seigneur J&#233;sus, Tu es vivant, avec nous, pour toujours.</p><p>Maintenant, Emmanuel, aide-moi &#224; prouver ma confiance en Toi par mes choix quotidiens.</p><p>Que je sois un bon gestionnaire de cette vie et de tout ce que Tu m&#8217;as confi&#233;.</p><p>Que je sois trouv&#233; fid&#232;le, m&#234;me dans les moments les plus difficiles et les plus sombres.</p><p>Je suis Tien, Seigneur.</p><p>Montre le chemin, mon bon Berger.</p><p><strong>C&#8217;est en Ton nom que nous prions, J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur,</strong></p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Les amis, je vous encourage vraiment &#224; prendre au moins quelques minutes pour &#234;tre tranquille dans la pr&#233;sence de Dieu, que vous Lui pr&#233;sentiez l&#8217;une des questions de r&#233;flexion en pri&#232;re, ou que vous souhaitiez simplement vous &#233;merveiller devant Sa sainte bont&#233;. Profitez d&#8217;un moment de qualit&#233; avec le Seigneur notre Dieu.</p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Vous pouvez cliquer sur sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-who-are-you-following?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Le voyage continue la semaine prochaine avec le dernier billet de cette s&#233;rie, le billet n&#176;8, la Partie 7 : <strong>&#171; La Vie Abondante T&#8217;Attend &#187;</strong> &#8212; Embrasser tout ce qui vient avec J&#233;sus &#8212; Son Royaume, la vie &#233;ternelle, la joie, la paix et l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui.</p><p>Si le Seigneur le veut, on se retrouve l&#224;.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer dans 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance ! Montre le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu ! </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: "The Relationship That Takes Time" A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « La Relation Qui Prend du Temps » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Building Intimacy Through Consistent Presence (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:33:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199333711/8e549f80b429d770e7c787b8d3eac014.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>If you hear anything in the background, it&#8217;s probably our precious baby girl, Nova Sophia, who is now 4 months old. Hallelujah! Time is flying by. We have moved 4x since her birth. As you can imagine, this sojourning season was entirely unexpected. Before these moves, we had 4 different places lined up, over the past several months and every opportunity has fallen through in cinematic fashion. There are more testimonies to share&#8212;that&#8217;s for sure. We continue to trust our faithful Father to make a way where there seems to be no way, including the closing of every wrong door, and even every seemingly good door, en route to the best opportunity the Lord has prepared for our family. For all of you who have kept us in your prayers. Thank you. If you haven&#8217;t already, please join us in praying as we follow Jesus on this narrow and challenging path that leads to life.</p><p>The Lord didn&#8217;t yet guide us to a place we can call home but He did make a way for us to to stay at our Parisian studio for a few weeks longer than we expected, then at a family&#8217;s home for 2 weeks, then in an even smaller studio than our 1st one for 2 weeks, then we stayed with a friend from church for 2 weeks, and now, in His kindness, God graciously provided us a place to stay for the summer through a connection at our local church. So, we plan to stay here until mid-August, Lord willing. Please continue to pray as we follow the Lord&#8217;s leadership, embrace His lordship, and move forward by faith.</p><p>Welcome to post number 6 in this Drawing Near series, following our last post <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS.&#8221;</a> </strong>It followed our 4th post, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost,&#8221;</a> </strong>Part 3, <strong>&#8220;<a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">Seeking First,</a>&#8221;</strong> Part 2, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">&#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221; </a></strong>and the series introduction. All of these podcasts are linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">below</a>.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Seeking First&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>As a reminder, <strong>here&#8217;s </strong></p><h4><strong>The Heart Behind This Series</strong></h4><p>We&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about <em>relationship</em>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised: &#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly&#8221; (John 10:10).</p><p>Throughout this seven-part journey, we are exploring some crucial questions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Today, we continue with the fifth key question: <strong>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord?</strong> This is an exercise in making room to abide in the Source of Life Himself.</p><h4>In James 4:8, it says,</h4><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.&#8221;</strong></h3></blockquote><p>Imagine trying to build a deep friendship with someone you only talked to for five minutes once a week. You&#8217;d probably exchange pleasantries, maybe share a quick update, but you wouldn&#8217;t truly <em>know</em> each other. You wouldn&#8217;t develop the kind of deep connection that comes from spending real time together, sharing struggles, celebrating wins, and simply being present with each other.</p><p>This seems obvious when we think about human relationships. Yet somehow, in subtle and not so subtle ways, we can expect our relationship with God to flourish on this exact formula.</p><p>We give God the margins&#8212;a rushed prayer before meals, a quick &#8220;help me, Lord&#8221; when we&#8217;re in trouble, a church service on Sunday.</p><p>And then we wonder why we don&#8217;t feel close to Him.</p><p>The truth is simple but challenging:</p><h3><em>It takes time to get to know someone, to build a strong relationship. </em></h3><h3><em>The same is true with Jesus.</em></h3><p>God isn&#8217;t like a microwave. Deep intimacy with Him isn&#8217;t instant.</p><p>Closeness and oneness with God are cultivated over time, through consistent, intentional presence.</p><p>Think about the people across the Scriptures who knew God deeply:</p><p><strong>Moses</strong> spent 40 days and nights on Mount Sinai with God (see Exodus 24:18). He spoke with God &#8220;face to face, as one speaks to a friend&#8221; (Exodus 33:11). But this intimacy didn&#8217;t happen overnight. It was built through encounter after encounter, conversation after conversation, crisis after crisis where Moses turned to God.</p><p><strong>David</strong> was called &#8220;a man after God&#8217;s own heart&#8221; (1 Samuel 13:14). Read the Psalms&#8212;they&#8217;re the journal of someone who spent <em>time</em> with God. Wrestling with God. Praising God. Asking God questions. Trusting God. David got to really know God as he showed up, day after day, in honesty and vulnerability.</p><p><strong>Daniel</strong> intentionally set aside devoted time to pray three times a day, every single day, even when it meant being thrown into a lion&#8217;s den (Daniel 6:10). His relationship with God wasn&#8217;t built in crisis moments; it was built in the daily discipline of showing up.</p><p>Consider to the example of<strong> Mary of Bethany</strong>,<strong> </strong>who sat at Jesus&#8217; feet while her sister Martha rushed to serve those present (see Luke 10:38-42). When Martha complained, Jesus said, <em><strong>&#8220;Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.&#8221;</strong></em> </p><p>What did Mary choose? <em>Time with Jesus.</em> Presence over productivity. Being over doing.</p><p>Do you see the pattern? Those who knew God deeply <em>spent time</em> with God consistently.</p><p>This does not negate the fact that there is much to do. You and I are called to do whatever we do for the glory of God, to partner with God, His way. </p><p>Nevertheless, Jesus does not invite us to fill our lives with busyness and schedules so packed with seemingly good things that we miss out on knowing Immanuel, while presuming that God would approve. </p><p>This way of the world does not lead to life. Without quality time spent being with Jesus, this common way leads to relational distance from God.</p><p>This leads us to the question:</p><h3><em>Are you willing to take the time to get to know God yourself personally?</em></h3><p>This is the question before us. Not &#8220;Do you want to know God?&#8221; Most of us would say yes to that. The real question is:</p><h3><strong>Are you willing to invest the </strong><em><strong>time</strong></em><strong>?</strong></h3><p>Because here&#8217;s what intimacy with God requires:</p><h2><strong>Consistency.</strong></h2><p>This is not about marathon prayer sessions once a month, but daily connection. In Mark 1:35, it says this about Jesus,</p><blockquote><h4>&#8220;And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed.&#8221;</h4></blockquote><p>If Jesus needed consistent time with the Father, how much more do we?</p><p>Intimacy with God requires</p><h2><strong>Intentionality.</strong></h2><p>Closeness with God won&#8217;t happen accidentally. You have to plan for it, protect it, prioritize it.</p><p>In Matthew 6:6, Jesus says,</p><blockquote><h4>&#8220;But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.&#8221;</h4></blockquote><p>Create space. Eliminate distractions. Make time for this priority. Make time to be with God.</p><p>Intimacy with God requires</p><h2><strong>Patience.</strong></h2><p>Intimacy grows slowly, sometimes imperceptibly. You might not feel different after one day, one week, even one month. But over time, as you consistently show up, something shifts.</p><p>Lamentations 3:25 says,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him.&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>The Apostle Paul had experienced incredible things&#8212;visions, revelations, miracles. But what did he prioritize?</p><p>In Philippians 3:8-11, Paul says,</p><blockquote><h4>&#8220;8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of <strong>knowing Christ Jesus my Lord</strong>. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith&#8212; 10<strong> that I may know him and the power of his resurrection</strong>, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.&#8221;</h4></blockquote><p><em>Knowing Christ.</em> Present tense. Ongoing pursuit. After years of walking with Jesus, Paul&#8217;s primary desire was still to know Him more deeply.</p><p>This is the heart posture that cultivates intimacy: &#8220;No matter how long I&#8217;ve been a Christian, no matter what I&#8217;ve experienced, I want to know Jesus more.&#8221;</p><p>In 1 Chronicles 28:9, David&#8217;s words to his son, Solomon, are recorded,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;You, Solomon my son, <strong>know the God</strong> of your father and <strong>serve him with a whole heart</strong> and with <strong>a willing mind</strong>, for the Lord searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought&#8230;&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>The Message translates David&#8217;s first line to Solomon this way,</p><blockquote><h4>&#8220;Get to know the God of your ancestors <strong>intimately</strong>&#8220;.</h4></blockquote><p>Intimately. Not casually. Not from a distance. Intimately.</p><p>This is a lifelong pursuit of seeking God, being with Him, and knowing who He is. </p><p><strong>With all of my heart I believe that as we come to know God as He truly is, we cannot help but want to share who He is to others with awe, wonder, and joy.</strong></p><p>Yet, here&#8217;s what often happens: We start strong. We commit to daily prayer and Bible reading. (Consider your New Year&#8217;s resolutions.) We&#8217;re excited, motivated. But then life happens. We get busy. We miss a day, then two, then a week. We feel guilty, so we avoid coming back. Or we come back but with a sense of obligation rather than desire.</p><p>And intimacy slowly but surely fades until it dies.</p><p>But listen to God&#8217;s heart for His wandering kids in Malachi 3:7:</p><blockquote><h4>&#8220;From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them.</h4><h4><strong>Return to me, and I will return to you,</strong> says the Lord of hosts.&#8221;</h4></blockquote><p>I know there are people reading this or listening who need to hear this. Even when you&#8217;ve wandered, our God is ready to draw near again. Every single day is a new opportunity to show up.</p><p>Lamentations 3:22-23 declares,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;<br>    his mercies never come to an end;<br>they are new every morning;<br>    great is your faithfulness.&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>New every morning! Unending steadfast love and mercy. New every morning. A clean slate. No condemnation. Just an invitation to come close again.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>So how do we do this practically?</p><h2><strong>1. Start small.</strong></h2><p>Maybe an hour feels like too much. Start with 15 minutes. But make it non-negotiable, protected time.</p><p>Isaiah 55:6 says,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>Simply start small, and build from there with God&#8217;s help. There is no doubt about His willingness to draw near and be with us.</p><h2><strong>2. Be real.</strong></h2><p>God isn&#8217;t impressed by fancy prayers. He wants your honest heart. Look at the Psalms&#8212;David brought everything to God: joy, anger, fear, doubt, praise, complaint. All of it.</p><p>In Psalm 62:8, David proclaimed,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;Trust in him at all times, O people;<br>    pour out your heart before him;<br>    God is a refuge for us.&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>That is who God is, our trustworthy Refuge. Before going to your best friend or your go-to confidant, go to God our Refuge. Pour out your heart before Him. Let God build your faith and secure you with His loving presence. Only our Creator sees all things, knows us completely&#8212;the good, the bad, and the ugly&#8212;and still chooses to pour out His love into our hearts (see Romans 5:5).</p><h2><strong>3. Listen, don&#8217;t just talk.</strong></h2><p>Prayer is much more than just talking at God.</p><p>In Psalm 46:10, the Lord Himself speaks this:</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;Be still, and know that I am God.<br>    I will be exalted among the nations,<br>    I will be exalted in the earth!&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>Our lives are full of distractions and we&#8217;re so used to filling silence with noise.</p><p>We must practice being quiet before God. There are few things I treasure more than silence in God&#8217;s presence.</p><p>So, read the Scriptures slowly and let the truth about God and about you sink into your soul. </p><p>Give thanks, praise God, and listen. Be still before your Creator.</p><p>Prayer was never meant to be a monologue. It isn&#8217;t one-sided venting.</p><p>We have the holy privilege, opportunity, and access to the all-knowing, all-powerful, all-loving Creator of the universe.</p><p>Before you start making your requests known to God, take 30 seconds to consider who it is you are engaging with&#8212;and your prayer life will powerfully change.</p><p>Fear of the Lord, reverence, awe, and childlike wonder will increase, and all other fear will begin to disappear. This I know from personal experience.</p><p>This is an ongoing dialogue with the King of glory, our Father in heaven, the Lord of lords and Lover of our souls. What an honor!</p><p>Invite the God who spoke all creation into being to speak to you, then wait in faith.</p><p>The verse, or passage, or word, or song, or image that comes into your mind is not random.</p><p>The feeling of peace and sense of love you feel is not an accident.</p><p>Immanuel, God with us, is making Himself known to you.</p><p>Morning, afternoon, evening, night: Pray and listen. <br>Hear and respond. <br>Keep praying and listening.</p><p>Keep hearing and responding, and your relationship with God will blossom.</p><h2><strong>4. Build rhythms.</strong></h2><p>Maybe it&#8217;s morning coffee with God. Maybe it&#8217;s walking while you pray. Maybe it&#8217;s listening to the Bible before bed. Maybe it&#8217;s all of the above.</p><p>Like Jesus, get away with God. Make time and space for undistracted heart-to-heart engagement.</p><p>Find what rhythms work for you and build them into your life. </p><p>This may take some time, trial and error. That&#8217;s ok. That&#8217;s normal. God sees and values your pursuit and prioritzation of seeking Him first.</p><p>David put it this way in Psalm 119:147-151,</p><blockquote><h4> I rise before dawn and cry for help;<br>    I hope in your words.<br> My eyes are awake before the watches of the night,<br>    that I may meditate on your promise.<br> Hear my voice according to your steadfast love;<br>    O Lord, according to your justice give me life.<br> They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose;<br>    they are far from your law.<br> But you are near, O Lord,<br>    and all your commandments are true.</h4></blockquote><p>This is not a routine obligation to draw near to God. This is whole-hearted dependence on God, day and night, night and day.</p><p>David knew God, and so he prioritized time engaging with the Lord.</p><p>The same is true for you and me. The more we see God rightly and believe He is who He says He is, the more we want to cling to Him, to His steadfast love, and to His precious promises.</p><h2><strong>5. Expect to meet Him.</strong></h2><p>You&#8217;re not just going through religious motions. You and I are meeting with a Person, with Jesus Christ&#8212;100% God and 100% man. Expect Him to show up. He&#8217;s been ready to meet with you and me long before we realized it.</p><p>Let&#8217;s recall James 4:8,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>That is a promise.</p><p>The beautiful reality is this:</p><h3>The more we embrace the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus, the more we will enjoy sweet, intentional intimacy with Him.</h3><p>Sweet. Intentional. Intimacy.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t dry duty. It&#8217;s not religious obligation. It&#8217;s real relationship&#8212;rich, satisfying, joy-filled friendship with the One who created you, knows you completely, loves you unconditionally, and delights in your presence.</p><p>God actually wants to spend time with you. Someone needs to hear this! He&#8217;s not just tolerating your prayers. He&#8217;s not too busy for you. He&#8217;s not annoyed by your neediness. He <em>wants</em> you.</p><p>Hear this beautiful reality in Zephaniah 3:17,</p><blockquote><h3>&#8220;The Lord your God is in your midst,<br>    a mighty one who will save;<br>he will rejoice over you with gladness;<br>    he will quiet you by his love;<br>he will exult over you with loud singing.&#8221;</h3></blockquote><p>The Lord your God rejoices over you with singing. Let that sink in for the rest of your days. The God of the universe sings over you. He is in your midst, even now. Do you realize that? Turn to Him and you will find how near God really is. He is mighty to save. He doesn&#8217;t just put up with you; He rejoices over you with gladness and quiets you by His love.</p><p>This is the Lord our God.</p><p>And He&#8217;s inviting you and me to spend time with Him. Quality time. Consistent time. Every day.</p><p><em>Are you willing to take the time to get to know God yourself personally?</em></p><p>Not just know things about Him. Not just believe in Him.</p><p>But <em>know</em> Him&#8212;intimately, personally, experientially.</p><p>The time is now. He is ready. Are you?</p><p>Here are some <strong>Reflection Questions</strong> that should help us to pray and take action with God&#8217;s help.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><h2><strong>Reflection Questions</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Do you currently spend quality time with God each day? Why? (</strong><em><strong>To seek His hand or to seek His face&#8212;to get something from God or to be with Him?)</strong></em></p></li><li><p><strong>What keeps you from spending more devoted time with God&#8212;busyness, guilt, distraction, lack of desire?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What&#8217;s one practical step you can take this week to build more consistent time with God?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>When have you felt closest to God? What made that time different?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Friends, remember this is not about comparing ourselves or our faith to another. This is an opportunity to let God examine our hearts so that we can leave stagnant faith in the past and embrace the path of growing intimacy with God through Jesus, empowered not by our own strength or willpower, but by the Holy Spirit who abides in everyone who anchors their trust in Jesus.</p><h2><strong>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><em><strong>Abba, everlasting Father in heaven,<br>Lord our Creator,<br>Source of Life and every good thing,</strong></em></h4><p>You are holy, righteous, and always good.</p><p>Your love is proven and steadfast.</p><p>My life is a testimony of your love and grace.</p><p>Lord, I confess I haven&#8217;t given You the time You deserve.</p><p>Too often, I have sought your hand, over your face; <br>   I&#8217;ve sought good things from You rather than You, the Source.</p><p>Too many times, I&#8217;ve wanted to build intimacy with You but given only small and brief bits of attention.</p><p>Forgive me, Father.</p><p>I want to know You&#8212;not just know about You, but truly know You personally and deeply, God.</p><p>Help us to build consistent rhythms of spending quality time with You. <br>   You are so worthy.</p><p>Show us when and how to meet with You. You know the structure each of us need.</p><p>Help us to remove the obstacles&#8212;internal and external&#8212;that keep us from Your presence.</p><p>In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, I pray that all the schemes of the deceiver and efforts to keep us from seeking You first would be cut off and brought to nothing.</p><p>Life-giving Lord, I want to enjoy a deeper friendship with You.</p><p>I choose to reject lies and believe that You are who You say You are, I am who You say I am, and Your leadership is best.</p><p>As it says in Romans 5:5, God, I choose to believe that Your love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.<br>   Hallelujah!</p><p>I choose to believe that You really do love me, delight in me, and want to spend time with me.</p><p>Thank You for that incredible gift. Your love brings me to my knees.</p><p>May Your love motivate and drive my life and all You give me the grace to do and pursue with You.</p><p>Here I am, Lord. I&#8217;m making time and space for You.</p><p>I want more of you, Jesus. Thank You, Father. Thank You for Your life-giving Spirit living in me.</p><p>We pray in the beautiful and strong name of Jesus,</p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Hallelujah! Thank You, Father. <br>You are the greatest Gift, Lord God.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I really encourage you to take at least a few minutes to be still in God&#8217;s presence, whether you bring any of the reflection questions before Him in prayer, or simply want to marvel before His holy goodness. Enjoy some quality time with the Lord our God.  </p><p>I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God.<br> You can click the <strong>Share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>You can set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>The journey continues in the coming weeks with <strong>Part 7: &#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Learning to recognize and follow the voice of our Good Shepherd.</p><p>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187; <br></strong>Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU  </h1><h2><em>Construire l&#8217;Intimit&#233; par une Pr&#233;sence Constante</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Bonjour amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Si vous entendez quelque chose en arri&#232;re-plan, c&#8217;est probablement notre pr&#233;cieuse petite fille, Nova Sophia, qui a maintenant presque 3 mois et demi. All&#233;luia ! Le temps file &#224; toute vitesse. Nous avons d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; 3 fois depuis sa naissance et pr&#233;voyons de d&#233;m&#233;nager &#224; nouveau dans moins d&#8217;une semaine. Comme vous pouvez l&#8217;imaginer, cette saison de p&#232;lerinage &#233;tait totalement inattendue. Nous avions 4 logements diff&#233;rents pr&#233;vus au cours des derniers mois, et chaque opportunit&#233; s&#8217;est effondr&#233;e de fa&#231;on spectaculaire. Il y a encore de nombreux t&#233;moignages &#224; partager. Nous avons fait et continuons de faire confiance &#224; notre fid&#232;le P&#232;re pour ouvrir un chemin l&#224; o&#249; il ne semble pas y en avoir, y compris la fermeture de chaque mauvaise porte, et m&#234;me de chaque porte qui semblait bonne, sur la route vers la meilleure opportunit&#233; que le Seigneur a pr&#233;par&#233;e pour nous. Pour tous ceux qui nous ont gard&#233;s dans vos pri&#232;res &#8212; merci. Si ce n&#8217;est pas encore le cas, rejoignez-nous dans la pri&#232;re tandis que nous suivons J&#233;sus sur ce chemin &#233;troit et difficile qui m&#232;ne &#224; la vie.</p><p>Dieu ne nous a pas encore conduits vers un endroit que nous pouvons appeler chez nous, mais Il a ouvert un chemin pour que nous restions dans notre studio parisien quelques semaines de plus que pr&#233;vu, puis chez une famille pendant 2 semaines, puis dans un studio encore plus petit que le premier pendant 2 semaines, et maintenant chez un ami. Dieu nous a gracieusement fourni un logement pour l&#8217;&#233;t&#233; gr&#226;ce &#224; une connexion dans notre &#233;glise-plant&#233;e. Nous pr&#233;voyons donc d&#8217;y rester de juin &#224; mi-ao&#251;t, si le Seigneur le veut. Continuez &#224; prier avec nous tandis que nous suivons la direction du Seigneur, embrassons Sa seigneurie et avan&#231;ons par la foi.</p><p>Bienvenue dans le billet num&#233;ro 6 de cette s&#233;rie <em>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu</em>, &#224; la suite de notre dernier billet <strong>S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COUPER les DISTRACTIONS. &#187;</strong> Il faisait suite au 4e billet, <strong>S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187;</strong>, la Partie 3, <strong>&#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;</strong>, la Partie 2, <strong>&#171; As-tu GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</strong> et l&#8217;introduction &#224; la s&#233;rie. Tous ces podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COUPER les DISTRACTIONS &#187;</strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Le C&#339;ur de Cette S&#233;rie &#8212; Un rappel</strong></h4><p>Nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir dans l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire davantage d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles &#8212; il s&#8217;agit de relation. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde et transformatrice avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui entrave notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des voies pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise : <em><strong>&#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 10 :10).</p><p>Tout au long de ce voyage en sept parties, nous explorons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p>As-tu vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</p></li><li><p>Cherches-tu d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ?</p></li><li><p>As-tu compt&#233; le co&#251;t &#8212; et le gain &#8212; de suivre J&#233;sus ?</p></li><li><p>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que tu puisses te cramponner &#224; Dieu ?</p></li><li><p>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec le Seigneur ?</p></li><li><p>Connais-tu la voix de ton bon Berger ?</p></li><li><p>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous poursuivons avec la cinqui&#232;me question cl&#233; : <strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de conna&#238;tre Dieu personnellement ?</strong> C&#8217;est un exercice qui consiste &#224; faire de la place pour demeurer dans la Source de Vie elle-m&#234;me.</p><p><br>En Jacques 4 :8, il est dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s&#8217;approchera de vous. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Imaginez que vous essayiez de construire une amiti&#233; profonde avec quelqu&#8217;un &#224; qui vous ne parliez que cinq minutes par semaine. Vous &#233;changeriez probablement des civilit&#233;s, peut-&#234;tre un rapide bilan, mais vous ne vous conna&#238;triez pas vraiment. Vous ne d&#233;velopperiez pas le genre de connexion profonde qui na&#238;t de moments partag&#233;s &#8212; des luttes, des victoires, une simple pr&#233;sence mutuelle.</p><p>Cela semble &#233;vident quand nous pensons aux relations humaines. Pourtant, d&#8217;une fa&#231;on subtile ou pas si subtile, nous pouvons nous attendre &#224; ce que notre relation avec Dieu s&#8217;&#233;panouisse exactement selon cette m&#234;me formule.</p><p>Nous offrons &#224; Dieu les marges &#8212; une pri&#232;re pr&#233;cipit&#233;e avant les repas, un rapide &#171; aide-moi, Seigneur &#187; quand nous sommes en difficult&#233;, un culte le dimanche.</p><p>Et puis nous nous demandons pourquoi nous ne nous sentons pas proches de Lui.</p><p>La v&#233;rit&#233; est simple mais exigeante :</p><p><strong>Il faut du temps pour apprendre &#224; conna&#238;tre quelqu&#8217;un, pour construire une relation solide.</strong> <strong>La m&#234;me chose est vraie avec J&#233;sus.</strong></p><p>Dieu n&#8217;est pas un micro-ondes. L&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui n&#8217;est pas instantan&#233;e.</p><p>La proximit&#233; et l&#8217;unit&#233; avec Dieu se cultivent dans le temps, par une pr&#233;sence constante et intentionnelle.</p><p>Pensez aux personnes dans les &#201;critures qui connaissaient Dieu en profondeur :</p><p><strong>Mo&#239;se</strong> a pass&#233; 40 jours et 40 nuits sur le mont Sina&#239; avec Dieu (Exode 24 :18). Il lui parlait &#171; face &#224; face, comme on parle &#224; un ami &#187; (Exode 33 :11). Mais cette intimit&#233; ne s&#8217;est pas construite du jour au lendemain. Elle s&#8217;est b&#226;tie &#224; travers rencontre apr&#232;s rencontre, conversation apr&#232;s conversation, crise apr&#232;s crise o&#249; Mo&#239;se se tournait vers Dieu.</p><p><strong>David</strong> &#233;tait appel&#233; &#171; un homme selon le c&#339;ur de Dieu &#187; (1 Samuel 13 :14). Lisez les Psaumes &#8212; ce sont le journal d&#8217;une personne qui passait du temps avec Dieu. Luttant avec Dieu. Louant Dieu. Interrogeant Dieu. Lui faisant confiance. David a fini par vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu en se pr&#233;sentant chaque jour, avec honn&#234;tet&#233; et vuln&#233;rabilit&#233;.</p><p><strong>Daniel</strong> r&#233;servait intentionnellement du temps pour prier trois fois par jour, chaque jour, m&#234;me quand cela signifiait &#234;tre jet&#233; dans la fosse aux lions (Daniel 6 :10). Sa relation avec Dieu ne s&#8217;&#233;tait pas construite dans les moments de crise ; elle s&#8217;&#233;tait b&#226;tie dans la discipline quotidienne de se pr&#233;senter.</p><p>Consid&#233;rez l&#8217;exemple de <strong>Marie de B&#233;thanie</strong>, qui s&#8217;assit aux pieds de J&#233;sus tandis que sa s&#339;ur Marthe s&#8217;affairait &#224; servir (Luc 10 :38-42). Quand Marthe se plaignit, J&#233;sus dit : <em><strong>&#171; Marie a choisi la bonne part, qui ne lui sera pas &#244;t&#233;e. &#187;</strong></em> Qu&#8217;est-ce que Marie a choisi ? Du temps avec J&#233;sus. La pr&#233;sence plut&#244;t que la productivit&#233;. &#202;tre plut&#244;t que faire.</p><p>Vous voyez le sch&#233;ma ? Ceux qui connaissaient Dieu en profondeur passaient du temps avec Dieu de fa&#231;on constante.</p><p>Cela ne nie pas le fait qu&#8217;il y a beaucoup &#224; faire, mais nous sommes appel&#233;s &#224; faire tout ce que nous faisons pour la gloire de Dieu, en partenariat avec Dieu, &#224; Sa fa&#231;on. N&#233;anmoins, J&#233;sus ne nous invite pas &#224; remplir nos vies d&#8217;agitation et d&#8217;emplois du temps si charg&#233;s de choses apparemment bonnes que nous passons &#224; c&#244;t&#233; de conna&#238;tre Emmanuel, en pr&#233;sumant que Dieu approuverait. Cette voie du monde ne m&#232;ne pas &#224; la vie. Sans temps de qualit&#233; pass&#233; &#224; &#234;tre avec J&#233;sus, cela m&#232;ne &#224; un &#233;loignement relationnel de Dieu.</p><p>Cela nous am&#232;ne &#224; la question :</p><h4><em><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de conna&#238;tre Dieu toi-m&#234;me, personnellement ?</strong></em></h4><p>C&#8217;est la question qui se pose &#224; nous. Pas &#171; Veux-tu conna&#238;tre Dieu ? &#187; La plupart d&#8217;entre nous r&#233;pondrait oui &#224; cela. La vraie question est :</p><h3><em><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; investir le temps ?</strong></em></h3><p>Car voici ce que l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu requiert :</p><h3><strong>La constance.</strong></h3><p>Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de marathons de pri&#232;re une fois par mois, mais d&#8217;une connexion quotidienne. En Marc 1 :35, voici ce qui est dit de J&#233;sus :</p><p><em>&#171; Le matin, bien avant le jour, il se leva, sortit, et alla dans un lieu d&#233;sert, o&#249; il priait. &#187;</em></p><p>Si J&#233;sus avait besoin d&#8217;un temps constant avec le P&#232;re, combien plus en avons-nous besoin ?</p><h3><strong>L&#8217;intentionnalit&#233;.</strong></h3><p>La proximit&#233; avec Dieu n&#8217;arrivera pas par accident. Vous devez la planifier, la prot&#233;ger, en faire une priorit&#233;.</p><p>En Matthieu 6 :6, J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mais toi, quand tu pries, entre dans ta chambre, ferme ta porte, et prie ton P&#232;re qui est l&#224; dans le lieu secret ; et ton P&#232;re, qui voit dans le secret, te le rendra. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Cr&#233;ez de l&#8217;espace. &#201;liminez les distractions. Faites du temps pour cette priorit&#233;. Faites du temps pour &#234;tre avec Dieu.</p><h3><strong>La patience.</strong></h3><p>L&#8217;intimit&#233; cro&#238;t lentement, parfois imperceptiblement. Vous ne vous sentirez peut-&#234;tre pas diff&#233;rent apr&#232;s un jour, une semaine, voire un mois. Mais avec le temps, &#224; mesure que vous vous pr&#233;sentez r&#233;guli&#232;rement, quelque chose se transforme.</p><p>Les Lamentations 3 :25 disent :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; L&#8217;&#201;ternel est bon pour celui qui esp&#232;re en lui, pour l&#8217;&#226;me qui le cherche. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>L&#8217;ap&#244;tre Paul avait v&#233;cu des choses incroyables &#8212; des visions, des r&#233;v&#233;lations, des miracles. Mais qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;il mettait en priorit&#233; ?</p><p>En Philippiens 3 :8-11, Paul dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et m&#234;me je consid&#232;re toutes choses comme une perte, &#224; cause de l&#8217;excellence de la connaissance de J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur, pour lequel j&#8217;ai renonc&#233; &#224; tout, et je regarde tout comme de la boue, afin de gagner Christ, et d&#8217;&#234;tre trouv&#233; en lui, ayant, non ma justice, celle qui vient de la loi, mais celle qui s&#8217;obtient par la foi en Christ, la justice qui vient de Dieu par la foi ; &#8212; afin de conna&#238;tre Christ, et la puissance de sa r&#233;surrection, et la communion de ses souffrances, en lui devenant conforme dans sa mort, pour parvenir, si possible, &#224; la r&#233;surrection d&#8217;entre les morts. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Conna&#238;tre Christ. Au pr&#233;sent. Une poursuite continue. Apr&#232;s des ann&#233;es de marche avec J&#233;sus, le d&#233;sir premier de Paul &#233;tait encore de Le conna&#238;tre plus profond&#233;ment.</p><p>C&#8217;est la posture du c&#339;ur qui cultive l&#8217;intimit&#233; : <em>&#171; Peu importe depuis combien de temps je suis chr&#233;tien, peu importe ce que j&#8217;ai v&#233;cu, je veux conna&#238;tre J&#233;sus davantage. &#187;</em></p><p>Dans 1 Chroniques 28 :9, les paroles de David &#224; son fils Salomon sont rapport&#233;es :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et toi, Salomon, mon fils, connais le Dieu de ton p&#232;re, et sers-le avec un c&#339;ur int&#232;gre et une &#226;me bien dispos&#233;e ; car l&#8217;&#201;ternel sonde tous les c&#339;urs et p&#233;n&#232;tre toutes les pens&#233;es&#8230; &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p><em>The Message</em> traduit la premi&#232;re ligne de David &#224; Salomon ainsi :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Apprends &#224; conna&#238;tre intimement le Dieu de tes anc&#234;tres. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Intimement. Pas de fa&#231;on d&#233;sinvolte. Pas de loin. <strong>Intimement.</strong></p><p>Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;une poursuite &#224; vie &#8212; chercher Dieu, &#234;tre avec Dieu, et conna&#238;tre qui Il est.</p><p>Pourtant, voici ce qui arrive souvent : Nous commen&#231;ons fort. Nous nous engageons &#224; prier et lire la Bible chaque jour. (Pensez &#224; vos r&#233;solutions du Nouvel An.) Nous sommes enthousiastes, motiv&#233;s. Puis la vie arrive. Nous devenons occup&#233;s. Nous manquons un jour, puis deux, puis une semaine. Nous nous sentons coupables, donc nous &#233;vitons de revenir. Ou nous revenons, mais avec un sens de l&#8217;obligation plut&#244;t que du d&#233;sir.</p><p>Et l&#8217;intimit&#233; s&#8217;efface peu &#224; peu jusqu&#8217;&#224; ce qu&#8217;elle meure.</p><p>Mais &#233;coutez le c&#339;ur de Dieu pour Ses enfants &#233;gar&#233;s dans Malachie 3 :7 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Depuis les jours de vos p&#232;res, vous vous &#234;tes &#233;cart&#233;s de mes ordonnances et vous ne les avez pas observ&#233;es. Revenez &#224; moi, et je reviendrai &#224; vous, dit l&#8217;&#201;ternel des arm&#233;es. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>M&#234;me quand vous vous &#234;tes &#233;gar&#233;, notre Dieu est pr&#234;t &#224; s&#8217;approcher &#224; nouveau. Chaque jour est une nouvelle opportunit&#233; de se pr&#233;senter.</p><p>Les Lamentations 3 :22-23 proclament :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Les bont&#233;s de l&#8217;&#201;ternel ne sont pas &#233;puis&#233;es, ses compassions ne sont pas &#224; leur terme. Elles se renouvellent chaque matin. Que ta fid&#233;lit&#233; est grande ! &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nouvelles chaque matin ! Un amour fid&#232;le et une mis&#233;ricorde sans fin. Nouvelles chaque matin. Une page blanche. Pas de condamnation. Rien qu&#8217;une invitation &#224; se rapprocher &#224; nouveau.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><h3><strong>Alors, comment faire cela concr&#232;tement ?</strong></h3><h4><strong>1. Commencez petit.</strong></h4><p>Peut-&#234;tre qu&#8217;une heure vous semble trop longue. Commencez par 15 minutes. Mais faites-en un temps non n&#233;gociable et prot&#233;g&#233;.</p><p>&#201;sa&#239;e 55 :6 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Cherchez l&#8217;&#201;ternel pendant qu&#8217;il se trouve ; faites appel &#224; lui pendant qu&#8217;il est proche. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Commencez simplement par du petit, et construisez &#224; partir de l&#224; avec l&#8217;aide de Dieu. Sa volont&#233; de s&#8217;approcher et d&#8217;&#234;tre avec nous ne fait aucun doute.</p><h4><strong>2. Soyez authentique.</strong></h4><p>Dieu n&#8217;est pas impressionn&#233; par de belles pri&#232;res. Il veut votre c&#339;ur honn&#234;te. Regardez les Psaumes &#8212; David apportait tout &#224; Dieu : la joie, la col&#232;re, la peur, le doute, la louange, la plainte. Tout cela.</p><p>Dans le Psaume 62 :8, David proclame :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Esp&#233;rez en lui en tout temps, &#244; vous son peuple ! &#201;panchez votre c&#339;ur devant lui : Dieu est notre refuge. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est qui est Dieu &#8212; notre Refuge digne de confiance. Avant d&#8217;aller voir votre meilleur ami ou votre confident de pr&#233;dilection, allez vers Dieu notre Refuge. &#201;panchez votre c&#339;ur devant Lui. Laissez Dieu affermir votre foi et vous ancrer dans Sa pr&#233;sence aimante. Seul notre Cr&#233;ateur voit toutes choses, nous conna&#238;t compl&#232;tement &#8212; avec le bon, le mauvais et le laid &#8212; et choisit quand m&#234;me de r&#233;pandre Son amour dans nos c&#339;urs.</p><h4><strong>3. &#201;coutez, ne faites pas que parler.</strong></h4><p>La pri&#232;re est bien plus que simplement parler &#224; Dieu.</p><p>Dans le Psaume 46 :11, le Seigneur Lui-m&#234;me dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Arr&#234;tez, et sachez que je suis Dieu : je domine sur les nations, je domine sur la terre ! &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nos vies sont pleines de distractions et nous sommes tellement habitu&#233;s &#224; remplir le silence avec du bruit.</p><p>Nous devons pratiquer le silence devant Dieu. Lisez les &#201;critures lentement et laissez la v&#233;rit&#233; sur Dieu et sur nous s&#8217;impr&#233;gner dans votre &#226;me.</p><p>La pri&#232;re n&#8217;a jamais &#233;t&#233; cens&#233;e &#234;tre un monologue. Elle n&#8217;est pas un &#233;panchement unilat&#233;ral.</p><p>Nous avons le saint privil&#232;ge, l&#8217;opportunit&#233; et l&#8217;acc&#232;s au Cr&#233;ateur omniscient, tout-puissant et tout-aimant de l&#8217;univers.</p><p>Avant de commencer &#224; pr&#233;senter vos demandes &#224; Dieu, prenez 30 secondes pour consid&#233;rer avec qui vous &#234;tes en train d&#8217;&#233;changer &#8212; et votre vie de pri&#232;re changera de fa&#231;on puissante.</p><p>La crainte du Seigneur, la r&#233;v&#233;rence, l&#8217;&#233;merveillement et l&#8217;&#233;tonnement d&#8217;un enfant augmenteront, et toute autre peur commencera &#224; dispara&#238;tre.</p><p>C&#8217;est un dialogue continu avec le Roi de gloire, notre P&#232;re c&#233;leste, le Seigneur des seigneurs et l&#8217;Amant de nos &#226;mes. Quel honneur !</p><p>Invitez le Dieu qui a appel&#233; toute la cr&#233;ation &#224; l&#8217;existence &#224; vous parler, puis attendez dans la foi.</p><p>Le verset, le passage, le mot, la chanson ou l&#8217;image qui vous vient &#224; l&#8217;esprit n&#8217;est pas al&#233;atoire.</p><p>Le sentiment de paix et le sens de l&#8217;amour que vous ressentez ne sont pas un accident.</p><p>Emmanuel, Dieu avec nous, se fait conna&#238;tre &#224; vous.</p><p>Matin, apr&#232;s-midi, soir, nuit : Priez et &#233;coutez. Entendez et r&#233;pondez. Continuez &#224; prier et &#224; &#233;couter.</p><p>Continuez &#224; entendre et &#224; r&#233;pondre, et votre relation avec Dieu s&#8217;&#233;panouira.</p><h4><strong>4. Construisez des rythmes.</strong></h4><p>Peut-&#234;tre un caf&#233; du matin avec Dieu. Peut-&#234;tre prier en marchant. Peut-&#234;tre &#233;couter la Bible avant de dormir. Peut-&#234;tre tout cela &#224; la fois.</p><p>Comme J&#233;sus, retirez-vous avec Dieu. Faites du temps et de l&#8217;espace pour un engagement c&#339;ur &#224; c&#339;ur sans distraction.</p><p>Trouvez les rythmes qui vous conviennent et int&#233;grez-les dans votre vie.</p><p>David l&#8217;a exprim&#233; ainsi dans le Psaume 119 :147-151 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>Je me l&#232;ve avant l&#8217;aurore et je crie &#224; l&#8217;aide ;</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>j&#8217;esp&#232;re en ta parole.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Mes yeux devancent les veilles de la nuit,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>afin que je m&#233;dite sur ta promesse.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Dans ta bont&#233;, &#201;ternel, exauce ma voix ;</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>selon tes jugements, donne-moi la vie.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Ils s&#8217;approchent, ceux qui me pers&#233;cutent avec malveillance ;</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>ils s&#8217;&#233;loignent de ta loi.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Mais toi, &#201;ternel, tu es proche,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>et tous tes commandements sont v&#233;rit&#233;.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une obligation routini&#232;re de s&#8217;approcher de Dieu. C&#8217;est une d&#233;pendance totale envers Dieu, jour et nuit, nuit et jour.</p><p>David connaissait Dieu, et c&#8217;est pourquoi il accordait la priorit&#233; au temps pass&#233; avec le Seigneur.</p><p>Il en va de m&#234;me pour vous et moi. Plus nous voyons Dieu correctement et croyons qu&#8217;Il est qui Il dit &#234;tre, plus nous voulons nous cramponner &#224; Lui, &#224; Son amour fid&#232;le et &#224; Ses pr&#233;cieuses promesses.</p><h4><strong>5. Attendez-vous &#224; Le rencontrer.</strong></h4><p>Vous ne faites pas seulement des gestes religieux. Vous et moi rencontrons une Personne, J&#233;sus-Christ &#8212; 100% Dieu et 100% homme. Attendez-vous &#224; ce qu&#8217;Il se manifeste. Il &#233;tait pr&#234;t &#224; vous rencontrer bien avant que vous le r&#233;alisiez.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s&#8217;approchera de vous. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est une promesse.</p><p>La belle r&#233;alit&#233; est celle-ci :</p><h3><strong>Plus nous embrassons la voie, la v&#233;rit&#233; et la vie de J&#233;sus, plus nous jouirons d&#8217;une intimit&#233; douce et intentionnelle avec Lui.</strong></h3><p>Douce. Intentionnelle. Intime.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un devoir aride. Ce n&#8217;est pas une obligation religieuse. C&#8217;est une relation r&#233;elle &#8212; une amiti&#233; riche, satisfaisante et remplie de joie avec Celui qui vous a cr&#233;&#233;, vous conna&#238;t compl&#232;tement, vous aime inconditionnellement et se r&#233;jouit de votre pr&#233;sence.</p><p>Dieu veut vraiment passer du temps avec vous. Il ne fait pas que tol&#233;rer vos pri&#232;res. Il n&#8217;est pas trop occup&#233; pour vous. Il ne s&#8217;agace pas de vos besoins. Il vous veut.</p><p>Entendez cette belle r&#233;alit&#233; dans Sophonie 3 :17 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; L&#8217;&#201;ternel, ton Dieu, est au milieu de toi, comme un h&#233;ros qui sauve. Il fera de toi l&#8217;objet de sa joie et de son all&#233;gresse ; il gardera le silence dans son amour, il poussera des cris de joie &#224; cause de toi. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le Seigneur ton Dieu pousse des cris de joie &#224; cause de toi. Laissez cela vous habiter pour le reste de vos jours. Le Dieu de l&#8217;univers chante pour vous. Il est au milieu de vous, m&#234;me maintenant. Vous en rendez-vous compte ? Tournez-vous vers Lui et vous d&#233;couvrirez combien Dieu est r&#233;ellement proche. Il est puissant pour sauver. Il ne vous supporte pas simplement ; Il se r&#233;jouit de vous avec all&#233;gresse et vous apaise par Son amour.</p><p>C&#8217;est le Seigneur notre Dieu.</p><p>Et Il vous invite, vous et moi, &#224; passer du temps avec Lui. Du temps de qualit&#233;. Du temps constant. Chaque jour.</p><p><strong>Es-tu pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de conna&#238;tre Dieu toi-m&#234;me, personnellement ?</strong></p><p>Pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Lui. Pas seulement croire en Lui.</p><p>Mais Le conna&#238;tre &#8212; intimement, personnellement, exp&#233;rientiellement.</p><p>Le temps est maintenant. Il est pr&#234;t. Et vous ?</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><h3><strong><br>Questions de R&#233;flexion</strong></h3><ul><li><p>Passez-vous actuellement du temps de qualit&#233; avec Dieu chaque jour ? Pourquoi ? (Pour chercher Sa main ou chercher Son visage &#8212; pour obtenir quelque chose de Dieu ou pour &#234;tre avec Lui ?)</p></li><li><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui vous emp&#234;che de passer plus de temps d&#233;di&#233; avec Dieu &#8212; l&#8217;agitation, la culpabilit&#233;, la distraction, le manque de d&#233;sir ?</p></li><li><p>Quelle est une &#233;tape pratique que vous pouvez franchir cette semaine pour construire un temps plus constant avec Dieu ?</p></li><li><p>Quand vous &#234;tes-vous senti le plus proche de Dieu ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui rendait ce moment diff&#233;rent ?</p></li></ul><h3><strong><br>Prions</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>Abba, P&#232;re &#233;ternel au ciel, <br>Seigneur notre Cr&#233;ateur, <br>Source de Vie et de tout bien,</strong></p><p>Tu es saint, juste et toujours bon.</p><p>Ton amour est &#233;prouv&#233; et fid&#232;le.</p><p>Ma vie est un t&#233;moignage de ton amour et de ta gr&#226;ce.</p><p>Seigneur, je confesse que je ne T&#8217;ai pas accord&#233; le temps que Tu m&#233;rites.</p><p>Trop souvent, j&#8217;ai cherch&#233; Ta main plut&#244;t que Ton visage ; j&#8217;ai cherch&#233; de bonnes choses venant de Toi plut&#244;t que Toi, la Source.</p><p>Trop de fois, j&#8217;ai voulu construire l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Toi mais je n&#8217;ai accord&#233; que de petits et brefs moments d&#8217;attention.</p><p>Pardonne-moi, P&#232;re.</p><p>Je veux Te conna&#238;tre &#8212; pas seulement savoir des choses sur Toi, mais vraiment Te conna&#238;tre personnellement et profond&#233;ment.</p><p>Aide-moi &#224; construire des rythmes constants de temps de qualit&#233; pass&#233; avec Toi. Tu en es tellement digne.</p><p>Montre-moi quand et comment me rencontrer avec Toi. Tu connais la structure dont j&#8217;ai besoin.</p><p>Supprime les obstacles &#8212; internes et externes &#8212; qui me gardent loin de Ta pr&#233;sence.</p><p>Au nom de J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur, je prie que tous les plans du trompeur et les efforts pour nous emp&#234;cher de Te chercher d&#8217;abord soient coup&#233;s et r&#233;duits &#224; rien.</p><p>Seigneur qui donne la vie, je veux jouir d&#8217;une amiti&#233; plus profonde avec Toi.</p><p>Je choisis de rejeter les mensonges et de croire que Tu es qui Tu dis &#234;tre, que je suis qui Tu dis que je suis, et que Ta direction est la meilleure.</p><p>Comme il est dit dans Romains 5 :5, Dieu, je choisis de croire que Ton amour a &#233;t&#233; r&#233;pandu dans nos c&#339;urs par le Saint-Esprit qui nous a &#233;t&#233; donn&#233;. All&#233;luia !</p><p>Je choisis de croire que Tu m&#8217;aimes vraiment, que Tu te r&#233;jouis de moi et que Tu veux passer du temps avec moi.</p><p>Merci pour ce don incroyable. Ton amour me met &#224; genoux.</p><p>Que Ton amour motive et conduise ma vie et tout ce que Tu m&#8217;accordes de faire et de poursuivre avec Toi.</p><p>Me voici, Seigneur. Je fais du temps pour Toi.</p><p>Nous voulons plus de Toi, J&#233;sus. Merci, P&#232;re, et merci pour Ton Esprit vivifiant qui vit en moi.</p><p>Nous prions au beau et puissant nom de J&#233;sus,</p><p>Amen.</p></blockquote><p>All&#233;luia ! Merci, P&#232;re. Tu es le plus grand Don, Seigneur Dieu.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Vous pouvez cliquer sur sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-the-relationship-that?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Le voyage continue la semaine prochaine avec la Partie 7 : <strong>&#171; Qui Suis-Tu ? &#187;</strong> &#8212; Apprendre &#224; reconna&#238;tre et &#224; suivre la voix de notre bon Berger.</p><p>Si le Seigneur le veut, on se retrouve l&#224;.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer dans 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance ! Montre le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Deceiver DEFEATED by the KING of kings — The Global Glory of God Series, Part 3 / 🇫🇷 Le Trompeur VAINCU par le ROI des rois — La Série sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Holy Week Series &#127467;&#127479; (La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:16:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193783357/c66cfd5c1833828ddf494a6e4c291f3c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="http://LIFE ON MISSION">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>This is our third post in a Holy Week series centered on The Global Glory of God. Parts 1 &amp; 2, are linked below. As always, you can listen to the podcast or read the post.</p><p><strong>The Global Glory of God Series</strong></p><ul><li><p><strong>Part 1: <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Part 2: &#8220;<a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?&#8221; - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>I hope you had a powerful weekend remembering Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross and celebrating His resurrection.</p><h3><strong>JESUS IS RISEN. HE IS ALIVE. </strong></h3><p>Hallelujah! All glory to our God! The victory belongs to God and the victory is ours in Christ.</p><p>Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday may have come and gone but I hope the power of these historic days and Christ&#8217;s victory are not lost on us. They have everything to do with your life and mine today.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look back together at what Jesus did and the most important Friday in history.</p><p><em><strong>Lead me, Lord Jesus, and be glorified through this post.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><h2><strong>The Deceiver Defeated</strong></h2><p>Three hours of darkness covered the land as Jesus hung on the cross (see Matthew 27:45). In a way, that seems appropriate. The Author of Life laid down His life for humanity. It also seems like the powers of darkness were, at one level, having their moment.</p><p>Meanwhile, sin and death were being overcome by Christ&#8217;s resurrection life and light.</p><p>What appeared to be a defeat was, in the deepest and truest way, the most decisive and eternal victory of God over every force that has ever opposed Him.</p><p>Colossians 2 gives us this triumphant image:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to shame, by triumphing over them in him </strong>[i.e. in Jesus]<strong>.&#8221; </strong>(Colossians 2:15)</h4></blockquote><p>The cross was not where Satan won. It&#8217;s where he lost. It&#8217;s where the father of lies and all aligned with him were decisively defeated&#8212;where light overcame the darkness.</p><p>It&#8217;s also where Jesus took on the full weight and penalty for all of our sins so that we could be forgiven. In the verses immediately before, Colossians 2:13-14, we read about how our own sins and the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands, were nailed to the cross just as Christ was. He is our substitute. It says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>In Galatians 2:20, Paul puts it this way,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>That is such good news, isn&#8217;t it?</p><p>Jesus triumphed over sin, death, and the devil through the cross, and we too, find victory over these through Jesus our Lord, our Savior who took our place.</p><p>And this victory is one that continues, one that lasts forever. We get to walk in the freedom and victory that Jesus secured and paid for by laying down His life for us.</p><p>It is no longer you and I who live, but Christ who lives in us and overcomes through us. Now, we get to live by faith in the Son of God, who loved us and gave himself for us.</p><p><em><strong>Hallelujah! </strong></em>That&#8217;s a powerful way to live today.</p><p>Let&#8217;s not forget Colossians 2:15. The cross is where evil and the ancient accuser and his minions were unmasked, disarmed, and publicly humiliated&#8212;the accusations silenced forever, the power of death broken, the grip of the enemy on the nations shattered.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look at Jesus&#8217; own prophetic words recorded in John 12:31&#8211;32,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Jesus foretold, &#8220;When I am lifted up,&#8221; as He was, on a cross, that He &#8220;will draw all people&#8221; to Himself&#8212;people from every nation, every generation, every background to Himself.</p><p>This is yet another reason why missions and the advancement of God&#8217;s Kingdom are unstoppable.</p><p>Not because we are so strong or clever or well-resourced.</p><p>But because the defeat of the enemy is already accomplished.</p><p>The decisive battle has already been won.</p><p><strong>Every Gospel seed planted, <br>Every Jesus-centered conversation, <br>Every church plant, <br>Every home gathering around the Word or prayer,<br>Every written and oral translation of the Bible or a part of it into another language, <br>Every effort to bless others and bring redemptive and restorative change across cultures,<br>Every act of sacrificial love in the name of Jesus Christ</strong><br>&#8212;these are <em>not</em> desperate attempts to gain victory over darkness and evil.</p><p><strong>These acts of faith are done in response to Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross and triumphant resurrection from the grave.</strong></p><p>Revelation 12:11 tells us how the saints overcome the father of lies, the accuser:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>The blood of the Lamb&#8212;the finished work of Jesus our Savior on Good Friday, and&#8230;</p><p>The word of their testimony&#8212;the living witness of lives transformed by Jesus.</p><p>They loved not their lives even unto death&#8212;that&#8217;s the radical kind of surrendered lives that represent Jesus well and reveal that the Gospel of Jesus really is the best news ever.</p><p><strong>Not only is it worth dying for, the Good News of Jesus is worth living for!</strong></p><h3><strong>The Good News of Jesus is worth living for!</strong></h3><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>And considering those who lay down their lives for the sake of Jesus, like He laid down His life for us, imagine the world seeing martyrs for the sake of Christ?</p><p><em>Followers of Jesus that are so convinced of this Good News that they are willing to die for the One who gave everything to save them, Jesus their Savior.</em></p><p>You can see why it is said that <em>&#8220;The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.&#8221;</em> That quote is attributed to Tertullian, a second-century church father who lived in Carthage, North Africa, where persecution of Christians was raging. Followers of Jesus were fed to the lions, beaten, whipped, sawed in half, put to death by sword, burned in the fire, and chained in prisons. In his work entitled, &#8220;The Apology,&#8221;<em> this </em>Tertullian said that the more Christians were persecuted and &#8220;mown down,&#8221; the more they would multiply because &#8220;the blood of Christians is seed.&#8221;</p><p>In another sermon, the fourth-century theologian, Saint Augustine of Hippo, said it this way,</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>&#8220;The earth has been filled with the blood of the martyrs as with seed, and from that seed have sprung the crops of the church. They have asserted Christ&#8217;s cause more effectively when dead than when they were alive. They assert it today, they preach him today; their tongues are silent, their deeds echo round the world. They were arrested, bound, imprisoned, brought to trial, tortured, burned at the stake, stoned to death, run through, fed to wild beasts. In all their kinds of death they were jeered at as worthless, but &#8216;precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.&#8217;&#8221;</em></p></div><p>That is radical. That is real.</p><p>This is overcoming by the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, and the word of our testimony. In our lives and even in our deaths, our testimonies of God&#8217;s salvation, abundant life, forgiveness, and love through Jesus go on and inspire others toward faith in Christ.</p><p>To this day, our brothers and sisters around the world are persecuted for their faith in Jesus. They need our prayers. We need to pray. Following Jesus is not easy, but it is eternally worth it.</p><p>This is how we overcome the defeated accuser. It is not complicated. It is not primarily a matter of skill or strategy. <br>   It is a matter of believing and sharing, of really trusting that the blood of Jesus is sufficient&#8212;sufficient to dismantle every accusation, redeem any shame and past, and bring the message of hope and salvation to every nation&#8212;and of living as a bold witness of Jesus, living Spirit-filled lives and opening our mouths to proclaim that Jesus reigns forever.</p><p>To follow Jesus is to swim upstream, against the constant flow and pushback of the world and sin. But that only lasts a lifetime. This journey of life is challenging, that&#8217;s for sure, but only for a matter of decades&#8212;maybe several decades.</p><p>But eternity with God lasts forever. Eternal, abundant life with God and the coming new creation will last forever. Not 60 or 70 or 80 or 90 or even 100 years. For the next 500 years. For the next millennium. For the next 10 millenia. For the next 100,000 years. Seriously, try to consider it. For the next 10M years plus&#8230;</p><p>Forever with God is not easy to conceive but it&#8217;s our reality and reward for following Jesus. Eternal, abundant life with God the Source of lasting soul-satisfying joy, peace, love, grace, everything we will ever need, and pleasures forevermore.</p><p>Otherwise, our choice is forever apart from God and that is a reality I wouldn&#8217;t wish for my worst enemy&#8212;if I had one. In that case, we could live for ourselves, seek to build our own little kingdoms, grope after fame, sex, power, &amp; riches, store up earthly treasures that we can&#8217;t take with us, and disregard God for the duration of our few or several decades here on earth. As a result, we receive the reward of our decisions: an earthly life void of deep soul-satisfying love, grace, satisfaction, and peace from God the Source of every good thing, as well as eternal misery and torment far from God&#8217;s life-giving presence in a place designed for the father of lies and those allied with him.</p><p>This helps to explain why Jesus declares this in Matthew 7:13-14,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>In stark contrast with the father of lies, I appreciate that Jesus is the Truth and speaks the truth.</p><p>In our confusing world, day, and age, we need to hear from the Truth Himself, the Truth who sets us free.</p><p>On one hand, we have the defeated accuser who hates us, seeks to deceive us, and desires our destruction. <br>On the other hand, we have the Lord and King, Jesus, who  loves us, seeks to save us, and desires abundant and eternal life for us and, even better in my opinion, <em>with us.</em></p><p>Jesus speaks honestly about the realities of the challenges we face in life, and offers His eternal love, friendship, and presence. He promises to be with us through it all, through every pain, every sorrow, every moment of despair, and He delivers, helps, and strengthens us to overcome and even grow stronger as a result.</p><p>No one can choose for you and no one can force your choice. You and I must decide.</p><p>The choice is clear for me. <br><strong>I&#8217;m trusting in Jesus. </strong><br>I&#8217;ve counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of life with Christ, and I&#8217;m all-in. <br>I don&#8217;t want to hold anything back. <br>I don&#8217;t want any attachment or bondage to any kind of darkness or habits of sin. <br>I want to walk in the freedom and victory that Jesus secured on the cross. <br>I want to be full of Christ&#8217;s resurrection life, joy, peace, and love, and overflow toward others.<br>I want to live to the fullest with the Lord today, filled with and led by His life-giving Spirit.<br>I&#8217;ll take the challenges that come with it&#8212;forsaking desires that don&#8217;t belong, going upstream against what the world calls &#8220;normal&#8221; and &#8220;good,&#8221; embracing the challenging but fruitful way, truth, and life of Jesus, and walking uphill with my Good Shepherd.<br>I want abundant life in Christ, with God, today, tomorrow, and forever&#8212;whatever that looks like.<br><strong>If Jesus is there, I&#8217;m in. <br>That&#8217;s where I want to be.</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, there&#8217;s more to share on the veil that was torn, the beauty of the <em>particular</em> nature and offer of salvation, crucial questions to answer, and the wonderful last word of Jesus, <em>Tetelestai.</em></p><p>But, alas, there is only so much time in the day. We plan to dive into these Good Friday topics in our next <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> posts.</p><p>I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. As a reminder, it&#8217;s the third one in our Holy Week series on The Global Glory of God.</p><p>Parts 1 &amp; 2, are linked below. As always, you can listen to these podcasts or read these posts.</p><div><hr></div><h4><strong>The Global Glory of God Series</strong></h4><ul><li><p><strong>Part 1: <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Part 2: &#8220;<a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?&#8221; - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22</a></strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>What can you do now?</strong></h4><p><strong>Here are some ways you can take action in faith.</strong></p><ol><li><p><strong>Share</strong> this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. People need to know who Jesus is and what He has done!</p></li></ol><p>You can click the Share button below.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Add</strong> your email below to <strong>subscribe </strong>and you won&#8217;t miss out on the upcoming posts and this Holy Week series.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li><li><p><strong>Turn</strong> to the Lord. Pray. Listen. And enjoy seeking and finding Jesus and engaging with God in deeper and richer ways than you ever imagined possible. Anything is possible with our God.</p></li><li><p><strong>Read or listen</strong> to our most recent posts in our <strong>Drawing Near</strong> series on Intimacy with God. The podcasts are linked below:</p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;SEEKING FIRST&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;COUNTING the COST.&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>The journey continues in our next post.</p><p>   Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; Le Trompeur VAINCU par le ROI des rois</strong> &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 3</h1><h2><em>Une S&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte</em></h2><div><hr></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>Salut &#224; tous ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Voici notre troisi&#232;me article d&#8217;une s&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte centr&#233;e sur La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu. Les Parties 1 et 2 sont li&#233;es ci-dessous. Comme toujours, vous pouvez &#233;couter le podcast ou lire l&#8217;article.</p><p><strong>La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</strong></p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">Partie 1: CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout </a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">Partie 2 : &#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Pourquoi M&#8217;as-tu Abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22</a></strong></em></p></li></ul><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que vous avez pass&#233; un week-end puissant &#224; vous souvenir de la victoire de Christ sur la croix et &#224; c&#233;l&#233;brer Sa r&#233;surrection.</p><h3><strong>J&#201;SUS EST RESSUSCIT&#201;. IL EST VIVANT.</strong></h3><p>All&#233;luia ! Toute gloire &#224; notre Dieu ! La victoire appartient &#224; Dieu et la victoire est n&#244;tre en Christ.</p><p>Le Vendredi Saint et le Dimanche de la R&#233;surrection sont peut-&#234;tre pass&#233;s, mais j&#8217;esp&#232;re que la puissance de ces jours historiques et la victoire de Christ ne nous &#233;chappent pas. Ils ont tout &#224; voir avec votre vie et la mienne aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>Revenons ensemble sur ce que J&#233;sus a accompli et sur le vendredi le plus important de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p><em>Guide-moi, Seigneur J&#233;sus, et sois glorifi&#233; &#224; travers cet article.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Le Trompeur Vaincu</strong></h2><p>Trois heures de t&#233;n&#232;bres ont couvert la terre pendant que J&#233;sus &#233;tait suspendu &#224; la croix (voir Matthieu 27:45). D&#8217;une certaine mani&#232;re, cela semble appropri&#233;. L&#8217;Auteur de la Vie a donn&#233; Sa vie pour l&#8217;humanit&#233;. Il semble &#233;galement que les puissances des t&#233;n&#232;bres avaient, &#224; un certain niveau, leur moment.</p><p>Pendant ce temps, le p&#233;ch&#233; et la mort &#233;taient en train d&#8217;&#234;tre vaincus par la vie et la lumi&#232;re de la r&#233;surrection de Christ.</p><p>Ce qui semblait &#234;tre une d&#233;faite &#233;tait, de la mani&#232;re la plus profonde et la plus vraie, la victoire la plus d&#233;cisive et la plus &#233;ternelle de Dieu sur toute force qui L&#8217;a jamais oppos&#233;.</p><p>Colossiens 2 nous offre cette image triomphante :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Il a d&#233;pouill&#233; les dominations et les autorit&#233;s, et les a livr&#233;es publiquement en spectacle, en triomphant d&#8217;elles par la croix [c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire en J&#233;sus]. &#187;</strong></em> (Colossiens 2:15)</p></blockquote><p>La croix n&#8217;est pas l&#224; o&#249; Satan a gagn&#233;. C&#8217;est l&#224; o&#249; il a perdu. C&#8217;est l&#224; o&#249; le p&#232;re du mensonge et tous ceux qui lui sont alli&#233;s ont &#233;t&#233; d&#233;cisivement vaincus &#8212; l&#224; o&#249; la lumi&#232;re a surmont&#233; les t&#233;n&#232;bres.</p><p>C&#8217;est aussi l&#224; o&#249; J&#233;sus a port&#233; le plein poids et la pleine peine de tous nos p&#233;ch&#233;s afin que nous puissions &#234;tre pardonn&#233;s. Dans les versets qui pr&#233;c&#232;dent imm&#233;diatement, Colossiens 2:13-14, nous lisons comment nos propres p&#233;ch&#233;s et la dette contract&#233;e contre nous avec ses exigences l&#233;gales ont &#233;t&#233; clou&#233;s &#224; la croix tout comme Christ l&#8217;a &#233;t&#233;. Il est notre substitut. Il est dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Vous qui &#233;tiez morts par vos offenses et par l&#8217;incirconcision de votre chair, il vous a rendus vivants avec lui, en nous faisant gr&#226;ce pour toutes nos offenses ; il a effac&#233; l&#8217;acte dont les ordonnances nous condamnaient et qui subsistait contre nous, et il l&#8217;a supprim&#233; en le clouant &#224; la croix. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Dans Galates 2:20, Paul le dit ainsi :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; J&#8217;ai &#233;t&#233; crucifi&#233; avec Christ ; et si je vis, ce n&#8217;est plus moi qui vis, c&#8217;est Christ qui vit en moi ; si je vis maintenant dans la chair, je vis dans la foi au Fils de Dieu, qui m&#8217;a aim&#233; et qui s&#8217;est livr&#233; lui-m&#234;me pour moi. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est une si bonne nouvelle, n&#8217;est-ce pas ?</p><p>J&#233;sus a triomph&#233; du p&#233;ch&#233;, de la mort et du diable &#224; travers la croix, et nous aussi, nous trouvons la victoire sur ceux-ci &#224; travers J&#233;sus notre Seigneur, notre Sauveur qui a pris notre place.</p><p>Et cette victoire est une victoire qui se poursuit, une victoire qui dure pour toujours. Nous pouvons marcher dans la libert&#233; et la victoire que J&#233;sus a obtenues et pour lesquelles Il a pay&#233; en donnant Sa vie pour nous.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est plus vous et moi qui vivons, mais Christ qui vit en nous et qui triomphe &#224; travers nous. Maintenant, nous pouvons vivre par la foi dans le Fils de Dieu, qui nous a aim&#233;s et qui s&#8217;est livr&#233; lui-m&#234;me pour nous.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! C&#8217;est une mani&#232;re puissante de vivre aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>N&#8217;oublions pas Colossiens 2:15. La croix est l&#224; o&#249; le mal, l&#8217;antique accusateur et ses sbires ont &#233;t&#233; d&#233;masqu&#233;s, d&#233;sarm&#233;s et publiquement humili&#233;s &#8212; les accusations r&#233;duites au silence pour toujours, la puissance de la mort bris&#233;e, l&#8217;emprise de l&#8217;ennemi sur les nations fracass&#233;e.</p><p>Regardons les propres paroles proph&#233;tiques de J&#233;sus consign&#233;es dans Jean 12:31-32 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Maintenant a lieu le jugement de ce monde ; maintenant le prince de ce monde sera jet&#233; dehors. Et moi, quand j&#8217;aurai &#233;t&#233; &#233;lev&#233; de la terre, j&#8217;attirerai tous les hommes &#224; moi. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus a pr&#233;dit : <em><strong>&#171; Quand j&#8217;aurai &#233;t&#233; &#233;lev&#233; &#187;</strong></em>, comme Il l&#8217;a &#233;t&#233;, sur une croix, qu&#8217;Il <em><strong>&#171; attirera tous les hommes &#187;</strong></em> &#224; Lui &#8212; des gens de chaque nation, chaque g&#233;n&#233;ration, chaque milieu &#224; Lui-m&#234;me.</p><p>C&#8217;est encore une autre raison pour laquelle les missions et l&#8217;avancement du Royaume de Dieu sont irr&#233;sistibles.</p><p>Non pas parce que nous sommes si forts, si habiles ou si bien pourvus en ressources.</p><p>Mais parce que la d&#233;faite de l&#8217;ennemi est d&#233;j&#224; accomplie.</p><p>La bataille d&#233;cisive a d&#233;j&#224; &#233;t&#233; remport&#233;e.</p><p><strong>Chaque semence d&#8217;&#201;vangile plant&#233;e, <br>Chaque conversation centr&#233;e sur J&#233;sus, <br>Chaque implantation d&#8217;&#233;glise, <br>Chaque rassemblement autour de la Parole ou de la pri&#232;re, <br>Chaque traduction &#233;crite et orale de la Bible ou d&#8217;une partie de celle-ci dans une autre langue, <br>Chaque effort pour b&#233;nir les autres et apporter un changement r&#233;dempteur et restaurateur &#224; travers les cultures, <br>Chaque acte d&#8217;amour sacrificiel au nom de J&#233;sus-Christ <br>&#8212; </strong>tout cela ne repr&#233;sente pas des tentatives d&#233;sesp&#233;r&#233;es d&#8217;arracher la victoire aux griffes des t&#233;n&#232;bres et du mal.</p><p><strong>Ces actes de foi sont accomplis en r&#233;ponse &#224; la victoire de Christ sur la croix et &#224; Sa r&#233;surrection triomphante du tombeau.</strong></p><p>Apocalypse 12:11 nous dit comment les saints triomphent du p&#232;re du mensonge, l&#8217;accusateur :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Ils l&#8217;ont vaincu &#224; cause du sang de l&#8217;Agneau et &#224; cause de la parole de leur t&#233;moignage, et ils n&#8217;ont pas aim&#233; leur vie jusqu&#8217;&#224; craindre la mort. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le sang de l&#8217;Agneau &#8212; l&#8217;&#339;uvre achev&#233;e de J&#233;sus notre Sauveur le Vendredi Saint, et&#8230;</p><p>La parole de leur t&#233;moignage &#8212; le t&#233;moignage vivant de vies transform&#233;es par J&#233;sus.</p><p>Ils n&#8217;ont pas aim&#233; leur vie jusqu&#8217;&#224; craindre la mort &#8212; voil&#224; le genre de vies radicalement abandonn&#233;es qui repr&#233;sentent J&#233;sus fid&#232;lement et r&#233;v&#232;lent que l&#8217;&#201;vangile de J&#233;sus est vraiment la meilleure nouvelle qui soit.</p><p>Non seulement cela vaut la peine d&#8217;en mourir, la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus vaut la peine d&#8217;en vivre !</p><h2><strong>La Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus vaut la peine d&#8217;en vivre !</strong></h2><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Et en pensant &#224; ceux qui donnent leur vie pour la cause de J&#233;sus, comme Il a donn&#233; Sa vie pour nous, imaginez ce que le monde ressent en voyant des martyrs pour la cause de Christ ?</p><p>Des disciples de J&#233;sus tellement convaincus de cette Bonne Nouvelle qu&#8217;ils sont pr&#234;ts &#224; mourir pour Celui qui a tout donn&#233; pour les sauver, J&#233;sus leur Sauveur.</p><p>On peut comprendre pourquoi il est dit que <strong>&#171; le sang des martyrs est la semence de l&#8217;&#201;glise &#187;</strong>. Cette citation est attribu&#233;e &#224; Tertullien, un p&#232;re de l&#8217;&#201;glise du deuxi&#232;me si&#232;cle qui vivait &#224; Carthage, en Afrique du Nord, o&#249; la pers&#233;cution des chr&#233;tiens faisait rage. Des disciples de J&#233;sus &#233;taient jet&#233;s aux lions, battus, fouett&#233;s, sci&#233;s en deux, mis &#224; mort par l&#8217;&#233;p&#233;e, br&#251;l&#233;s dans le feu, et encha&#238;n&#233;s dans des prisons. Dans son &#339;uvre intitul&#233;e &#171; L&#8217;Apologie &#187;, ce Tertullien a d&#233;clar&#233; que plus les chr&#233;tiens &#233;taient pers&#233;cut&#233;s et &#171; fauch&#233;s &#187;, plus ils se multiplieraient parce que <em>&#171; le sang des chr&#233;tiens est une semence &#187;.</em></p><p>Dans un autre sermon, le th&#233;ologien du quatri&#232;me si&#232;cle, saint Augustin d&#8217;Hippone, l&#8217;a exprim&#233; ainsi :</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>&#171; La terre a &#233;t&#233; remplie du sang des martyrs comme d&#8217;une semence, et de cette semence ont pouss&#233; les r&#233;coltes de l&#8217;&#201;glise. Ils ont affirm&#233; la cause de Christ plus efficacement dans la mort que dans la vie. Ils l&#8217;affirment aujourd&#8217;hui, ils Le pr&#234;chent aujourd&#8217;hui ; leurs langues sont silencieuses, leurs actes r&#233;sonnent &#224; travers le monde. Ils furent arr&#234;t&#233;s, encha&#238;n&#233;s, emprisonn&#233;s, traduits en justice, tortur&#233;s, br&#251;l&#233;s vifs, lapid&#233;s, transperc&#233;s, livr&#233;s aux b&#234;tes sauvages. Dans toutes leurs formes de mort, on se moquait d&#8217;eux comme d&#8217;&#234;tres sans valeur, mais &#8220;pr&#233;cieuse aux yeux de l&#8217;&#201;ternel est la mort de ses fid&#232;les.&#8221; &#187;</em></p></div><p>C&#8217;est radical. C&#8217;est r&#233;el.</p><p>Voil&#224; ce que c&#8217;est que de triompher par le sang de l&#8217;Agneau, J&#233;sus-Christ, et par la parole de notre t&#233;moignage. Dans nos vies et m&#234;me dans nos morts, nos t&#233;moignages du salut de Dieu, de Sa vie abondante, de Son pardon et de Son amour &#224; travers J&#233;sus se poursuivent et inspirent d&#8217;autres vers la foi en Christ.</p><p>&#192; ce jour, nos fr&#232;res et s&#339;urs &#224; travers le monde sont pers&#233;cut&#233;s pour leur foi en J&#233;sus. Ils ont besoin de nos pri&#232;res. Nous devons prier. Suivre J&#233;sus n&#8217;est pas facile, mais cela en vaut &#233;ternellement la peine.</p><p>C&#8217;est ainsi que nous triomphons de l&#8217;accusateur vaincu. Ce n&#8217;est pas compliqu&#233;. Ce n&#8217;est pas avant tout une question d&#8217;habilet&#233; ou de strat&#233;gie. C&#8217;est une question de croire et de partager, de vraiment faire confiance que le sang de J&#233;sus est suffisant &#8212; suffisant pour d&#233;manteler toute accusation, racheter toute honte et tout pass&#233;, et porter le message d&#8217;esp&#233;rance et de salut &#224; toutes les nations &#8212; et de vivre comme un t&#233;moin audacieux de J&#233;sus, en vivant des vies remplies du Saint-Esprit et en ouvrant nos bouches pour proclamer que J&#233;sus r&#232;gne pour toujours.</p><p>Suivre J&#233;sus, c&#8217;est nager &#224; contre-courant, contre le flux constant et la r&#233;sistance du monde et du p&#233;ch&#233;. Mais cela ne dure qu&#8217;une vie. Ce voyage de vie est difficile, c&#8217;est certain, mais seulement pour quelques d&#233;cennies &#8212; peut-&#234;tre plusieurs d&#233;cennies.</p><p>Mais l&#8217;&#233;ternit&#233; avec Dieu dure pour toujours. La vie &#233;ternelle et abondante avec Dieu et la nouvelle cr&#233;ation &#224; venir durera pour toujours. Non pas 60, 70, 80, 90 ou m&#234;me 100 ans. Pour les 500 prochaines ann&#233;es. Pour le prochain mill&#233;naire. Pour les 10 prochains mill&#233;naires. Pour les 100 000 prochaines ann&#233;es. Essayez s&#233;rieusement d&#8217;y r&#233;fl&#233;chir. Pour les 10 millions d&#8217;ann&#233;es &#224; venir et au-del&#224;&#8230;</p><p>L&#8217;&#233;ternit&#233; avec Dieu n&#8217;est pas facile &#224; concevoir, mais c&#8217;est notre r&#233;alit&#233; et notre r&#233;compense pour avoir suivi J&#233;sus. Une vie &#233;ternelle et abondante avec Dieu, la Source d&#8217;une joie durable qui satisfait l&#8217;&#226;me, de la paix, de l&#8217;amour, de la gr&#226;ce, de tout ce dont nous aurons jamais besoin, et de plaisirs pour toujours.</p><p>Autrement, notre choix, c&#8217;est l&#8217;&#233;ternit&#233; loin de Dieu &#8212; et c&#8217;est une r&#233;alit&#233; que je ne souhaiterais pas &#224; mon pire ennemi, si j&#8217;en avais un. Dans ce cas, nous pourrions vivre pour nous-m&#234;mes, chercher &#224; b&#226;tir nos propres petits royaumes, nous agripper &#224; la renomm&#233;e, au sexe, au pouvoir et aux richesses, accumuler des tr&#233;sors terrestres que nous ne pourrons pas emporter avec nous, et ignorer Dieu pendant la dur&#233;e de nos quelques ou plusieurs d&#233;cennies ici sur terre. En cons&#233;quence, nous recevons la r&#233;compense de nos d&#233;cisions : une vie terrestre d&#233;pourvue d&#8217;amour profond qui satisfait l&#8217;&#226;me, de la gr&#226;ce, de la satisfaction et de la paix venant de Dieu la Source de toute bonne chose, ainsi qu&#8217;une mis&#232;re et un tourment &#233;ternels loin de la pr&#233;sence vivifiante de Dieu dans un lieu con&#231;u pour le p&#232;re du mensonge et ceux qui lui sont alli&#233;s.</p><p>Cela aide &#224; expliquer pourquoi J&#233;sus d&#233;clare ceci dans Matthieu 7:13-14 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Entrez par la porte &#233;troite. Car large est la porte, spacieux est le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la perdition, et il en est beaucoup qui entrent par l&#224;. Mais &#233;troite est la porte, resserr&#233; le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la vie, et il en est peu qui les trouvent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>En contraste saisissant avec le p&#232;re du mensonge, j&#8217;appr&#233;cie que J&#233;sus soit la V&#233;rit&#233; et qu&#8217;Il parle la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p>Dans notre monde, notre &#233;poque et notre &#232;re si confus, nous avons besoin d&#8217;entendre la V&#233;rit&#233; Elle-m&#234;me, la V&#233;rit&#233; qui nous lib&#232;re.</p><p>D&#8217;un c&#244;t&#233;, nous avons l&#8217;accusateur vaincu qui nous hait, cherche &#224; nous tromper, et d&#233;sire notre destruction. De l&#8217;autre c&#244;t&#233;, nous avons le Seigneur et Roi, J&#233;sus, qui nous aime, cherche &#224; nous sauver, et d&#233;sire pour nous une vie abondante et &#233;ternelle et, mieux encore &#224; mon avis, <em>avec</em> nous.</p><p>J&#233;sus parle honn&#234;tement des r&#233;alit&#233;s des d&#233;fis que nous affrontons dans la vie, et offre Son amour &#233;ternel, Son amiti&#233; et Sa pr&#233;sence. Il promet d&#8217;&#234;tre avec nous &#224; travers tout cela, &#224; travers chaque douleur, chaque chagrin, chaque moment de d&#233;sespoir &#8212; et Il tient Sa promesse, nous aide et nous fortifie pour surmonter et m&#234;me grandir en force.</p><p>Personne ne peut choisir &#224; votre place et personne ne peut forcer votre choix. Vous et moi devons d&#233;cider.</p><p>Le choix est clair pour moi. </p><p><strong>Je fais confiance &#224; J&#233;sus.</strong> <br>J&#8217;ai compt&#233; le co&#251;t &#8212; et le gain &#8212; de la vie avec Christ, et je suis pleinement engag&#233;.<br>Je ne veux rien retenir. <br>Je ne veux aucun attachement ni aucune servitude &#224; quelque forme d&#8217;obscurit&#233; ou d&#8217;habitudes de p&#233;ch&#233;. <br>Je veux marcher dans la libert&#233; et la victoire que J&#233;sus a obtenues sur la croix. <br>Je veux &#234;tre rempli de la vie de la r&#233;surrection de Christ, de Sa joie, de Sa paix et de Son amour, et d&#233;border vers les autres. <br>Je veux vivre pleinement avec le Seigneur aujourd&#8217;hui, rempli et conduit par Son Esprit vivifiant. <br>J&#8217;accepte les d&#233;fis qui viennent avec cela &#8212; renoncer aux d&#233;sirs qui n&#8217;ont pas leur place, aller &#224; contre-courant de ce que le monde appelle &#171; normal &#187; et &#171; bien &#187;, embrasser la voie difficile mais f&#233;conde, la v&#233;rit&#233; et la vie de J&#233;sus, et monter la c&#244;te avec mon Bon Berger. <br>Je veux la vie abondante en Christ, avec Dieu, aujourd&#8217;hui, demain et pour toujours &#8212; quoi qu&#8217;il en soit. <br><strong>Si J&#233;sus est l&#224;, j&#8217;y suis. <br>C&#8217;est l&#224; que je veux &#234;tre.</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, il y a encore beaucoup &#224; partager sur le voile qui a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;chir&#233;, la beaut&#233; de la nature particuli&#232;re et de l&#8217;offre du salut, des questions cruciales auxquelles r&#233;pondre, et le merveilleux dernier mot de J&#233;sus, <em>Tetelestai</em>.</p><p>Mais h&#233;las, le temps dans une journ&#233;e est limit&#233;. Nous pr&#233;voyons d&#8217;approfondir ces th&#232;mes du Vendredi Saint dans nos prochains articles <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong>.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Pour rappel, c&#8217;est le troisi&#232;me de notre s&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte sur La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu.</p><p>Les Parties 1 et 2 sont li&#233;es ci-dessous. Comme toujours, vous pouvez &#233;couter ces podcasts ou lire ces articles.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu</strong></p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">Partie 1: CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout </a></strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken">Partie 2 : &#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu, Pourquoi M&#8217;as-tu Abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22</a></strong></em></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h4><strong>Que pouvez-vous faire maintenant ?</strong></h4><p>Partagez cette s&#233;rie avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a &#233;galement soif de Dieu. Les gens ont besoin de savoir qui est J&#233;sus et ce qu&#8217;Il a accompli !</p><ol><li><p>Vous pouvez <strong>cliquer</strong> sur le bouton <strong>Partager</strong> (Share) ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/the-deceiver-defeated-by-the-king?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Ajoutez</strong> votre adresse e-mail ci-dessous pour vous abonner et ne pas manquer les prochains articles et cette s&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>Tournez-vous</strong> vers le Seigneur. Priez. &#201;coutez. Et prenez plaisir &#224; chercher et trouver J&#233;sus, et &#224; vous engager avec Dieu de mani&#232;res plus profondes et plus riches que vous ne l&#8217;auriez jamais imagin&#233; possible. Tout est possible avec notre Dieu.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p><strong>Lisez ou &#233;coutez</strong> nos articles les plus r&#233;cents de notre s&#233;rie <em>Drawing Near</em> sur l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu. Les podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous :</p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR : &#171; COUPER LES DISTRACTIONS &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Le voyage continue dans notre prochain article.</p><p>Que le Seigneur le veuille, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de vous joindre &#224; nous dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer dans 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; demeurant en Lui, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !<br>Ouvre la voie, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[”My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” - The Misunderstood Cry that OPENS EYES to PSALM 22 — Global Glory of God Series, Part 2 / 🇫🇷 « Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, pourquoi m'as-tu abandonné ? » ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Holy Week Series &#127467;&#127479; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22 &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 2 (La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:33:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/193296333/26e5aa1e9ef833c326cb6f5bdd11cf90.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this LIFE ON MISSION with Jesus!</p><p>This is our second post in a Holy Week series centered on The Global Glory of God. Part 1, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything</a></strong>, is linked below. As always, you can listen to the podcast or read the post.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything &#8212; The Global Glory of God Series, Part 1</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>I hope you had a powerful weekend remembering Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross and celebrating His resurrection.</p><h2><strong>JESUS IS RISEN. HE IS ALIVE. </strong></h2><p>Hallelujah! God be praised! The victory belongs to God and the victory is ours in Christ.</p><p>Good Friday may have come and gone but I hope the power of this historic day and victory are not lost on us. They have everything to do with your life and mine today.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look back at what Jesus did and the most important Friday in history.</p><p><em><strong>Lead me, Lord Jesus. Be glorified through this post.</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.&#8221;</strong></em> &#8212; Isaiah 53:5</h4></blockquote><div><hr></div><h2><strong>The Weight of This Day</strong></h2><p>Good Friday may seem like the strangest name in all of human history.</p><p>We call it &#8220;good&#8221;&#8212;the day the Son of God was stripped, flogged, mocked with a crown of thorns, nailed to a cross of wood, and lifted up to die slowly, on display for all to see, in public, between criminals, abandoned by nearly all who had followed Him.</p><p>We call it <em>good.</em></p><p>And based on what happened next, we are justified in calling it good.</p><p>But we should not skip past the hard part to get to the goodness too quickly. To do so is to miss what makes the Gospel the Good News.</p><p>To understand why the cross is the most glorious event in all of creation, we have to stand beneath it long enough to better appreciate what it actually cost.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look at one of the most controversial and I think misunderstood things that Jesus said, and He cried it out from the cross for all to hear.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#8220;My God, My God&#8221; &#8212; The Cry That Opened the Ancient Scroll, the 22nd Psalm</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, &#8216;Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?&#8217; that is, &#8216;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8217;&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Matthew 27:46)</h4></blockquote><p>Every phrase of the Bible is intentional, and these words are in a category of their own.</p><p>And here is the first thing we need to understand: Jesus was not random.</p><p>He was not simply crying out in raw despair, reaching for whatever words came to mind in the extremity of suffering.</p><p>He was quoting lines of Scripture.</p><p>Deliberately, precisely, and with full intention&#8212;even from the cross, even in agony&#8212;was opening a scroll.</p><h4><em><strong>&#8220;My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?&#8221;</strong></em> is the opening line of Psalm 22.</h4><p>Written by David roughly a thousand years before the crucifixion, Psalm 22 is one of the most astonishing prophetic texts in all the Scriptures.</p><p>Read this chapter slowly and you will feel the ground shift beneath you. (Likewise, read Isaiah 53.)</p><p>Psalm 22 describes, with haunting precision, a righteous sufferer surrounded by mockers who wag their heads and say,</p><ul><li><p><em><strong>&#8220;He trusts in the LORD; let him deliver him&#8221;</strong></em> (Psalm 22:8)&#8212;the very words hurled at Jesus by the crowd at Golgotha (Matthew 27:43).</p></li><li><p>It describes <strong>hands and feet being pierced</strong> (Psalm 22:16).</p></li><li><p>It describes <strong>garments divided by lot</strong> (Psalm 22:18) &#8212; fulfilled to the letter by the soldiers beneath the cross (John 19:24).</p></li><li><p>It describes <strong>bones out of joint, a heart melted like wax, strength dried up</strong> like a potsherd (Psalm 22:14&#8211;15).</p></li></ul><p>No human author writing in the tenth century BC could have constructed this from imagination.</p><p>This was the Spirit of God, breathing and working through David, narrating in advance what would happen on a hill outside Jerusalem.</p><p>And Jesus, hanging on that hill, quotes the opening line&#8212;not as a cry of despair severed from its context, but as a deliberate act of proclamation.</p><p>In Jewish tradition, to cite the opening of a Psalm was to invoke the whole of it.</p><p>So, Jesus was saying to everyone within earshot&#8212;and to every reader of every generation since&#8212;<em>look at this Psalm. This is what is happening right now. This moment was written. This was always the plan.</em></p><p>But what about the words themselves? <em>Why have you forsaken me?</em></p><p>Was the Father truly absent?</p><p>We must be careful here, and honest.</p><p><strong>First, the triunity of God cannot be divided. Why? Let&#8217;s look at Jesus&#8217; words:</strong></p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;I and the Father are one.&#8221;</strong></em> (John 10:30)</h4></blockquote><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.&#8221;</strong></em> (John 14:10)</h4></blockquote><p>These passages affirm the inseparable unity and mutual indwelling within the God who never changes.</p><p><strong>Second, the Father did not turn His back on the Son in some rupture of their eternal relationship.</strong></p><p>In Deuteronomy 31:6, we learn that God will never leave or forsake His people,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. </strong></em></h4><h3><em><strong>He will not leave you or forsake you.&#8221;</strong></em></h3></blockquote><p>Psalm 37:28 declares that God will not forsake His saints,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;For the Lord loves justice;<br>    he will not forsake his saints.<br>They are preserved forever,<br>    but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>In John 16:32, Jesus says this,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>In 2 Corinthians 5:19, we find that,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;In Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>These point to the Father&#8217;s continued presence and active work &#8220;in Christ&#8221; even in Jesus&#8217; last moments on the cross.</p><p><strong>Third, the love between the Father and the Son is not a created thing that can be suspended or severed.</strong></p><p>Let&#8217;s look at Jesus&#8217; words in John 17:24 revealing the Father&#8217;s everlasting love since before the creation of the world. Jesus prayed this aloud,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>In John 15:9, Jesus says, </p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>Jesus understood His Father&#8217;s perfect, constant love and His identity as the Beloved Son, and these verses remind us of the eternal, uncreated, and ongoing love within the Trinity.</p><p><strong>Jesus is, and remains, the eternal Son, one with the Father.</strong></p><p>And yet&#8212;Psalm 22 doesn&#8217;t exactly resolve the anguish quickly.</p><p>In it, we find that the sufferer cries, and it seems like heaven is silent.</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Psalm 22:2).</h4></blockquote><p>This is the experience of felt forsakenness in the midst of a suffering so total, so encompassing, that the presence of God <em>seems</em> eclipsed by it.</p><p>What Jesus bore on the cross was the full weight of human sin: yours, mine, the accumulated darkness of every generation.</p><p>Paul writes: </p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;For our sake he made him </strong>[Jesus] <strong>to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him </strong>[in Jesus]<strong> we might become the righteousness of God&#8221;</strong></em> (2 Corinthians 5:21).</h4></blockquote><p>And it&#8217;s important to note, Psalm 22 does not end in desolation.</p><p>It turns. In verse 24, we find this declaration about God:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>The Father did not hide His face. The sufferer was heard. And from there, the Psalm erupts into one of the most expansive visions of global praise in all of the Old Testament:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him.&#8221;</strong></em> (Psalm 22:27)</h4></blockquote><p>This is what Jesus was pointing to from the cross. Not just the anguish of verse 1, but the triumph of verse 27. The suffering was real. The cry was genuine. And the end result was always the nations worshiping the one, true living God.</p><p>Jesus endured the cross and all the agony that came with it for the joy set before Him.</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;...Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.&#8221;</strong></em> (Hebrews 12:2)</h4></blockquote><p>The joy set before Him: you and me. The nations. The redeemed multitude from every tongue and tribe and people. The glory of the Father fully revealed in a people who have been bought back and made new.</p><p>Hallelujah! This is the not-so-hidden glory and coming future revealed by Jesus&#8217; cry on the cross.</p><p>What seems like despair actually points us to the Good News of Jesus and the end result of His suffering on that cross&#8212;redeemed souls from every tribe and tongue and nation worshiping the King of kings and Lord of lords.</p><p>Now, that is some joy-filled good news we need to remember and share.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>There&#8217;s more to share on the defeated deceiver, veil that was torn, the beauty of the <em>particular</em> nature and offer of salvation, crucial questions to answer, and the wonderful last word of Jesus, <em>Tetelestai.</em></p><p>But, alas, there is only so much time in the day. We plan to dive into these Good Friday topics in our next <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> post.</p><p>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. It&#8217;s the second in what I planned would be a three-part Holy Week series, but it seems we&#8217;re adding at least one more part.</p><p>In the last post, we laid <strong>the foundation</strong>&#8212;on knowing God. (<strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything &#8212; The Global Glory of God Series, Part 1</a></strong>). Today and in our next post, we&#8217;re contemplating the <strong>Good Friday</strong> dimensions of Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross. Then, we plan to celebrate the power of <strong>Resurrection Sunday, </strong>centered on Jesus&#8217; commission for you and me and the global glory of God that cannot be stopped.</p><p>What can you do now?</p><ol><li><p><strong>Share</strong> this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. People need to know who Jesus is and what He has done!</p></li></ol><p>You can click the Share button below.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p>Add your email below to <strong>subscribe </strong>and you won&#8217;t miss out on the upcoming posts and this Holy Week series.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Turn</strong> to the Lord. Pray. Listen. And enjoy seeking and finding Jesus and engaging with God in deeper and richer ways than you ever imagined possible. Anything is possible with our God.</p></li><li><p><strong>Read</strong> or <strong>listen</strong> to our most recent posts in our <strong>Drawing Near</strong> series on Intimacy with God. The podcasts are linked below:</p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;SEEKING FIRST&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;COUNTING the COST.&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>The journey continues in our next post.</p><p>   Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance!</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; &#171; Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, pourquoi m'as-tu abandonn&#233; ? &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Mal Compris qui Ouvre les Yeux sur le Psaume 22 &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 2</strong></h1><h2><em>Une S&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut &#224; tous ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Voici notre deuxi&#232;me article d&#8217;une s&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte centr&#233;e sur La Gloire Mondiale de Dieu. La Partie 1, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout</a></strong>, est li&#233;e ci-dessous. Comme toujours, vous pouvez &#233;couter le podcast ou lire l&#8217;article.</p><ul><li><p><em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 1</a></strong></em></p></li></ul><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que vous avez pass&#233; un week-end puissant &#224; vous souvenir de la victoire de Christ sur la croix et &#224; c&#233;l&#233;brer Sa r&#233;surrection.</p><h2><strong>J&#201;SUS EST RESSUSCIT&#201;. IL EST VIVANT.</strong></h2><p>All&#233;luia ! Que Dieu soit lou&#233; ! La victoire appartient &#224; Dieu et la victoire est n&#244;tre en Christ.</p><p>Le Vendredi Saint est peut-&#234;tre pass&#233;, mais j&#8217;esp&#232;re que la puissance de ce jour historique et de cette victoire ne nous &#233;chappent pas. Ils ont tout &#224; voir avec votre vie et la mienne aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>Revenons ensemble sur ce que J&#233;sus a accompli et sur le vendredi le plus important de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p><em><strong>Guide-moi, Seigneur J&#233;sus. Sois glorifi&#233; &#224; travers cet article.</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p><em><strong>&#171; Mais il &#233;tait bless&#233; pour nos p&#233;ch&#233;s, bris&#233; pour nos iniquit&#233;s ; le ch&#226;timent qui nous donne la paix est tomb&#233; sur lui, et c&#8217;est par ses meurtrissures que nous sommes gu&#233;ris. &#187;</strong></em> &#8212; &#201;sa&#239;e 53:5</p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Le Poids de Ce Jour</strong></h2><p>Le Vendredi Saint semble peut-&#234;tre porter le nom le plus &#233;trange de toute l&#8217;histoire humaine.</p><p>Nous l&#8217;appelons &#171; bon &#187; &#8212; le jour o&#249; le Fils de Dieu a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;pouill&#233;, flagell&#233;, moqu&#233; avec une couronne d&#8217;&#233;pines, clou&#233; sur une croix de bois, et &#233;lev&#233; pour mourir lentement, expos&#233; aux regards de tous, en public, entre des criminels, abandonn&#233; par presque tous ceux qui L&#8217;avaient suivi.</p><p>Nous l&#8217;appelons bon.</p><p>Et au vu de ce qui s&#8217;est pass&#233; ensuite, nous sommes fond&#233;s &#224; l&#8217;appeler bon.</p><p>Mais nous ne devrions pas sauter trop vite par-dessus la partie difficile pour en arriver &#224; la bont&#233;. Ce faisant, nous passerions &#224; c&#244;t&#233; de ce qui fait de l&#8217;&#201;vangile la Bonne Nouvelle.</p><p>Pour comprendre pourquoi la croix est l&#8217;&#233;v&#233;nement le plus glorieux de toute la cr&#233;ation, nous devons nous tenir sous elle assez longtemps pour mieux appr&#233;cier ce qu&#8217;elle a r&#233;ellement co&#251;t&#233;.</p><p>Examinons ensemble l&#8217;une des choses les plus controvers&#233;es et, je crois, les plus mal comprises que J&#233;sus ait dites &#8212; et Il l&#8217;a cri&#233;e depuis la croix pour que tous l&#8217;entendent.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#171; Mon Dieu, Mon Dieu &#187; &#8212; Le Cri Qui a Ouvert l&#8217;Antique Rouleau, le 22e Psaume</strong></h2><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Vers la neuvi&#232;me heure, J&#233;sus s&#8217;&#233;cria d&#8217;une voix forte : &#8220;&#201;li, &#201;li, lama sabachthani ?&#8221; c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire : &#8220;Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, pourquoi m&#8217;as-tu abandonn&#233; ?&#8221; &#187;</strong></em> (Matthieu 27:46)</p></blockquote><p>Chaque phrase de la Bible est intentionnelle, et ces mots sont dans une cat&#233;gorie &#224; part.</p><p>Et voici la premi&#232;re chose que nous devons comprendre : J&#233;sus n&#8217;&#233;tait pas impulsif.</p><p>Il ne criait pas simplement dans un d&#233;sespoir brut, cherchant les premiers mots qui lui venaient &#224; l&#8217;esprit dans l&#8217;extr&#233;mit&#233; de la souffrance.</p><p>Il citait les &#201;critures.</p><p>D&#233;lib&#233;r&#233;ment, pr&#233;cis&#233;ment, et avec une pleine intention &#8212; m&#234;me depuis la croix, m&#234;me dans l&#8217;agonie &#8212; Il ouvrait un rouleau.</p><p><em><strong>&#171; Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, pourquoi m&#8217;as-tu abandonn&#233; ? &#187;</strong></em> est le premier verset du Psaume 22.</p><p>&#201;crit par David environ mille ans avant la crucifixion, le Psaume 22 est l&#8217;un des textes proph&#233;tiques les plus extraordinaires de toutes les &#201;critures.</p><p>Lisez ce chapitre lentement et vous sentirez le sol se d&#233;rober sous vos pieds. (De m&#234;me, lisez &#201;sa&#239;e 53.)</p><p>Le Psaume 22 d&#233;crit, avec une pr&#233;cision troublante, un juste souffrant entour&#233; de moqueurs qui hochent la t&#234;te et disent :</p><ul><li><p><em><strong>&#171; Il s&#8217;est confi&#233; en l&#8217;&#201;ternel, qu&#8217;il le d&#233;livre ! &#187;</strong></em> (Psaume 22:8) &#8212; ce sont exactement les mots que la foule a lanc&#233;s &#224; J&#233;sus &#224; Golgotha (Matthieu 27:43).</p></li><li><p>Il d&#233;crit des mains et des pieds perc&#233;s (Psaume 22:16).</p></li><li><p>Il d&#233;crit des v&#234;tements partag&#233;s par tirage au sort (Psaume 22:18) &#8212; accompli &#224; la lettre par les soldats au pied de la croix (Jean 19:24).</p></li><li><p>Il d&#233;crit des os disloqu&#233;s, un c&#339;ur fondu comme de la cire, une force dess&#233;ch&#233;e comme un tesson (Psaume 22:14-15).</p></li><li><p>Aucun auteur humain &#233;crivant au dixi&#232;me si&#232;cle avant J.-C. n&#8217;aurait pu construire cela &#224; partir de son imagination.</p></li></ul><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu, soufflant et &#339;uvrant &#224; travers David, narrant &#224; l&#8217;avance ce qui allait se passer sur une colline aux portes de J&#233;rusalem.</p><p>Et J&#233;sus, suspendu sur cette colline, cite le premier verset &#8212; non pas comme un cri de d&#233;sespoir coup&#233; de son contexte, mais comme un acte d&#233;lib&#233;r&#233; de proclamation.</p><p>Dans la tradition juive, citer l&#8217;ouverture d&#8217;un Psaume, c&#8217;&#233;tait invoquer la totalit&#233; de ce Psaume.</p><p>Ainsi, J&#233;sus disait &#224; tous ceux qui &#233;taient &#224; port&#233;e de voix &#8212; et &#224; chaque lecteur de chaque g&#233;n&#233;ration depuis lors &#8212; <em>regardez ce Psaume. C&#8217;est ce qui se passe en ce moment m&#234;me. Ce moment &#233;tait &#233;crit. C&#8217;&#233;tait toujours le plan.</em></p><p>Mais qu&#8217;en est-il des mots eux-m&#234;mes ? <em><strong>Pourquoi m&#8217;as-tu abandonn&#233; ?</strong></em></p><p>Le P&#232;re &#233;tait-il vraiment absent ?</p><p>Nous devons &#234;tre prudents ici, et honn&#234;tes.</p><p><strong>Premi&#232;rement, la triunit&#233; de Dieu ne peut pas &#234;tre divis&#233;e.</strong> Pourquoi ? Regardons les paroles de J&#233;sus :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Moi et le P&#232;re, nous sommes un. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 10:30)</p></blockquote><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Ne crois-tu pas que je suis dans le P&#232;re, et que le P&#232;re est en moi ? Les paroles que je vous dis, je ne les dis pas de moi-m&#234;me ; et le P&#232;re qui demeure en moi, c&#8217;est lui qui fait les &#339;uvres. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 14:10)</p></blockquote><p>Ces passages affirment l&#8217;unit&#233; ins&#233;parable et la demeure mutuelle au sein du Dieu qui ne change jamais.</p><p><strong>Deuxi&#232;mement, le P&#232;re n&#8217;a pas tourn&#233; le dos au Fils dans une quelconque rupture de leur relation &#233;ternelle.</strong></p><p>Dans le Deut&#233;ronome 31:6, nous apprenons que Dieu n&#8217;abandonnera jamais Son peuple :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Soyez forts et courageux. Ne craignez pas et ne vous effrayez pas devant eux, car l&#8217;&#201;ternel, ton Dieu, marche lui-m&#234;me avec toi ; il ne te d&#233;laissera pas et ne t&#8217;abandonnera pas. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le Psaume 37:28 d&#233;clare que Dieu n&#8217;abandonnera pas Ses saints :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car l&#8217;&#201;ternel aime la justice,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>et il n&#8217;abandonne pas ses fid&#232;les.</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Ils sont gard&#233;s &#224; jamais,</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>mais la post&#233;rit&#233; des m&#233;chants est retranch&#233;e. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>En Jean 16:32, J&#233;sus dit ceci :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Voici, l&#8217;heure vient, et elle est d&#233;j&#224; venue, o&#249; vous serez dispers&#233;s chacun de votre c&#244;t&#233;, et o&#249; vous me laisserez seul ; mais je ne suis pas seul, parce que le P&#232;re est avec moi. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>En 2 Corinthiens 5:19, nous trouvons que :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Dieu &#233;tait en Christ, r&#233;conciliant le monde avec lui-m&#234;me, en n&#8217;imputant point aux hommes leurs offenses, et il nous a confi&#233; la parole de la r&#233;conciliation. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ces passages t&#233;moignent de la pr&#233;sence continue du P&#232;re et de Son &#339;uvre active &#171; en Christ &#187; m&#234;me dans les derniers instants de J&#233;sus sur la croix.</p><p><strong>Troisi&#232;mement, l&#8217;amour entre le P&#232;re et le Fils n&#8217;est pas une chose cr&#233;&#233;e qui peut &#234;tre suspendue ou rompue.</strong></p><p>Regardons les paroles de J&#233;sus en Jean 17:24, qui r&#233;v&#232;lent l&#8217;amour &#233;ternel du P&#232;re depuis avant la cr&#233;ation du monde. J&#233;sus a pri&#233; ces mots &#224; voix haute :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; P&#232;re, je veux que l&#224; o&#249; je suis, ceux que tu m&#8217;as donn&#233;s soient aussi avec moi, afin qu&#8217;ils contemplent ma gloire, la gloire que tu m&#8217;as donn&#233;e, parce que tu m&#8217;as aim&#233; avant la fondation du monde. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>En Jean 15:9, J&#233;sus dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Comme le P&#232;re m&#8217;a aim&#233;, je vous ai aussi aim&#233;s. Demeurez dans mon amour. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus comprenait l&#8217;amour parfait et constant de Son P&#232;re et Son identit&#233; de Fils bien-aim&#233; &#8212; et ces versets nous rappellent l&#8217;amour &#233;ternel, incr&#233;&#233; et permanent au sein de la Trinit&#233;.</p><p>J&#233;sus est, et demeure, le Fils &#233;ternel, un avec le P&#232;re.</p><p>Et pourtant &#8212; le Psaume 22 ne r&#233;sout pas exactement l&#8217;angoisse rapidement.</p><p>Nous y trouvons que le souffrant crie, et il semble que le ciel soit silencieux.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je crie le jour, et tu ne r&#233;ponds pas ; la nuit, et je ne trouve point de repos. &#187;</strong></em> (Psaume 22:2)</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est l&#8217;exp&#233;rience d&#8217;un sentiment d&#8217;abandon au milieu d&#8217;une souffrance si totale, si englobante, que la pr&#233;sence de Dieu semble en &#234;tre &#233;clips&#233;e.</p><p>Ce que J&#233;sus a port&#233; sur la croix, c&#8217;&#233;tait le plein poids du p&#233;ch&#233; humain : le v&#244;tre, le mien, l&#8217;obscurit&#233; accumul&#233;e de chaque g&#233;n&#233;ration.</p><p>Paul &#233;crit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Celui qui n&#8217;a point connu le p&#233;ch&#233;, il l&#8217;a fait devenir p&#233;ch&#233; pour nous, afin que nous devenions en lui justice de Dieu. &#187;</strong></em> (2 Corinthiens 5:21)</p></blockquote><p>Et il est important de noter que le Psaume 22 ne se termine pas dans la d&#233;solation.</p><p>Il se retourne. Au verset 24, nous trouvons cette d&#233;claration au sujet de Dieu :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car il n&#8217;a pas m&#233;pris&#233; ni d&#233;daign&#233; la souffrance du malheureux ; il ne lui a pas cach&#233; sa face, et il a exauc&#233; son cri lorsqu&#8217;il a cri&#233; vers lui. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le P&#232;re n&#8217;a pas cach&#233; Sa face. Le souffrant a &#233;t&#233; entendu. Et &#224; partir de l&#224;, le Psaume &#233;clate en l&#8217;une des visions les plus larges de louange mondiale de tout l&#8217;Ancien Testament :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Tous les bouts de la terre se souviendront de l&#8217;&#201;ternel et se tourneront vers lui ; toutes les familles des nations se prosterneront devant sa face. &#187;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Psaume 22:27)</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est ce vers quoi J&#233;sus pointait depuis la croix. Non seulement l&#8217;angoisse du verset 1, mais le triomphe du verset 27. La souffrance &#233;tait r&#233;elle. Le cri &#233;tait authentique. Et le r&#233;sultat final a toujours &#233;t&#233; que les nations adorent le seul vrai Dieu vivant.</p><p>J&#233;sus a endur&#233; la croix et toute l&#8217;agonie qui l&#8217;accompagnait pour la joie qui lui &#233;tait propos&#233;e.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; ...J&#233;sus, qui, en &#233;change de la joie qui lui &#233;tait propos&#233;e, a souffert la croix, m&#233;pris&#233; l&#8217;ignominie, et s&#8217;est assis &#224; la droite du tr&#244;ne de Dieu. &#187;</strong></em> (H&#233;breux 12:2)</p></blockquote><p>La joie qui lui &#233;tait propos&#233;e : vous et moi. Les nations. La multitude rachet&#233;e de toute langue, tribu et peuple. La gloire du P&#232;re pleinement r&#233;v&#233;l&#233;e dans un peuple qui a &#233;t&#233; rachet&#233; et renouvel&#233;.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Voil&#224; la gloire pas si cach&#233;e et l&#8217;avenir &#224; venir r&#233;v&#233;l&#233;s par le cri de J&#233;sus sur la croix.</p><p>Ce qui semble &#234;tre du d&#233;sespoir nous pointe en r&#233;alit&#233; vers la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus et le r&#233;sultat final de Sa souffrance sur cette croix &#8212; des &#226;mes rachet&#233;es de toute tribu, langue et nation adorant le Roi des rois et le Seigneur des seigneurs.</p><p>Voil&#224; une bonne nouvelle remplie de joie dont nous devons nous souvenir et que nous devons partager.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Il y a encore beaucoup &#224; partager sur le trompeur vaincu, le voile qui a &#233;t&#233; d&#233;chir&#233;, la beaut&#233; de la nature particuli&#232;re et de l&#8217;offre du salut, des questions cruciales auxquelles r&#233;pondre, et le merveilleux dernier mot de J&#233;sus, <em>Tetelestai</em>.</p><p>Mais h&#233;las, le temps dans une journ&#233;e est limit&#233;. Nous pr&#233;voyons d&#8217;approfondir ces th&#232;mes du Vendredi Saint dans notre prochain article <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong>.</p><p>Amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. C&#8217;est le deuxi&#232;me d&#8217;une s&#233;rie qui devait &#234;tre en trois parties, mais il semble que nous en ajoutions au moins une de plus.</p><p>Dans le dernier article, nous avons pos&#233; le fondement &#8212; sur la connaissance de Dieu. (<em><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything">CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 1</a></strong></em>). Aujourd&#8217;hui et dans notre prochain article, nous m&#233;ditons sur les dimensions du Vendredi Saint de la victoire de Christ sur la croix. Ensuite, nous pr&#233;voyons de c&#233;l&#233;brer la puissance du Dimanche de la R&#233;surrection, centr&#233; sur la commission de J&#233;sus pour vous et moi et sur la gloire mondiale de Dieu qui ne peut &#234;tre arr&#234;t&#233;e.</p><p>Que pouvez-vous faire maintenant ?</p><p>Partagez cette s&#233;rie avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a &#233;galement soif de Dieu. Les gens ont besoin de savoir qui est J&#233;sus et ce qu&#8217;Il a accompli !</p><ol><li><p>Vous pouvez <strong>cliquer</strong> sur le bouton <strong>Partager</strong> (Share) ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Ajoutez</strong> votre adresse e-mail ci-dessous pour vous abonner et ne pas manquer les prochains articles et cette s&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>Tournez-vous</strong> vers le Seigneur. Priez. &#201;coutez. Et prenez plaisir &#224; chercher et trouver J&#233;sus, et &#224; vous engager avec Dieu de mani&#232;res plus profondes et plus riches que vous ne l&#8217;auriez jamais imagin&#233; possible. Tout est possible avec notre Dieu.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p><strong>Lisez ou &#233;coutez</strong> nos articles les plus r&#233;cents de notre s&#233;rie <em>Drawing Near</em> sur l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu. Les podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous :</p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR : &#171; COUPER LES DISTRACTIONS &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Le voyage continue dans notre prochain article.</p><p>Que le Seigneur le veuille, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de vous joindre &#224; nous dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer dans 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; demeurant en Lui, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Ouvre la voie, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[KNOWING GOD, the Foundation of Everything — The Global Glory of God Series, Part 1 / 🇫🇷 CONNAÎTRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout — La Série sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Holy Week Series (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:22:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192907748/2792050fd36aaa5155f95c2c7a43f960.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h4><em><strong>&#8220;For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.&#8221;</strong></em>  (Habakkuk 2:14)</h4><div><hr></div><h2><strong>A Question About Love and Relational Knowledge</strong></h2><h4><strong><br>What if people don&#8217;t love God because they don&#8217;t know God?</strong></h4><p><br>Reckon with that for a moment. Not as a theological puzzle, but as a reality that explains much of why the world is the way it seems today.</p><p>We live in a world of profound spiritual restlessness. People search, grope, hunger, numb, strive, and collapse&#8212;and so often, the church watches and wonders why the Gospel isn&#8217;t landing and taking root. But what if the problem isn&#8217;t primarily a strategy problem? What if it isn&#8217;t a communication problem, or a cultural relevance problem, or even a courage problem?</p><p>What if it&#8217;s a knowledge problem?</p><p>But, this is not about head-knowledge or &#8220;book smarts.&#8221; I can explain what I mean.</p><p>The prophet Hosea heard God say these words over His own people:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Hosea 4:6).</h4></blockquote><p>Not destroyed by Romans. Not by drought or famine. Destroyed by not <em>knowing</em>. And the knowledge in view was not mere information about God: it was the intimate, relational, life-altering knowing that changes everything about a person from the inside out. This is experiential knowledge.</p><p>This is where Holy Week begins. Not at the cross just yet&#8212;though we are walking toward it. We begin where the Bible always begins: with <em>who God is.</em></p><p>Because before we can understand what Jesus accomplished on Good Friday, or what the empty tomb means on Sunday, I believe we need to feel the weight of what was at stake.</p><h3><strong>The God Who Cannot Be Contained</strong></h3><p>Let&#8217;s open our Bible to Exodus 33. Moses has just witnessed Israel&#8217;s catastrophic unfaithfulness with the golden calf. The covenant seems shattered. The camp is suddenly in mourning after the blatant rebellion and idolatry. And Moses, the intercessor and representative of the people, the one who spoke with God face to face as a man speaks to his friend, makes one of the most audacious requests in all of Scripture:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Moses said, &#8216;Please show me your glory.&#8217;&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Exodus 33:18)</h4></blockquote><p>Consider with me the fact that Moses had seen the plagues in Egypt. <br>He had walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. <br>He had received the Law from the mountain of God in fire and smoke. <br>And still, he wanted <em>more</em>. <br>He wanted to see God&#8217;s glory.<br>The audacity, right?</p><p>But, read around this verse and you&#8217;ll find that Moses knew God personally and desired to know God more, and more rightly.</p><p>Nevertheless, God&#8217;s response is mind-blowing.</p><p>God honored his request.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look at the intimacy God and Moses shared and the sovereignty and goodness of God on display:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;And [God] said, &#8216;I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name &#8220;The LORD.&#8221; And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.&#8217;&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Exodus 33:19&#8211;20)</h4></blockquote><p>Notice that Moses asks for God&#8217;s glory, and God responds with: <em>His goodness</em>.</p><p>The glory of God is not primarily a blinding light show. It is the overflow of who God actually <em>is</em> &#8212; His goodness, His holiness, His grace, His mercy, His faithfulness, His love, His justice, His sovereignty.</p><p>The glory of God is the <em>full weight and beauty of God&#8217;s character and nature made visible and known.</em></p><p>And according to God, this cannot be taken in all at once. Not by fallen human beings. Not yet.</p><p>But God does let Moses into the cleft of the rock. He covers him with His hand. And as God passes by, He speaks:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;&#8216;The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children&#8217;s children, to the third and the fourth generation.&#8217;</strong></em></h4><h4><strong>And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped.&#8221;</strong><br>(Exodus 34:6-8)</h4></blockquote><p>This is the foundational revelation of who God is by God Himself in the Old Testament. And it is glorious. Mercy and justice. Love and holiness. Grace and truth, held together not in tension but in the unity of a God who is altogether whole and altogether <em>other&#8212;the One who is holy, holy, holy.</em></p><p>Knowing this God&#8212;even partially&#8212;broke Moses, in a good way. We know from Exodus 34:8 that Moses fell to the ground and worshipped immediately.</p><p><em>That</em> is what knowing God and His glory does. It undoes us. And it remakes us. It powerfully shapes and realigns us, and leads us to worship.</p><p>The full weight and beauty of God are not   a spectacle, they are meant to lead us to bow and worship. <br>   <em>How beautiful is that?</em></p><p><em>How beautiful is the Lord our God!</em></p><p>But, there remains&#8230;</p><h2><strong>The Great Gap: Why Many Don&#8217;t Know Him</strong></h2><p>Here is the tragedy of human history in short: we were made to know God, and yet we have run from this holy knowing at every turn.</p><p>Romans 1 tells the devastating story. God&#8217;s invisible attributes&#8212;His eternal power and divine nature&#8212;have been clearly perceived in the things that have been made (see Romans 1:20).</p><p>Creation has always been a stage and a canvas of God&#8217;s glory.</p><blockquote><h4><strong>The heavens declare the glory of God,<br>    and the sky above proclaims his handiwork</strong> (Psalm 19:1).</h4></blockquote><p>The mountains shout it. The migration of birds across ten thousand miles of ocean proclaims it. Even the human conscience seems to whisper it.</p><p>And yet, Romans 1:21 continues:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>Most of humanity has taken the glory of God&#8212;the overwhelming, inexhaustible, life-giving glory of the living God&#8212;and exchanged it. We traded it for lesser glories. Wood. Stone. Fame. Pleasure. Security. Comfort. Control.</p><p>This sin seems to be at the root of every human misery. Every addiction, every broken relationship, every war, every despair&#8212;trace it back far enough, and you find a heart that has turned away from the glory of God and tried to find its life or value or purpose in something else, anything else. Something manageable. Something that won&#8217;t make demands, won&#8217;t be holy, won&#8217;t be <em>other.</em></p><p>John Piper, in his book called, <em>Desiring God</em>, describes sin not <em>primarily</em> as law-breaking but as <em>bad exchange</em>: preferring something over God. And he draws from Jonathan Edwards this great insight:</p><h4><strong>God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him.</strong></h4><p>Consider that for the rest of your days.</p><p>The inverse is also true&#8212;we are most miserable, most broken, most enslaved, when we are seeking satisfaction somewhere else, somewhere God never promised it could be found.</p><p>This helps to explain why living on mission is not optional for the follower of Jesus.</p><p>This sheds light on why the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ is not one option among many.</p><p>Billions of people right now are living in the darkness of exchanged glory. They are doing what humanity has always done, trying to fill the God-shaped void within them with something else, with <em>anything</em> apart from God our Maker&#8212;the Lover of our souls.</p><p>And far too many are anxiously hustling through life, unaware that they are rushing down the wide and easy road that leads to destruction and eternal distance from God. Not just living below their potential. Perishing. Seeking a life without God and getting what they want. But, no wanderer is too far gone. Not with our pursuing God. There is <strong>hope</strong> though Jesus.</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.&#8221;</strong> </em>(Romans 6:23).</h4></blockquote><p>Jesus Himself said it:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.&#8221;</strong></em> (John 17:3)</h4></blockquote><p>Friends, you and I can see that the stakes are eternal. There&#8217;s a reason we call the Good News the Good News. It&#8217;s because our trajectory apart from trusting in Jesus and receiving forgiveness is very bad news.</p><p>Heaven is real. And so is hell&#8212;the miserable, terrible, weighty reality that Jesus spoke of more than anyone else in Scripture. The outer darkness. The unquenchable fire. The second death. A state of eternal separation from the One who is the source of all life and joy and beauty.</p><p>To reject the knowledge of God, finally and fully, is to choose and receive an eternity without Him&#8212;and that really is the most horrifying thing in all of reality. <br>   I wouldn&#8217;t wish that on my worst enemy.</p><p>As followers of Jesus, it&#8217;s worth noting that we don&#8217;t speak of hell to frighten people into a transaction.</p><p>We speak of it because it is <em>true</em>, and because its truth makes the Good News of Jesus both the most urgent and most beautiful message in the history of the world.</p><p>Jesus lived the perfect, sinless life we could never achieve.</p><p>He paid the debt for our sins that we could never pay, and He paid with His own blood, though He never sinned. While we were dead in our sins, Christ died for you and me.</p><p>He died the death we deserved, and He defeated sin, death, and the deceiver as He rose again to new life.</p><p>Now He is seated at the right hand of the Father in glory, and through the Holy Spirit, He is ransoming souls from captivity to sin in the kingdom of darkness and delivering them into His Kingdom of Light, the Kingdom of the Beloved Son.</p><p>All who trust in Jesus will be saved and receive abundant and eternal life, starting now and lasting forever, knowing Jesus our Lord and our Father in heaven&#8212;knowing Love Himself.</p><p>He is redeeming and transforming souls from the inside out, and He is coming again to make all things new. Hallelujah!</p><p>Oh how sweet it is to trust in Jesus, to be washed clean from all our past sins and shame. How sweet it is to be made new, to belong to God&#8217;s covenant family and Kingdom forever.</p><h2><strong><br>The Treasure Hidden in Scripture</strong></h2><p>Here is a priceless gift God gave us: He did not leave us to grope in the dark.</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.&#8221;</strong></em> (Hebrews 4:12&#8211;13)</h4></blockquote><p>The Scriptures are not a religious document. They are not just spiritual literature among other spiritual literatures.</p><p>They are the <em>living and active</em> Word of the living God&#8212;a book that breathes, that cuts, that illuminates, that transforms.</p><p>When we open it, we find that the one, true living God is not silent.</p><p>Friends, when we read it, we are not reading about a faraway deity. We are being addressed by the One to whom every atom owes its existence.</p><h4><br>The Bible is where we learn who God is.<br>   It is the inexhaustible wellspring of the knowledge of God.</h4><p><em><strong>Want to know what God is like when He encounters the proud?</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>Read Isaiah 6.</p></li></ul><p><em><strong>Want to know what God thinks of the suffering of His children?</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>Read Psalm 22, and then realize that Jesus cried its opening words from the cross.</p></li></ul><p><em><strong>Want to know the depth of God&#8217;s commitment to His own glory and the salvation of the nations?</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>Read Isaiah 40&#8211;55, and feel the ground move beneath you.</p></li></ul><p>The Psalms teach us how to feel about God.</p><p>The Prophets teach us what God cares about.</p><p>The Gospels give us God in flesh.</p><p>The Epistles give us the meaning of God incarnate.</p><p>The Revelation of Jesus Christ gives us the final destination of all history.</p><p>It is all one book. It tells one story of redemption. It has one Hero. And it leads to one end:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.&#8221;</strong></em> (Habakkuk 2:14)</h4></blockquote><p>That verse is not wishful thinking.</p><p>It is a prophecy that will come to pass. It is <em>promise</em>.</p><p>&#9;<em><strong>&#8220;Every word of God proves true;<br>&#9;    He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him.&#8221; </strong></em>(Proverbs 30:5)</p><p>The God who spoke the universe into being has declared that His glory will fill the earth&#8212;not as a vague spiritual atmosphere, but as a known, personal, saving knowledge that transforms individual souls, peoples, and nations alike.</p><p>And Holy Week is the hinge of that promise.</p><h2><strong>The Word Became Flesh And Dwelt Among Us: The Clearest Revelation</strong></h2><p>Everything Moses experienced in the cleft of the rock&#8212;the goodness, the mercy, the grace, the faithfulness, the justice of God &#8212;was real.</p><p>But it was a shadow. A foretaste. A preliminary glimpse through mostly covered eyes.</p><p>Then came Jesus.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(John 1:14)</p></blockquote><p>The Greek word used here for &#8220;dwelt&#8221; literally means <em>tabernacled</em>, meaning God pitched His tent among us. The <em>shekinah</em>, weighty glory that had once filled the Most Holy Place now walked the roads of Galilee and worked with His hands for years as a craftsman. The God who once descended on Mt. Sinai in fire and smoke now sat at tables, ate with sinners, and welcomed children into His presence when others tried to cast them away.</p><p>Jesus said it plainly:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.&#8221;</strong></em> (John 14:9)</h4></blockquote><p><em><strong>Do you want to know what God is like when He sees a funeral procession?</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>Read Luke 7:11&#8211;17 and watch Jesus at the town of Nain. He stops the procession, He is <em>moved with compassion</em> at the sight of a widow&#8217;s grief, and He raises her only son back to life. That is a glimpse into God&#8217;s heart of compassion.</p></li></ul><p><em><strong>Do you want to know what God is like toward those who have made a mess of their lives?</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>Watch Jesus with the woman at the well&#8212;a Samaritan woman, five times divorced, living with a man that was not her husband, coming to draw water in the heat of noon to avoid the stares of her neighbors.<br><br>Jesus not only speaks to her (and breaks three social taboos at once), but offers her living water, reveals Himself to her as the Messiah, and sends her running back to the village as one of the first messengers of Good News in John&#8217;s Gospel account. There&#8217;s another glimpse of God&#8217;s heart, displayed powerfully in John 4:4-42.</p></li></ul><p><em><strong>Do you want to know what God is like toward the hypocritical, the powerful, the self-righteous?</strong></em></p><ul><li><p>See Jesus in Matthew 23&#8212;He delivered seven devastating woes, not delivered with cold theological detachment but with anguish: </p></li></ul><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong>(Matthew 23:37). </h4></blockquote><p>Yet another glimpse into God&#8217;s heart.</p><p>And now, during this Holy Week, we come to the greatest revelation of all. We come to where all the threads of Scripture converge. We come to where the glory of God is most fully, most shockingly, most beautifully revealed.</p><p><strong>The cross.</strong></p><p>Just as it was prophesied of the the coming Messiah over 600 years before His birth in Bethlehem, Isaiah 53:5 foretells about Jesus the Messiah,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;He was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.&#8221;</strong></em></h4></blockquote><p>We don&#8217;t need to look farther than the cross and the empty tomb to remember the definitive proof of God&#8217;s heart and self-giving love for us. We&#8217;re going to dive into this life- and eternity-altering good news in our next post.</p><p>But before we finish this one, let&#8217;s look at&#8230;</p><h2><strong>The Foundation of Missions: Knowing God and Making Him Known</strong></h2><p>Put simply, we cannot give what we have not received. <br>We cannot carry what we do not possess. <br>We cannot truly know someone without spending time with them.</p><p>Similarly, we cannot be a faithful witness of a God and King that we do not know, love, or delight in.</p><p>This is why the foundation of global mission is not strategy. It is not resources. It is not language acquisition or cultural intelligence&#8212;though all of those things matter enormously.</p><p>The foundation of missions is this: <em>knowing God</em>. <br>   The fruit of knowing who God is is loving God and loving others.</p><p>I cannot conceive the possibility of knowing our loving, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, and Wonderful Counselor, and go on without any love for the One who gave everything in love for us.</p><p>Knowing God and loving God go hand-in-hand. Loving God and loving others likewise, go together. And with knowing God comes the love-fueled desire to make Him known to others.</p><p>The Apostle Paul&#8217;s put it this way:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.&#8221;</strong></em> (Philippians 3:8)</h4></blockquote><p>Notice this is not knowing <em>about</em> Christ. It&#8217;s knowing <em>Christ Jesus our Lord</em>. This is the personal, transforming, joy-producing, experiential knowledge of the living Messiah. This was Paul&#8217;s treasure. Paul had counted the cost and the eternal gain of following Christ&#8212;and the King he trusted empowered his life on mission across two continents.</p><p>Consider that, friends.</p><p>Jesus is worthy. He will forever be worthy of all we are and have to give.</p><p>The prophet Jeremiah heard God say:</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.&#8221;</strong></em> (Jeremiah 9:23&#8211;24)</h4></blockquote><p>Friends, this is the invitation and the commission for you and me: to know God and to make Him known.</p><p>Let&#8217;s let our pride die and choose to boast instead in the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus your Lord.</p><p>Let&#8217;s let our joy in the Lord overflow. Let&#8217;s let this personal knowledge of Jesus and the Holy Spirit compel us to make Jesus known, wherever we go.</p><p>Let&#8217;s enjoy the Lord our Maker and find joy in Jesus daily.</p><p>Let&#8217;s partner with the Good Shepherd and  share His grace and truth everywhere He leads us.</p><p><strong>Amen?</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2><strong>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><strong>Our Father in heaven,<br>Our Lord enthroned in glory,</strong></h4><p>You really are great and greatly to be praised.</p><p>You alone are worthy of all glory, honor, and worship, across every tribe, language, people, and culture.</p><p>All glory, dominion, and power belong to You, loving, living God and Father.</p><p>We confess that we too often settle for knowing <em>about</em> You rather than truly and personally knowing You.</p><p>We can read the Bible as good information to navigate life&#8217;s difficulties rather than the living and active Word of God that exposes and dismantles us while rebuilding and strengthening us&#8212;deepening our knowledge of God, Spirit-filled friendship with Jesus, and love for the Father.</p><p>Merciful Father, we can pray as if You are far away rather than present, personal, and passionately committed to the salvation and redemption of people and this broken world.</p><p>Forgive us. Renew us, Restore what&#8217;s been twisted, broken, or hardened, and give us more of You.</p><p>Unveil our eyes to behold Your beauty and the weightiness of Your glory.</p><p>Let this Holy Week not be a religious observance we pass through. May it be like an earthquake in our lives. May the ground of our assumptions <em>about</em> You shake so that all that is untrue and shaky may crumble away.</p><p>Let Jesus&#8212;the Jesus of the Gospels, full of grace and truth, heading to Golgotha with full knowledge of what awaited Him, for the joy set before Him&#8212;become more real to us this week than anything else.</p><p>May our faith endure through testing and refining, and become more genuine, pure, and rich like gold that passes through the flames.</p><p>May our abiding in You and knowing You produce: Sacrificial Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindess, Goodness, faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self-control. May it produce faith-filled lives on mission and hearts willing to go where You lead, when You lead, and how You lead, Lord our Good Shepherd<em>.</em></p><p>We confess, pray, and make these requests known to You, Father, in the name of the One who came so that we might know You&#8212;the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.</p><p>Amen.</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Thank You, God. <br>   Thank You.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. It&#8217;s the first in a three-part Holy Week series.</p><p>Today, we laid <strong>the foundation</strong>&#8212;on knowing God. On <strong>Good Friday:</strong> we&#8217;re diving deep into Christ&#8217;s victory on the cross. Then, a post on <strong>Resurrection Sunday, </strong>centered on Jesus&#8217; commission for you and me and the global glory of God that cannot be stopped.</p><p>What can you do now?</p><ol><li><p><strong>Share</strong> this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. It&#8217;s Holy Week. People are already thinking about Jesus and what all of this means.</p></li></ol><p>You can click the Share button below.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Add</strong> your email below to <strong>subscribe </strong>and you won&#8217;t miss out on the upcoming posts and this Holy Week series.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Turn</strong> to the Lord. Pray. Listen. And enjoy seeking and finding Jesus and engaging with God in deeper and richer ways than you ever imagined possible. Anything is possible with our God.</p></li><li><p><strong>Read or listen</strong> to our most recent posts in our <strong>Drawing Near</strong> series on Intimacy with God. The podcasts are linked below:</p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;SEEKING FIRST&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;COUNTING the COST.&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><div><hr></div><p>The journey continues on Good Friday.</p><p>   Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this LIFE ON MISSION with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance!</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; CONNA&#206;TRE DIEU, le Fondement de Tout &#8212; La S&#233;rie sur la Gloire Mondiale de Dieu, Partie 1</strong></h1><h2><em>Une S&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte</em></h2><div><hr></div><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car la terre sera remplie de la connaissance de la gloire de l&#8217;&#201;ternel, comme les eaux couvrent le fond de la mer. &#187;</strong></em> (Habacuc 2:14)</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><h2>Une Question sur l&#8217;Amour et la Connaissance Relationnelle</h2><p><strong>Et si les gens n&#8217;aimaient pas Dieu parce qu&#8217;ils ne le connaissent pas ?</strong></p><p>R&#233;fl&#233;chissons-y un instant. Non pas comme &#224; une &#233;nigme th&#233;ologique, mais comme &#224; une r&#233;alit&#233; qui explique en grande partie pourquoi le monde semble &#234;tre ce qu&#8217;il est aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>Nous vivons dans un monde d&#8217;une profonde agitation spirituelle. Les gens cherchent, t&#226;tonnent, ont faim, s&#8217;engourdissent, s&#8217;&#233;puisent et s&#8217;effondrent &#8212; et si souvent, l&#8217;&#201;glise observe et se demande pourquoi l&#8217;&#201;vangile ne trouve pas d&#8217;&#233;cho et ne prend pas racine. Mais et si le probl&#232;me n&#8217;&#233;tait pas avant tout un probl&#232;me de strat&#233;gie ? Et si ce n&#8217;&#233;tait pas un probl&#232;me de communication, ni de pertinence culturelle, ni m&#234;me de courage ?</p><p><strong>Et si c&#8217;&#233;tait un probl&#232;me de connaissance ?</strong></p><p>Mais il ne s&#8217;agit pas ici d&#8217;une connaissance intellectuelle ou de &#171; savoir des choses &#187;. Permettez-moi de vous expliquer ce que j&#8217;entends par l&#224;.</p><p>Le proph&#232;te Os&#233;e a entendu Dieu dire ces mots &#224; Son propre peuple :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mon peuple p&#233;rit, faute de connaissance &#187;</strong></em> (Os&#233;e 4:6).</p></blockquote><p>Non pas d&#233;truit par les Romains. Non pas par la s&#233;cheresse ou la famine. D&#233;truit par le fait de <em>ne pas conna&#238;tre</em>. Et la connaissance dont il est question ici n&#8217;est pas une simple information sur Dieu &#8212; c&#8217;est cette connaissance intime, relationnelle, qui transforme tout en profondeur dans une personne de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur vers l&#8217;ext&#233;rieur. C&#8217;est une connaissance v&#233;cue, exp&#233;rientielle.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; que commence la Semaine Sainte. Non pas encore &#224; la croix &#8212; bien que nous marchions vers elle. Nous commen&#231;ons l&#224; o&#249; la Bible commence toujours : <em>avec qui est Dieu.</em></p><p>Car avant de pouvoir comprendre ce que J&#233;sus a accompli le Vendredi Saint, ou ce que le tombeau vide signifie le dimanche, je crois que nous devons ressentir le poids de ce qui &#233;tait en jeu.</p><h2>Le Dieu Qu&#8217;on Ne Peut Pas Contenir</h2><p>Ouvrons nos Bibles &#224; Exode 33. Mo&#239;se vient de t&#233;moigner de l&#8217;infid&#233;lit&#233; catastrophique d&#8217;Isra&#235;l avec le veau d&#8217;or. L&#8217;alliance semble bris&#233;e. Le camp est soudainement en deuil apr&#232;s cette r&#233;bellion et cette idol&#226;trie flagrantes. Et Mo&#239;se &#8212; l&#8217;intercesseur et repr&#233;sentant du peuple, celui qui parlait avec Dieu face &#224; face comme un homme parle &#224; son ami &#8212; formule l&#8217;une des demandes les plus audacieuses de toute l&#8217;&#201;criture :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mo&#239;se dit : &#8220;Fais-moi voir ta gloire, je te prie.&#8221; &#187;</strong></em> (Exode 33:18)</p></blockquote><p>R&#233;fl&#233;chissons ensemble &#224; ce fait que Mo&#239;se avait vu les plaies en &#201;gypte. <br>Il avait travers&#233; la mer Rouge sur la terre ferme. <br>Il avait re&#231;u la Loi depuis la montagne de Dieu dans le feu et la fum&#233;e. <br>Et pourtant, il voulait <em>davantage.</em> <br>Il voulait voir la gloire de Dieu. <br>Quelle audace, n&#8217;est-ce pas ?</p><p>Mais lisez autour de ce verset et vous d&#233;couvrirez que Mo&#239;se connaissait Dieu personnellement et d&#233;sirait Le conna&#238;tre toujours plus, et toujours mieux.</p><p>La r&#233;ponse de Dieu est stup&#233;fiante.</p><p>Dieu a honor&#233; sa demande.</p><p>Contemplons ensemble l&#8217;intimit&#233; que Dieu et Mo&#239;se partageaient, ainsi que la souverainet&#233; et la bont&#233; de Dieu qui se manifestent ici :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et il dit : &#8220;Je ferai passer devant toi toute ma bont&#233;, et je proclamerai devant toi le nom de l&#8217;&#201;ternel ; je fais gr&#226;ce &#224; qui je fais gr&#226;ce, et je fais mis&#233;ricorde &#224; qui je fais mis&#233;ricorde.&#8221; Mais il dit : &#8220;Tu ne pourras pas voir ma face, car l&#8217;homme ne peut me voir et vivre.&#8221; &#187;</strong></em> (Exode 33:19-20)</p></blockquote><p>Remarquez : Mo&#239;se demande &#224; voir la <em>gloire</em> de Dieu, et Dieu r&#233;pond avec : Sa <em>bont&#233;.</em></p><p>La gloire de Dieu n&#8217;est pas avant tout un spectacle de lumi&#232;re aveuglante. C&#8217;est le d&#233;bordement de ce que Dieu est r&#233;ellement &#8212; Sa bont&#233;, Sa saintet&#233;, Sa gr&#226;ce, Sa mis&#233;ricorde, Sa fid&#233;lit&#233;, Son amour, Sa justice, Sa souverainet&#233;.</p><p>La gloire de Dieu, c&#8217;est le plein poids et la pleine beaut&#233; du caract&#232;re et de la nature de Dieu rendus visibles et connus.</p><p>Et selon Dieu, cela ne peut pas &#234;tre pleinement saisi d&#8217;un seul coup. Pas par des &#234;tres humains d&#233;chus. Pas encore.</p><p>Mais Dieu fait entrer Mo&#239;se dans la fente du rocher. Il le couvre de Sa main. Et lorsque Dieu passe devant lui, Il parle :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; &#8220;L&#8217;&#201;ternel, l&#8217;&#201;ternel, Dieu compatissant et bienveillant, lent &#224; la col&#232;re, riche en bont&#233; et en fid&#233;lit&#233;, qui garde sa bont&#233; jusqu&#8217;&#224; mille g&#233;n&#233;rations, qui pardonne l&#8217;iniquit&#233;, la transgression et le p&#233;ch&#233;, mais qui ne tient pas le coupable pour innocent, et qui punit l&#8217;iniquit&#233; des p&#232;res sur les enfants et sur les enfants des enfants jusqu&#8217;&#224; la troisi&#232;me et la quatri&#232;me g&#233;n&#233;ration.&#8221;</strong></em><strong> </strong><em><strong>Et Mo&#239;se se h&#226;ta de s&#8217;incliner jusqu&#8217;&#224; terre et se prosterna.</strong></em><strong>&#187;</strong> (Exode 34:6-8)</p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est l&#224; la r&#233;v&#233;lation fondamentale de l&#8217;identit&#233; de Dieu par Dieu Lui-m&#234;me dans l&#8217;Ancien Testament. Et elle est glorieuse. Mis&#233;ricorde et justice. Amour et saintet&#233;. Gr&#226;ce et v&#233;rit&#233;, maintenues ensemble non pas dans une tension mais dans l&#8217;unit&#233; d&#8217;un Dieu qui est enti&#232;rement parfait et enti&#232;rement <em>autre</em> &#8212; Celui qui est saint, saint, saint.</p><p>Conna&#238;tre ce Dieu &#8212; m&#234;me partiellement &#8212; a bris&#233; Mo&#239;se, dans le bon sens du terme. Nous savons d&#8217;apr&#232;s Exode 34:8 que Mo&#239;se tomba &#224; terre et se prosterna imm&#233;diatement.</p><p>Voil&#224; ce que fait la connaissance de Dieu et de Sa gloire. Elle nous d&#233;fait. Et elle nous refait. Elle nous fa&#231;onne et nous r&#233;aligne puissamment, et nous conduit &#224; l&#8217;adoration.</p><p>Le plein poids et la pleine beaut&#233; de Dieu ne sont pas un spectacle &#8212; ils sont destin&#233;s &#224; nous faire nous incliner et adorer. <br>   N&#8217;est-ce pas magnifique ?</p><p><strong>Qu&#8217;Il est beau, l&#8217;&#201;ternel notre Dieu !</strong></p><p>Mais il demeure n&#233;anmoins&#8230;</p><h2>Le Grand Foss&#233; : Pourquoi Beaucoup Ne Le Connaissent Pas</h2><p>Voici la trag&#233;die de l&#8217;histoire humaine en bref : nous avons &#233;t&#233; cr&#233;&#233;s pour conna&#238;tre Dieu, et pourtant nous avons fui cette sainte connaissance &#224; chaque tournant.</p><p>Romains 1 nous raconte cette histoire d&#233;vastatrice. Les attributs invisibles de Dieu &#8212; Sa puissance &#233;ternelle et Sa nature divine &#8212; ont &#233;t&#233; clairement per&#231;us dans les choses qui ont &#233;t&#233; faites (voir Romains 1:20).</p><p>La cr&#233;ation a toujours &#233;t&#233; une sc&#232;ne et une toile de la gloire de Dieu.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Les cieux racontent la gloire de Dieu,</strong></em><strong> <br>     </strong><em><strong>et l&#8217;&#233;tendue manifeste l&#8217;&#339;uvre de ses mains. &#187;</strong></em> (Psaume 19:1)</p></blockquote><p>Les montagnes le clament. La migration des oiseaux sur des milliers de kilom&#232;tres d&#8217;oc&#233;an le proclame. M&#234;me la conscience humaine semble le murmurer.</p><p>Et pourtant, Romains 1:21 poursuit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Bien qu&#8217;ils aient connu Dieu, ils ne l&#8217;ont pas glorifi&#233; comme Dieu et ne lui ont pas rendu gr&#226;ces ; mais ils se sont &#233;gar&#233;s dans leurs raisonnements, et leur c&#339;ur sans intelligence a &#233;t&#233; plong&#233; dans les t&#233;n&#232;bres. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>La majeure partie de l&#8217;humanit&#233; a pris la gloire de Dieu &#8212; la gloire accablante, in&#233;puisable, vivifiante du Dieu vivant &#8212; et l&#8217;a &#233;chang&#233;e. Nous l&#8217;avons troqu&#233;e contre de moindres gloires. Le bois. La pierre. La renomm&#233;e. Le plaisir. La s&#233;curit&#233;. Le confort. Le contr&#244;le.</p><p>Ce p&#233;ch&#233; semble &#234;tre &#224; la racine de toute mis&#232;re humaine. Toute d&#233;pendance, toute relation bris&#233;e, toute guerre, tout d&#233;sespoir &#8212; remontez suffisamment loin, et vous trouverez un c&#339;ur qui s&#8217;est d&#233;tourn&#233; de la gloire de Dieu et a tent&#233; de trouver sa vie, sa valeur ou son but ailleurs, dans n&#8217;importe quoi d&#8217;autre. Quelque chose de g&#233;rable. Quelque chose qui n&#8217;exigera rien, qui ne sera pas saint, qui ne sera pas <em>autre.</em></p><p>John Piper, dans son livre <em>Le D&#233;sir de Dieu</em>, d&#233;crit le p&#233;ch&#233; non pas principalement comme une transgression de la loi, mais comme un <em>mauvais &#233;change</em> : pr&#233;f&#233;rer quelque chose &#224; Dieu. Et il tire de Jonathan Edwards cette grande intuition :</p><h4><strong>Dieu est le plus glorifi&#233; en nous quand nous sommes le plus satisfaits en Lui.</strong></h4><p>M&#233;ditez cela pour le reste de vos jours.</p><p>L&#8217;inverse est &#233;galement vrai &#8212; nous sommes le plus mis&#233;rables, le plus bris&#233;s, le plus asservis, quand nous cherchons la satisfaction ailleurs, l&#224; o&#249; Dieu n&#8217;a jamais promis qu&#8217;elle pouvait se trouver.</p><p>Cela aide &#224; comprendre pourquoi vivre en mission n&#8217;est pas optionnel pour le disciple de J&#233;sus.</p><p>Cela &#233;claire la raison pour laquelle l&#8217;&#201;vangile, la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus-Christ, n&#8217;est pas une option parmi d&#8217;autres.</p><p>Des milliards de personnes vivent en ce moment m&#234;me dans les t&#233;n&#232;bres d&#8217;une gloire &#233;chang&#233;e. Elles font ce que l&#8217;humanit&#233; a toujours fait &#8212; tenter de combler le vide en forme de Dieu qui est en elles avec autre chose, avec n&#8217;importe quoi &#224; part Dieu notre Cr&#233;ateur &#8212; le Bien-Aim&#233; de nos &#226;mes.</p><p>Et trop d&#8217;entre elles s&#8217;affairent avec anxi&#233;t&#233; &#224; travers la vie, sans savoir qu&#8217;elles s&#8217;engagent sur la voie large et facile qui m&#232;ne &#224; la destruction et &#224; une distance &#233;ternelle de Dieu. Ce n&#8217;est pas simplement vivre en dessous de son potentiel. C&#8217;est p&#233;rir. Chercher une vie sans Dieu et obtenir ce qu&#8217;elles d&#233;sirent. Mais aucun &#233;gar&#233; n&#8217;est trop loin. Pas avec notre Dieu qui poursuit. Il y a de l&#8217;espoir en J&#233;sus.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car le salaire du p&#233;ch&#233;, c&#8217;est la mort ; mais le don gratuit de Dieu, c&#8217;est la vie &#233;ternelle en J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur. &#187;</strong></em> (Romains 6:23)</p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus Lui-m&#234;me l&#8217;a dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Or, la vie &#233;ternelle, c&#8217;est qu&#8217;ils te connaissent, toi, le seul vrai Dieu, et celui que tu as envoy&#233;, J&#233;sus-Christ. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 17:3)</p></blockquote><p>Amis, vous et moi pouvons voir que les enjeux sont &#233;ternels. Il y a une raison pour laquelle nous appelons la Bonne Nouvelle la Bonne Nouvelle. C&#8217;est parce que notre trajectoire, en dehors de la confiance en J&#233;sus et de la r&#233;ception du pardon, est une tr&#232;s mauvaise nouvelle.</p><p>Le ciel est r&#233;el. Et l&#8217;enfer aussi &#8212; cette r&#233;alit&#233; mis&#233;rable, terrible et lourde dont J&#233;sus a parl&#233; plus que quiconque dans les &#201;critures. Les t&#233;n&#232;bres ext&#233;rieures. Le feu qui ne s&#8217;&#233;teint pas. La seconde mort. Un &#233;tat de s&#233;paration &#233;ternelle d&#8217;avec Celui qui est la source de toute vie, de toute joie et de toute beaut&#233;.</p><p>Rejeter d&#233;finitivement et totalement la connaissance de Dieu, c&#8217;est choisir et recevoir une &#233;ternit&#233; sans Lui &#8212; et c&#8217;est vraiment la chose la plus horrifiante de toute la r&#233;alit&#233;. Je ne souhaiterais cela &#224; personne, m&#234;me pas &#224; mon pire ennemi.</p><p>En tant que disciples de J&#233;sus, il vaut la peine de noter que nous ne parlons pas de l&#8217;enfer pour effrayer les gens et les pousser &#224; une simple d&#233;marche de transaction.</p><p>Nous en parlons parce que c&#8217;est vrai, et parce que sa v&#233;rit&#233; fait de la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus &#224; la fois le message le plus urgent et le plus beau de l&#8217;histoire du monde.</p><p>J&#233;sus a v&#233;cu la vie parfaite et sans p&#233;ch&#233; que nous n&#8217;aurions jamais pu vivre.</p><p>Il a pay&#233; la dette de nos p&#233;ch&#233;s que nous n&#8217;aurions jamais pu payer, et Il l&#8217;a pay&#233;e de Son propre sang, bien qu&#8217;Il n&#8217;ait jamais p&#233;ch&#233;. Pendant que nous &#233;tions morts dans nos p&#233;ch&#233;s, Christ est mort pour vous et pour moi.</p><p>Il est mort de la mort que nous m&#233;ritions, et Il a vaincu le p&#233;ch&#233;, la mort et le trompeur en ressuscitant &#224; une vie nouvelle.</p><p>Maintenant, Il est assis &#224; la droite du P&#232;re dans la gloire, et par le Saint-Esprit, Il arrache des &#226;mes &#224; la captivit&#233; du p&#233;ch&#233; dans le royaume des t&#233;n&#232;bres pour les faire entrer dans Son Royaume de lumi&#232;re, le Royaume du Fils bien-aim&#233;.</p><p>Tous ceux qui font confiance &#224; J&#233;sus seront sauv&#233;s et recevront une vie abondante et &#233;ternelle, commen&#231;ant maintenant et durant pour toujours, dans la connaissance de J&#233;sus notre Seigneur et de notre P&#232;re c&#233;leste &#8212; conna&#238;tre l&#8217;Amour Lui-m&#234;me.</p><p>Il rach&#232;te et transforme les &#226;mes de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur vers l&#8217;ext&#233;rieur, et Il reviendra pour tout restaurer. All&#233;luia !</p><p>Qu&#8217;il est doux de faire confiance &#224; J&#233;sus, d&#8217;&#234;tre lav&#233; de tous nos p&#233;ch&#233;s pass&#233;s et de toute notre honte. Qu&#8217;il est doux d&#8217;&#234;tre renouvel&#233;, d&#8217;appartenir pour toujours &#224; la famille du covenant de Dieu et &#224; Son Royaume.</p><h2>Le Tr&#233;sor Cach&#233; dans les &#201;critures</h2><p>Voici un don inestimable que Dieu nous a fait : Il ne nous a pas laiss&#233;s t&#226;tonner dans l&#8217;obscurit&#233;.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car la parole de Dieu est vivante et efficace, plus tranchante qu&#8217;une &#233;p&#233;e quelconque &#224; deux tranchants, p&#233;n&#233;trante jusqu&#8217;&#224; partager &#226;me et esprit, jointures et moelles ; elle juge les sentiments et les pens&#233;es du c&#339;ur. Et nulle cr&#233;ature n&#8217;est cach&#233;e devant lui, mais tout est &#224; nu et &#224; d&#233;couvert aux yeux de celui &#224; qui nous devons rendre compte. &#187;</strong></em> (H&#233;breux 4:12-13)</p></blockquote><p>Les &#201;critures ne sont pas un document religieux. Elles ne sont pas simplement de la litt&#233;rature spirituelle parmi d&#8217;autres litt&#233;ratures spirituelles.</p><p>Elles sont la Parole vivante et efficace du Dieu vivant &#8212; un livre qui respire, qui tranche, qui illumine, qui transforme.</p><p>Quand nous l&#8217;ouvrons, nous d&#233;couvrons que le seul vrai Dieu vivant n&#8217;est pas silencieux.</p><p>Amis, quand nous la lisons, nous ne lisons pas au sujet d&#8217;une divinit&#233; lointaine. Nous sommes interpell&#233;s par Celui &#224; qui chaque atome doit son existence.</p><p>La Bible est l&#224; o&#249; nous apprenons qui est Dieu. C&#8217;est la source in&#233;puisable de la connaissance de Dieu.</p><p><strong>Vous voulez savoir comment Dieu se comporte face aux orgueilleux ?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Lisez &#201;sa&#239;e 6.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Vous voulez savoir ce que Dieu pense de la souffrance de Ses enfants ?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Lisez le Psaume 22 &#8212; et r&#233;alisez ensuite que J&#233;sus en a cri&#233; les premiers mots depuis la croix.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Vous voulez conna&#238;tre la profondeur de l&#8217;engagement de Dieu envers Sa propre gloire et le salut des nations ?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Lisez &#201;sa&#239;e 40-55, et sentez le sol bouger sous vos pieds.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Les Psaumes nous apprennent </strong><em><strong>comment</strong></em><strong> ressentir les choses vis-&#224;-vis de Dieu.</strong></p><p><strong>Les Proph&#232;tes nous apprennent </strong><em><strong>ce qui</strong></em><strong> tient &#224; c&#339;ur &#224; Dieu.</strong></p><p><strong>Les &#201;vangiles nous donnent Dieu en chair.</strong></p><p><strong>Les &#201;p&#238;tres nous donnent la signification de cette incarnation.</strong></p><p><strong>L&#8217;Apocalypse de J&#233;sus-Christ nous donne la destination finale de toute l&#8217;histoire.</strong></p><p>C&#8217;est un seul livre. Il raconte une seule histoire de r&#233;demption. Il n&#8217;a qu&#8217;un seul H&#233;ros. Et il conduit &#224; une seule fin :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car la terre sera remplie de la connaissance de la gloire de l&#8217;&#201;ternel, comme les eaux couvrent le fond de la mer. &#187;</strong></em> (Habacuc 2:14)</p></blockquote><p>Ce verset n&#8217;est pas un v&#339;u pieux.</p><p>C&#8217;est une proph&#233;tie qui s&#8217;accomplira. C&#8217;est une promesse.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Toute parole de Dieu est &#233;prouv&#233;e. Il est un bouclier pour ceux qui cherchent en lui leur refuge. &#187;</strong></em> (Proverbes 30:5)</p></blockquote><p>Le Dieu qui a parl&#233; l&#8217;univers &#224; l&#8217;existence a d&#233;clar&#233; que Sa gloire remplira la terre &#8212; non pas comme une atmosph&#232;re spirituelle vague, mais comme une connaissance personnelle, salvifique et transformatrice des &#226;mes individuelles, des peuples et des nations.</p><p>Et la Semaine Sainte est le pivot de cette promesse.</p><h2>La Parole S&#8217;est Faite Chair et a Demeur&#233; Parmi Nous : La R&#233;v&#233;lation la Plus Claire</h2><p>Tout ce que Mo&#239;se a v&#233;cu dans la fente du rocher &#8212; la bont&#233;, la mis&#233;ricorde, la gr&#226;ce, la fid&#233;lit&#233;, la justice de Dieu &#8212; &#233;tait r&#233;el.</p><p>Mais c&#8217;&#233;tait une ombre. Un avant-go&#251;t. Un aper&#231;u pr&#233;liminaire &#224; travers des yeux largement ferm&#233;s.</p><p>Puis vint J&#233;sus.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et la Parole a &#233;t&#233; faite chair, et elle a habit&#233; parmi nous, pleine de gr&#226;ce et de v&#233;rit&#233; ; et nous avons contempl&#233; sa gloire, une gloire comme la gloire du Fils unique venu du P&#232;re. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 1:14)</p></blockquote><p>Le mot grec utilis&#233; ici pour &#171; habit&#233; &#187; signifie litt&#233;ralement <em>dresser sa tente</em>, c&#8217;est-&#224;-dire que Dieu a plant&#233; Sa tente parmi nous. La gloire shekinah, cette gloire lourde et pesante, qui avait jadis rempli le Lieu Tr&#232;s Saint, marchait d&#233;sormais sur les routes de Galil&#233;e et travaillait de Ses mains pendant des ann&#233;es en tant qu&#8217;artisan. Le Dieu qui &#233;tait autrefois descendu sur le mont Sina&#239; dans le feu et la fum&#233;e s&#8217;asseyait maintenant &#224; des tables, mangeait avec des p&#233;cheurs, et accueillait les enfants aupr&#232;s de Lui quand d&#8217;autres essayaient de les &#233;loigner.</p><p>J&#233;sus l&#8217;a dit clairement :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Celui qui m&#8217;a vu a vu le P&#232;re. &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 14:9)</p></blockquote><p><strong><br>Vous voulez savoir comment Dieu se comporte lorsqu&#8217;Il voit un cort&#232;ge fun&#232;bre ?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Lisez Luc 7:11-17 et regardez J&#233;sus dans la ville de Na&#239;n. Il arr&#234;te le cort&#232;ge, Il est &#233;mu de compassion &#224; la vue du chagrin d&#8217;une veuve, et Il ressuscite son fils unique. Voil&#224; un aper&#231;u du c&#339;ur de compassion de Dieu.</p></li></ul><p><strong>Vous voulez savoir comment Dieu se comporte envers ceux qui ont tout g&#226;ch&#233; dans leur vie ?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Regardez J&#233;sus avec la femme au puits &#8212; une femme samaritaine, cinq fois divorc&#233;e, vivant avec un homme qui n&#8217;&#233;tait pas son mari, venant puiser de l&#8217;eau &#224; la chaleur de midi pour &#233;viter les regards de ses voisins.</p></li></ul><p>J&#233;sus non seulement lui parle (en transgressant trois tabous sociaux &#224; la fois), mais lui offre de l&#8217;eau vive, se r&#233;v&#232;le &#224; elle comme le Messie, et l&#8217;envoie courir vers le village comme l&#8217;une des premi&#232;res messag&#232;res de la Bonne Nouvelle dans le r&#233;cit de Jean. Voil&#224; encore un autre aper&#231;u du c&#339;ur de Dieu, manifest&#233; puissamment en Jean 4:4-42.</p><p><strong>Vous voulez savoir comment Dieu se comporte envers les hypocrites, les puissants, les orgueilleux ?</strong></p><ul><li><p>Regardez J&#233;sus en Matthieu 23 &#8212; Il prononce sept mal&#233;dictions d&#233;vastatrices, non pas avec un d&#233;tachement th&#233;ologique froid mais avec une angoisse profonde :</p></li></ul><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; J&#233;rusalem, J&#233;rusalem, toi qui tues les proph&#232;tes et lapides ceux qui te sont envoy&#233;s, combien de fois ai-je voulu rassembler tes enfants, comme une poule rassemble ses poussins sous ses ailes, et vous ne l&#8217;avez pas voulu ! &#187;</strong></em> (Matthieu 23:37)</p></blockquote><p>Encore un autre aper&#231;u du c&#339;ur de Dieu.</p><p>Et maintenant, durant cette Semaine Sainte, nous arrivons &#224; la r&#233;v&#233;lation la plus grande de toutes. Nous arrivons l&#224; o&#249; tous les fils des &#201;critures convergent. Nous arrivons l&#224; o&#249; la gloire de Dieu se r&#233;v&#232;le de la mani&#232;re la plus compl&#232;te, la plus bouleversante, la plus belle.</p><h4><strong>La croix.</strong></h4><p>Tout comme il avait &#233;t&#233; proph&#233;tis&#233; au sujet du Messie &#224; venir plus de 600 ans avant Sa naissance &#224; Bethl&#233;em, &#201;sa&#239;e 53:5 proph&#233;tise &#224; propos de J&#233;sus le Messie :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mais il &#233;tait bless&#233; pour nos p&#233;ch&#233;s, bris&#233; pour nos iniquit&#233;s ; le ch&#226;timent qui nous donne la paix est tomb&#233; sur lui, et c&#8217;est par ses meurtrissures que nous sommes gu&#233;ris. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous n&#8217;avons pas besoin de chercher plus loin que la croix et le tombeau vide pour nous rappeler la preuve d&#233;finitive du c&#339;ur de Dieu et de Son amour qui se donne Lui-m&#234;me pour nous. Nous allons plonger dans cette Bonne Nouvelle qui transforme la vie et l&#8217;&#233;ternit&#233; dans notre prochain article.</p><p>Mais avant de terminer celui-ci, regardons ensemble&#8230;</p><h2>Le Fondement des Missions : Conna&#238;tre Dieu et Le Faire Conna&#238;tre</h2><p>Simplement dit, nous ne pouvons pas donner ce que nous n&#8217;avons pas re&#231;u. Nous ne pouvons pas porter ce que nous ne poss&#233;dons pas. Nous ne pouvons pas vraiment conna&#238;tre quelqu&#8217;un sans passer du temps avec lui.</p><p>De la m&#234;me mani&#232;re, nous ne pouvons pas &#234;tre des t&#233;moins fid&#232;les d&#8217;un Dieu et Roi que nous ne connaissons pas, n&#8217;aimons pas, ou en qui nous ne nous d&#233;lectons pas.</p><p>C&#8217;est pourquoi le fondement de la mission mondiale n&#8217;est pas la strat&#233;gie. Ce ne sont pas les ressources. Ce n&#8217;est pas l&#8217;acquisition des langues ou l&#8217;intelligence culturelle &#8212; m&#234;me si tout cela importe &#233;norm&#233;ment.</p><p>Le fondement des missions, c&#8217;est ceci : <strong>conna&#238;tre Dieu.</strong> Le fruit de la connaissance de Dieu, c&#8217;est aimer Dieu et aimer les autres.</p><p>Je ne peux pas concevoir la possibilit&#233; de conna&#238;tre notre P&#232;re aimant et &#233;ternel, Prince de la Paix, Dieu Fort et Merveilleux Conseiller, et de continuer sans aucun amour pour Celui qui a tout donn&#233; par amour pour nous.</p><p>Conna&#238;tre Dieu et aimer Dieu vont de pair. Aimer Dieu et aimer les autres vont &#233;galement ensemble. Et de la connaissance de Dieu na&#238;t le d&#233;sir aliment&#233; par l&#8217;amour de Le faire conna&#238;tre aux autres.</p><p>L&#8217;Ap&#244;tre Paul l&#8217;exprime ainsi :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et m&#234;me je regarde toutes choses comme une perte &#224; cause de l&#8217;excellence de la connaissance de J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur. &#187;</strong></em> (Philippiens 3:8)</p></blockquote><p>Remarquez que ce n&#8217;est pas conna&#238;tre <em>au sujet</em> de Christ. C&#8217;est conna&#238;tre <em>Christ J&#233;sus notre Seigneur</em>. C&#8217;est la connaissance personnelle, transformatrice, productrice de joie, exp&#233;rientielle du Messie vivant. C&#8217;&#233;tait le tr&#233;sor de Paul. Paul avait compt&#233; le co&#251;t et le gain &#233;ternel de suivre Christ &#8212; et le Roi en qui il pla&#231;ait sa confiance avait renforc&#233; sa vie en mission sur deux continents.</p><p>R&#233;fl&#233;chissons &#224; cela, amis.</p><p>J&#233;sus est digne. Il sera &#224; jamais digne de tout ce que nous sommes et avons &#224; offrir.</p><p>Le proph&#232;te J&#233;r&#233;mie a entendu Dieu dire :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Que le sage ne se glorifie pas de sa sagesse, que le fort ne se glorifie pas de sa force, que le riche ne se glorifie pas de sa richesse. Mais que celui qui se glorifie se glorifie d&#8217;avoir de l&#8217;intelligence et de me conna&#238;tre, de savoir que je suis l&#8217;&#201;ternel, qui exerce la bont&#233;, le droit et la justice sur la terre ; car c&#8217;est &#224; ces choses que je prends plaisir, dit l&#8217;&#201;ternel. &#187;</strong></em><strong> (J&#233;r&#233;mie 9:23-24)</strong></p></blockquote><p>Les amis, voici l&#8217;invitation et la commission pour vous et moi : conna&#238;tre Dieu et Le faire conna&#238;tre.</p><p>Laissons mourir notre orgueil et choisissons plut&#244;t de nous glorifier de la valeur supr&#234;me de conna&#238;tre Christ J&#233;sus notre Seigneur.</p><p>Laissons notre joie dans le Seigneur d&#233;border. Laissons cette connaissance personnelle de J&#233;sus et du Saint-Esprit nous pousser &#224; faire conna&#238;tre J&#233;sus, partout o&#249; nous allons.</p><p>Jouissons du Seigneur notre Cr&#233;ateur et trouvons notre joie en J&#233;sus chaque jour.</p><p><strong>Associons-nous au Bon Berger et partageons Sa gr&#226;ce et Sa v&#233;rit&#233; partout o&#249; Il nous conduit.</strong></p><p>Amen ?</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2>Prions</h2><blockquote><p><strong>Notre P&#232;re qui es aux cieux, <br>Notre Seigneur tr&#244;nant dans la gloire,</strong></p><p>Tu es vraiment grand et digne d&#8217;&#234;tre lou&#233; &#224; l&#8217;infini.</p><p>Toi seul es digne de toute gloire, honneur et adoration, &#224; travers chaque tribu, chaque langue, chaque peuple et chaque culture.</p><p>Toute gloire, domination et puissance T&#8217;appartiennent, Dieu vivant et aimant, notre P&#232;re.</p><p>Nous confessons que trop souvent nous nous contentons de savoir <em>au sujet</em> de Toi plut&#244;t que de vraiment et personnellement <em>Te</em> conna&#238;tre.</p><p>Nous pouvons lire la Bible comme de bonnes informations pour traverser les difficult&#233;s de la vie plut&#244;t que comme la Parole vivante et efficace de Dieu qui nous expose et nous d&#233;mant&#232;le tout en nous reconstruisant et en nous fortifiant &#8212; approfondissant notre connaissance de Dieu, notre amiti&#233; avec J&#233;sus remplie du Saint-Esprit, et notre amour pour le P&#232;re.</p><p>P&#232;re mis&#233;ricordieux, nous pouvons prier comme si Tu &#233;tais loin plut&#244;t que pr&#233;sent, personnel et passionn&#233;ment engag&#233; dans le salut et la r&#233;demption des gens et de ce monde bris&#233;.</p><p>Pardonne-nous. Renouvelle-nous. Restaure ce qui a &#233;t&#233; tordu, bris&#233; ou durci, et donne-nous davantage de Toi.</p><p>Dessille nos yeux pour contempler Ta beaut&#233; et le poids de Ta gloire.</p><p>Que cette Semaine Sainte ne soit pas une observance religieuse par laquelle nous passons. Qu&#8217;elle soit comme un tremblement de terre dans nos vies. Que le sol de nos suppositions &#224; Ton sujet soit &#233;branl&#233;, afin que tout ce qui est faux et instable s&#8217;effondre.</p><p>Que J&#233;sus &#8212; le J&#233;sus des &#201;vangiles, plein de gr&#226;ce et de v&#233;rit&#233;, marchant vers Golgotha en sachant pleinement ce qui L&#8217;attendait, pour la joie qui Lui &#233;tait propos&#233;e &#8212; devienne plus r&#233;el pour nous cette semaine que n&#8217;importe quoi d&#8217;autre.</p><p>Que notre foi endure l&#8217;&#233;preuve et le raffinement, et devienne plus authentique, plus pure et plus riche comme l&#8217;or qui passe par les flammes.</p><p>Que notre demeure en Toi et notre connaissance de Toi produisent : un Amour sacrificiel, la Joie, la Paix, la Patience, la Bienveillance, la Bont&#233;, la Fid&#233;lit&#233;, la Douceur et la Ma&#238;trise de soi. Qu&#8217;elles produisent des vies en mission remplies de foi et des c&#339;urs pr&#234;ts &#224; aller l&#224; o&#249; Tu conduis, quand Tu conduis, et comment Tu conduis, Seigneur notre Bon Berger.</p><p>Nous confessons, prions et pr&#233;sentons ces demandes devant Toi, P&#232;re, au nom de Celui qui est venu pour que nous Te connaissions &#8212; le seul vrai Dieu, et J&#233;sus-Christ que Tu as envoy&#233;.</p><p>Amen.</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Merci, Dieu. <br>   Merci.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. C&#8217;est le premier d&#8217;une s&#233;rie en trois parties pour la Semaine Sainte.</p><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous avons pos&#233; le fondement &#8212; sur la connaissance de Dieu. Le Vendredi Saint : nous plongerons profond&#233;ment dans la victoire de Christ sur la croix. Puis, un article le Dimanche de la R&#233;surrection, centr&#233; sur la commission de J&#233;sus pour vous et moi et sur la gloire mondiale de Dieu qui ne peut &#234;tre arr&#234;t&#233;e.</p><p>Que pouvez-vous faire maintenant ?</p><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez</strong> cette s&#233;rie avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a &#233;galement soif de Dieu. C&#8217;est la Semaine Sainte. Les gens pensent d&#233;j&#224; &#224; J&#233;sus et &#224; ce que tout cela signifie.</p></li></ol><p>Vous pouvez cliquer sur le bouton Partager ci-dessous.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/knowing-god-the-foundation-of-everything?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Ajoutez</strong> votre adresse e-mail ci-dessous pour vous <strong>abonner</strong> et ne pas manquer les prochains articles et cette s&#233;rie pour la Semaine Sainte.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong>VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>Tournez</strong>-vous vers le Seigneur. Priez. &#201;coutez. Et prenez plaisir &#224; chercher et trouver J&#233;sus, et &#224; vous engager avec Dieu de mani&#232;res plus profondes et plus riches que vous ne l&#8217;auriez jamais imagin&#233; possible. Tout est possible avec notre Dieu.</p></li><li><p><strong>Lisez</strong> ou &#233;coutez nos articles les plus r&#233;cents de notre s&#233;rie <em>Drawing Near</em> sur l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu. Les podcasts sont li&#233;s ci-dessous :</p></li></ol><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions">DRAWING NEAR : &#171; COUPER LES DISTRACTIONS &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>Le voyage continue le Vendredi Saint.</p><p>Que le Seigneur le veuille, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de vous joindre &#224; nous dans cette VIE EN MISSION avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer dans 2026 avec Emmanuel &#8212; demeurant en Lui, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Ouvre la voie, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:76647,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/192907748?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0pQA!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc68ba1f3-b4a5-4357-a903-f14f8682caf8_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: “CUTTING Off DISTRACTIONS” A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « COUPER les DISTRACTIONS » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[Making Room for What Matters Most (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:01:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192197407/67e80740c4ef5ccae4847ad029b41cdd.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>If you hear anything in the background, it&#8217;s probably our precious baby girl, Nova Sophia, who is now 6 weeks old. Hallelujah! It&#8217;s been a wild, beautiful, and largely peaceful first month-and-a-half of Nova&#8217;s life. In our last post, I mentioned that we had 7 days to move as our current studio sold and we&#8217;ve been trusting our faithful Father to make a way where there seems to be no way. Thank you for joining us in prayer. God didn&#8217;t guide us to our new home yet, but He did make a way for us to stay at our Parisian studio for a few weeks longer than we expected. Now we&#8217;re trusting He will make a way to our new home within the next few weeks, before we need to leave our current place.  Please continue to pray as we follow the Lord&#8217;s leadership and lordship and move forward by faith. Thanks in advance! <em><strong>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p>Welcome to post number 5 in this Drawing Near series, following our last post <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost.&#8221;</a> </strong>It followed our 3rd post, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">&#8220;Seeking First,&#8221;</a></strong>the 2nd post,<strong> <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">&#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong>and the series introduction. All of these podcasts are linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">below</a>.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Seeking First&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Counting the Cost.&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>As a reminder, <strong>Here&#8217;s The Heart Behind This Series</strong></p><p>We&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about <em>relationship</em>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised: &#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly&#8221; (John 10:10).</p><p>Throughout this seven-part journey, we are exploring some crucial questions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Today, we continue with the fourth key question: <strong>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</strong> This is an exercise in making room for what matters most.</p><p>Hebrews 12:1-2 says,</p><blockquote><h4><em><strong>&#8220;</strong></em><strong>Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Hallelujah! It&#8217;s an impressively powerful passage highlighting a sobering reality we need to face: <em><strong>We need to let go of and cut off distractions to cling to God.</strong></em></p><p>I think it&#8217;s safe to say that we live in the most distracted generation in human history. According to recent research, the average person checks their phone between 56-186 times a day&#8212;over a 12 hour period, that&#8217;s once every 4-13 minutes.</p><p>We&#8217;re constantly connected, constantly stimulated, constantly divided in our attention.</p><p>Whether we realize it or not, this can be a key factor in killing our intimacy with God. </p><p>The Lord hasn&#8217;t changed. His willingness to be with us hasn&#8217;t changed. But our attention spans have shortened and we often give the best of our attention to random notifications and seemingly urgent interruptions.</p><p>But, the reality is that we cannot be deeply present with God while being constantly available to everything else.</p><p>We won&#8217;t build deep intimacy amid endless distraction. <br>   That&#8217;s not going to happen.</p><p>Jesus was clear about the seriousness of removing what hinders us, specifically things that cause us to lust and sin.</p><p>In the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5:29-30, we find Jesus giving this intense visual to the crowds on the subject of lust and committing adultery in one&#8217;s heart,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away.... And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away&#8230;&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>He&#8217;s using hyperbole to make a critical point: radical problems require radical solutions.</p><h3>If something is keeping you from God, <em>remove it</em>.</h3><p>Don&#8217;t manage it. <br>Don&#8217;t moderate it. <br>Don&#8217;t make excuses for it.</p><h3><em><strong>Remove it</strong></em><strong>.</strong></h3><p>This is the invitation: Will you and I cut off and let go of distractions to cling to Jesus Christ instead?</p><p>The language here is both releasing and embracing. Let go of distractions. Cling to God. To cling to one, you must let go of the other. You can&#8217;t do one without the other.</p><p>We need open hands and open hearts to truly cling to God.<em> </em></p><p><em><strong>How can we cling to the Lord or welcome Him into our hearts if they are full already?</strong></em></p><p>This leads us to ask:<strong> What are the distractions in my life?</strong><br>   This is a question each of us needs to answer. </p><p>It&#8217;s a great question to bring before the Lord who sees everything, knows us better than we know ourselves, and always works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purposes.</p><p>For some, it might be technology&#8212;endless scrolling, binge-watching, compulsive phone-checking.</p><p>For others, it&#8217;s busyness&#8212;filling every moment with activity, productivity, and noise.</p><p>For others, it&#8217;s relationships, hobbies, entertainment, or even good things that have become ultimate things or stumbling blocks to intimacy with our Creator, the Lord our God, the Lover of our souls.</p><p>Let&#8217;s remember where we began, with Hebrews 12:1-2. The writer of Hebrews puts it this way: Let us <strong>&#8220;lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely&#8221; </strong>so that we can run the race God has set before us, with our eyes on the Prize, Jesus. Another way to put this is to throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. Notice there are two categories:</p><ol><li><p><strong>Things that hinder</strong> &#8211; These may not necessarily be sinful or evil things, but they slow us down, weigh us down, and keep us from running the race God set before you and me.</p></li><li><p><strong>Sin that entangles</strong> &#8211; There&#8217;s the obvious stuff that trips us up and wraps around our hearts, minds, and lives, causing us to stumble.</p></li></ol><p>Both need to go.</p><p>In 1 Corinthians 6:12, Paul writes,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;&#8216;All things are lawful for me,&#8217; but not all things are helpful. &#8216;All things are lawful for me,&#8217; but I will not be dominated by anything.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Something might not be inherently sinful, but if it masters you, if it controls your time and attention, if it keeps you from God&#8212;it needs to be cut off.</p><p>This can be hard.</p><p>Most of us are attached to our distractions. They can be comfortable. They&#8217;re familiar. They help us avoid boredom, silence, and the uncomfortable work of Spirit-empowered growth into the likeness of Jesus, more and more so, day after day. Whether we want to admit that or not is another question that can challenge our pride.</p><p>But here&#8217;s what I believe we&#8217;re missing:</p><h3><em><strong>The more we embrace the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus, the more we will enjoy sweet, intentional intimacy with God.</strong></em></h3><p>Sweet. Intentional. Intimacy.</p><p>That&#8217;s what&#8217;s on the other side of cutting off distractions. </p><p><strong>Not</strong> a boring, empty life. <br><strong>Not</strong> joyless asceticism.</p><p>But <strong>rich, satisfying, soul-nourishing intimacy with the living God.</strong></p><p>David understood this. In Psalm 42:1, he said,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>This is real longing for God. Dependence on the living God, the Source of life, drink, food&#8212;of everything we need and so much more. This longing is the kind of rightly aligned desire that makes distractions look dull by comparison.</p><p><strong>But, why would we long for the Lord our Source if we&#8217;re constantly filling our hearts, minds, and lives with distractions?</strong></p><p><strong>Why would pant and thirst for God while we binge-watch a series or numb ourselves on social media?</strong></p><p>These are hard questions but they&#8217;re real ones.</p><p>They help us to see why we might feel dry in our relationship with God.</p><p>In my own season of loving and stewarding the 6 week old life of our precious baby girl with Madison Rose, feeling weighed down by the uncertainty of not knowing where our next home will be, I need to turn my eyes back to where our help comes from&#8212;our help comes from the Lord our Creator, the Maker of heaven and the earth.</p><p>I need to acknowledge that in some of my hardest moments recently, my eyes have been on our circumstances, rather than on the One who leads and guides us into all truth, who is testing and refining our faith so that it becomes refined and purer than ever before.</p><p>The more I seek the Lord, the more peace, freedom, and faith-filled joy I experience, regardless of our circumstances that will continue to change.</p><p>The point is this:</p><h3><strong>We need to turn our eyes towards Jesus and to take our eyes off our circumstances alone.</strong></h3><p>This was already highlighted beautifully in Hebrews 12:2, where we cut off what hinders and entangles us, and run the race our God set before each of us, looking to Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of our faith,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;...who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>So, where are your eyes? What are you looking at most of the day?</p><p>Most of the world spends at least 6 hours and 45min looking at screens everyday. And that&#8217;s a conservative number, based on the stats I read. That&#8217;s over 40% of our waking hours, meaning we spend over 40% of our lives in front of screens!</p><p>Screens are not the enemy, but we cannot deny the fact that we are consuming loads of targeted information and being shaped by it, for hours and hours every day. Some of it may lead us towards God, and much is leading us otherwise.</p><p>So, if we want intimacy with God, we need to turn our eyes from our screens and our circumstances so that we can fix our eyes on Jesus, as it says in Hebrews 12:2.</p><p>This is <strong>not</strong> passive. It&#8217;s<strong> active, intentional, and disciplined.</strong></p><p>This means regularly redirecting our gaze from the distractions to the Divine, to the King of kings Himself.</p><p>Paul says it this way in 2 Corinthians 4:16-18,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;16 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Friends, everything vying for your and my attention right now is temporary. Our phones will eventually be obsolete, probably in a few years. That show will be forgotten&#8212;we probably won&#8217;t even remember it. That anger- and despair-inducing news cycle will pass. Our careers will end. Our body will age.</p><h3><strong>But our God is eternal.</strong></h3><h4><strong>His Word endures forever</strong> (see Isaiah 40:8).</h4><h4><strong>His love never fails</strong> (see 1 Corinthians 13:8).</h4><h4><strong>His kingdom has no end</strong> (see Luke 1:33).</h4><p><br>I really don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ll live long lives and lay down on our death-beds looking back, thinking,</p><blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Ahhh, if only I spent more time scrolling on social media, comparing my life to others&#8217;.<br>If only I had watched that series on Netflix. <br>If only I had more money, success, and fame.<br>Then, I could die in peace knowing I lived my best life for myself and no other.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote><p>There&#8217;s no way. <strong>So, why should we live today so caught up in things that will pass away as fast as they came?</strong></p><p>It&#8217;s time to open our eyes, turn our gaze from distractions, and focus on what really matters, on who really matters.</p><p>Here&#8217;s a practical question: <em><strong>What distractions do you need to cut off and release so you can cling to God?</strong></em></p><p>Be specific. Maybe it&#8217;s:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Your phone in the morning</strong> (replacing scroll time with prayer time)</p></li><li><p><strong>A toxic relationship</strong> that pulls you away from God</p></li><li><p><strong>A habit of constant busyness</strong> (&amp; learning instead to be still and abide with Jesus)</p></li><li><p><strong>Entertainment that fills the space</strong> (&amp; acknowledging instead that Jesus is knocking at your door, ready to feast with you)</p></li><li><p><strong>Misaligned priorities</strong> (&amp; you need to do some prayerful calendar restructuring with God)</p></li><li><p><strong>Worry about circumstances</strong> (which is really about fixing your eyes on the problem instead of the Problem-Solver)</p></li></ul><p>As for me, praying in the name of Jesus aloud is among the most powerful things we can do as we cut off and let go of the things that weigh us down and entangle us.</p><p>For example, I might pray before I begin working or as a distraction arises,</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Lord Jesus, I look to You. I turn from this distraction and fix my gaze on You. Thank You for Your presence with me. Thank You for Your promises to lead and guide me into all truth. Lead me in the way I should go, for to You I lift up my soul. By the power of Your Spirit, help me to focus. I dedicate this time to you. Help me to partner with you in this work. Let&#8217;s do this together. Thank you, God!&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Of course, the deceiver wants us distracted, numb, and half-hearted. So, we can expect push-back as we seek to grow closer to the Lord and partner with Him in whatever we do.</p><p>So, if I&#8217;m alone and out of nowhere, a temptation to sin arises, I like to pray and speak aloud something like this,</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Jesus, I need you&#8230;and in the name of Jesus Christ my Lord, I forsake and renounce [that temptation or sin] and I choose faith-filled obedience to the Lord my God. I expose this darkness to the light and I choose the way of Jesus that leads to life. Thank You, Lord, for Your victory over sin, death, and the deceiver. Lord Jesus, You reign forever. You reign over all and You reign in my heart and in my life. Thank You for delivering me, Jesus my Savior. Hallelujah!&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Friends, there is tremendous power in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.</p><p>And it is so, so good for our souls to remember who God is and what He said.</p><p>We can remember Jesus&#8217; words recorded in Matthew 6:25, 33,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;25 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?&#8221;</strong></h4><h4><strong>&#8220;33 Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>So we see, worry is evidence of misplaced focus. It&#8217;s eyes on circumstances instead of eyes on Christ.</p><p>We need to intentionally turn our eyes towards Jesus and to take our eyes off our circumstances.</p><p>This doesn&#8217;t mean ignoring reality. It means interpreting reality through the lens of God&#8217;s presence, power, and promises rather than being consumed by the circumstances themselves.</p><p>Remember Peter? He walked on water as long as his eyes were on Jesus. The moment he looked at the waves&#8212;the circumstances&#8212;he began to sink (see Matthew 14:28-31). The circumstances didn&#8217;t change. What changed was where he was looking.</p><p>Here&#8217;s a beautiful promise:</p><h3>Our Lord is willing and ready to offer us real abundant life with Him.</h3><p>God isn&#8217;t withholding Himself. He&#8217;s not playing hard to get. He&#8217;s willing and ready. The abundant life Jesus promised in John 10:10 is available to you and me right now.</p><p>But we&#8217;re not going to experience it while drowning in distractions of our choosing.</p><p>It&#8217;s time to respond to Jesus&#8217; invitation in Matthew 11:28,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>This is a promise. It&#8217;s available and ever-accessible, right now for you and me.</p><p>But how can we come to Him while we&#8217;re going everywhere else? How can we receive rest while we&#8217;re frantically multitasking?</p><p>It requires stopping. Letting go. Cutting off. And clinging to Jesus.</p><p><strong><br>What if this week, we practiced ruthless elimination of one major distraction?</strong></p><p>Not forever, necessarily, but long enough to create space for God. Long enough to discover what we&#8217;ve been missing.</p><ul><li><p><strong>What if you turned off notifications, put your phone in another room, and spent that time in Scripture and prayer?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What if you said no to something that </strong><em><strong>seemed</strong></em><strong> good to instead say Yes to something better?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What if you decluttered your schedule to make room for the only One who can truly satisfy?</strong></p></li></ul><p>What if, right? Why not, friends? <strong>What do we have to lose?</strong></p><p><strong><br>Really, in light of eternal life with God and the opportunity to grow in intimacy with our Creator who knows us completely and loves us fully, what do we have to lose?</strong></p><p><br>In Jeremiah 29:13, God declares,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p><strong>All</strong> your heart. Not the scraps left over after everything else gets your attention. All of it.</p><p>I believe this is about abiding in the Lord. Seeking Him by being with Him. Seeking God for who He is and not just what He gives. Coming before Him honestly, knowing that though we&#8217;ve made so many mistakes, we are fully seen and perfectly loved. Knowing that though we have sinned, we can draw near to the One who is ready to forgive, reconcile, and bring us close to His heart. This is about experientially knowing the Lord our Maker, loving Him, receiving His love, and responding to it. So, we seek Him, find Him, get filled, and move forward with Him, overflowing and pouring out toward others.</p><p>I believe this kind of daily rhythm is so simple and powerful that can bring transformation in our hearts, lives, families, workplaces, and cultures.</p><p><strong>God is ready. Jesus stands at the door of our hearts and knocks. He&#8217;s knocking now. The question is: </strong></p><h4>Are you willing to make room? Are you willing to let Him in?<br></h4><h2><strong>Here are some Reflection Questions</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>What are the three primary distractions in your life right now?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Where are your eyes most of the day&#8212;on circumstances or on Christ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What specific distraction is God asking you to cut off or let go of today?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What would it look like to cling to God this week?<br></strong></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><em><strong>Loving Lord, <br>Gracious God,<br>Everlasting Father, <br>Creative Creator,<br>Maker of heaven and earth,</strong></em></h4><p>You are awesome. All You do is right and good. Everything You say is true. We can trust in You. You never fail and You won&#8217;t start now. You never change. You are steadfast.</p><p>You gave Your Son, Jesus, to take our place and our punishment on the cross. Lord, You willingly laid down Your life for us in love for us, to offer us forgiveness and to reconcile us back to God, to restore what was broken by sin.</p><p>Your love is proven and certain. It&#8217;s more solid than a mountain. Your love is more powerful than a tsunami. It&#8217;s more real than anything this world can offer.</p><p>You are faithful and worthy of our whole hearts, of all we are and have to give.</p><p>You are worthy of our attention and affection, of our focus, of our time, of our best.</p><p>Father, I confess that I&#8217;ve allowed distractions to crowd You out of my consciousness so many times.</p><p>I&#8217;ve given my attention to temporary things while neglecting what and who matters most.</p><p>Forgive me, gracious God.</p><p>Faithful Father, You know me. Show me what I need to let go of. Help me to loosen my grip and relinquish my desire for control and comfort.</p><p>Give me the courage to cut off whatever hinders my walk with You. <br>   Open my eyes to see. May I see clearly and gladly cut off and cast out sin from my life, in the victorious and powerful name of Jesus Christ my Lord.</p><p>Teach me fix my eyes on Jesus, not on my circumstances. Where social media has trained my attention span to be short, train me to set my gaze upon You, Lord Jesus&#8212;to really seek Your face, to see Your beauty, to remember the cross and the empty tomb, to see You rightly, God&#8212;to know You and make You known with overflowing love and joy.</p><p>I want to cling to You. I need a firm foundation, not shifting sands.</p><p>I want more of You, Lord.</p><p>I want what&#8217;s real and lasting and not what&#8217;s fake and passing away.</p><p>Stir in me a hunger for Your presence that makes distractions lose their appeal.</p><p>Lord, I&#8217;m making room for You today, starting now.</p><p>You are the God who knocks at the door of our hearts. <br>   So, come in, Lord Jesus, come in.</p><p>In Your name we pray,</p><p>Amen.</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Thank You, God. Hallelujah, God be praised!<br>Wow, forgiveness and freedom are such a gift. Thank You, Lord.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God.<br> You can click the <strong>Share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>You can set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>The journey continues next week with the 6th post in this series: <strong>&#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Building intimacy through consistent, intentional presence with God.</p><p>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; COUPER les DISTRACTIONS &#187; <br></strong>Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU  </h1><h2><em>Faire de la Place pour Ce Qui Compte Le Plus</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Si vous entendez quelque chose en arri&#232;re-plan, c&#8217;est probablement notre pr&#233;cieuse petite fille, Nova Sophia, qui a maintenant 6 semaines. All&#233;luia ! Ce fut un premier mois de vie de Nova sauvage, magnifique et largement paisible. Dans notre dernier article, j&#8217;ai mentionn&#233; que nous avions 7 jours pour d&#233;m&#233;nager car notre studio actuel a &#233;t&#233; vendu et nous faisions confiance &#224; notre P&#232;re fid&#232;le pour ouvrir un chemin l&#224; o&#249; il ne semble pas y en avoir. Merci de vous &#234;tre joints &#224; nous dans la pri&#232;re. Dieu ne nous a pas guid&#233;s vers notre nouvelle maison mais Il a ouvert un chemin pour rester dans notre studio parisien quelques semaines de plus que pr&#233;vu. Maintenant, nous faisons confiance qu&#8217;Il ouvrira un chemin vers notre prochaine maison dans les prochaines semaines, avant que nous devions quitter notre lieu actuel. S&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t, continuez &#224; prier alors que nous suivons la direction et la seigneurie du Seigneur et avan&#231;ons par la foi.</p><p>Bienvenue au post num&#233;ro 5 de cette s&#233;rie S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu, qui suit notre dernier article S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187;. Il a suivi notre 3&#232;me article, &#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;. Avant lui est venu notre 2&#232;me article, &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187; et l&#8217;introduction de la s&#233;rie. Tous ces podcasts sont accessibles ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; COMPTER le CO&#219;T &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><h4><br>Pour rappel, Voici Le C&#339;ur Derri&#232;re Cette S&#233;rie</h4><p>Nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir en intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire plus d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles&#8212;il s&#8217;agit de relation. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde, qui transforme la vie avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui emp&#234;che notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent coinc&#233;s dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des chemins pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise : &#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance &#187; (Jean 10:10).</p><p>Tout au long de ce parcours en sept parties, nous explorons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Avez-vous vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Cherchez-vous d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t&#8212;et le gain&#8212;de suivre J&#233;sus ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que vous puissiez vous attacher &#224; Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec Lui ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Connaissez-vous la voix de votre Bon Berger ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous continuons avec la quatri&#232;me question cl&#233; : <strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que vous puissiez vous attacher &#224; Dieu ?</strong> Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;un exercice pour faire de la place pour ce qui compte le plus.</p><p>H&#233;breux 12:1-2 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Nous donc aussi, puisque nous sommes environn&#233;s d&#8217;une si grande nu&#233;e de t&#233;moins, rejetons tout fardeau, et le p&#233;ch&#233; qui nous enveloppe si facilement, et courons avec pers&#233;v&#233;rance dans la carri&#232;re qui nous est ouverte, ayant les regards sur J&#233;sus, le chef et le consommateur de la foi, qui, en vue de la joie qui lui &#233;tait r&#233;serv&#233;e, a souffert la croix, m&#233;pris&#233; l&#8217;ignominie, et s&#8217;est assis &#224; la droite du tr&#244;ne de Dieu. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il y a une r&#233;alit&#233; sobre &#224; laquelle nous devons faire face : Nous devons l&#226;cher prise et couper les distractions pour nous attacher &#224; Dieu.</p><p>Je pense qu&#8217;il est juste de dire que nous vivons dans la g&#233;n&#233;ration la plus distraite de l&#8217;histoire humaine. Selon des recherches r&#233;centes, la personne moyenne consulte son t&#233;l&#233;phone entre 56 et 186 fois par jour&#8212;sur une p&#233;riode de 12 heures, c&#8217;est une fois toutes les 4 &#224; 13 minutes.</p><p>Nous sommes constamment connect&#233;s, constamment stimul&#233;s, constamment divis&#233;s dans notre attention.</p><p>Et cela tue notre intimit&#233; avec Dieu. Le Seigneur n&#8217;a pas chang&#233;. Sa volont&#233; d&#8217;&#234;tre avec nous n&#8217;a pas chang&#233;. Mais notre capacit&#233; d&#8217;attention s&#8217;est raccourcie et nous donnons souvent le meilleur de notre attention &#224; des notifications al&#233;atoires et &#224; des interruptions apparemment urgentes.</p><p>Mais la r&#233;alit&#233; est que nous ne pouvons pas &#234;tre profond&#233;ment pr&#233;sents avec Dieu tout en &#233;tant constamment disponibles pour tout le reste.</p><p>Nous ne pouvons pas construire une intimit&#233; profonde au milieu d&#8217;une distraction sans fin. Cela ne va pas arriver.</p><p>J&#233;sus &#233;tait clair sur la gravit&#233; d&#8217;enlever ce qui nous entrave, sp&#233;cifiquement les choses qui nous font convoiter et p&#233;cher.</p><p>Dans le Sermon sur la Montagne, Matthieu 5:29-30, nous trouvons J&#233;sus donnant cette image intense aux foules sur le sujet de la convoitise et de commettre l&#8217;adult&#232;re dans son c&#339;ur,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Si ton &#339;il droit est pour toi une occasion de chute, arrache-le et jette-le loin de toi... Et si ta main droite est pour toi une occasion de chute, coupe-la et jette-la loin de toi... &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il utilise l&#8217;hyperbole pour faire un point critique : les probl&#232;mes radicaux n&#233;cessitent des solutions radicales.</p><p>Si quelque chose vous &#233;loigne de Dieu, enlevez-le.</p><p>Ne le g&#233;rez pas. Ne le mod&#233;rez pas. Ne trouvez pas d&#8217;excuses pour cela.</p><p>Enlevez-le.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#8217;invitation : <strong>Vous et moi allons-nous couper et l&#226;cher les distractions pour nous attacher &#224; J&#233;sus-Christ &#224; la place ?</strong></p><p>Le langage ici est &#224; la fois de rel&#226;chement et d&#8217;embrassement. L&#226;chez prise sur les distractions. Attachez-vous &#224; Dieu. Vous ne pouvez pas faire l&#8217;un sans l&#8217;autre.</p><p>Nous avons besoin de mains ouvertes et de c&#339;urs ouverts pour nous attacher &#224; Dieu. <em><strong>Comment pouvons-nous nous attacher au Seigneur ou L&#8217;accueillir dans nos c&#339;urs s&#8217;ils sont d&#233;j&#224; pleins ?</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Quelles sont les distractions dans ma vie ?</strong></em> </p><p>C&#8217;est une question &#224; laquelle chacun de nous doit r&#233;pondre. C&#8217;est une excellente question &#224; apporter devant le Seigneur qui voit tout, nous conna&#238;t mieux que nous nous connaissons nous-m&#234;mes, et travaille toujours pour le bien de ceux qui L&#8217;aiment et sont appel&#233;s selon Ses desseins.</p><p>Pour certains, c&#8217;est la technologie&#8212;le d&#233;filement sans fin, le visionnage excessif, la v&#233;rification compulsive du t&#233;l&#233;phone.</p><p>Pour d&#8217;autres, c&#8217;est l&#8217;agitation&#8212;remplir chaque moment d&#8217;activit&#233;, de productivit&#233; et de bruit.</p><p>Pour d&#8217;autres encore, ce sont les relations, les passe-temps, le divertissement, ou m&#234;me de bonnes choses qui sont devenues des choses ultimes ou des pierres d&#8217;achoppement &#224; l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec notre Cr&#233;ateur, le Seigneur notre Dieu, l&#8217;Amoureux de nos &#226;mes.</p><p>Rappelez-vous H&#233;breux 12:1-2. L&#8217;auteur d&#8217;H&#233;breux le dit ainsi : Rejetons &#171; tout fardeau, et le p&#233;ch&#233; qui nous enveloppe si facilement &#187; afin que nous puissions courir la course que Dieu a plac&#233;e devant nous, avec nos yeux sur le Prix, J&#233;sus. Une autre fa&#231;on de dire cela est de rejeter tout ce qui entrave et le p&#233;ch&#233; qui nous enveloppe si facilement. Remarquez qu&#8217;il y a deux cat&#233;gories :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Les choses qui entravent</strong> &#8211; Celles-ci peuvent ne pas &#234;tre n&#233;cessairement des choses p&#233;cheresses ou mauvaises, mais elles nous ralentissent, nous alourdissent, et nous emp&#234;chent de courir la course que Dieu a plac&#233;e devant vous et moi.</p></li><li><p><strong>Le p&#233;ch&#233; qui enveloppe</strong> &#8211; Il y a les choses &#233;videntes qui nous font tr&#233;bucher et s&#8217;enroulent autour de nos c&#339;urs, nos esprits et nos vies, nous faisant tr&#233;bucher.</p></li></ul><p>Les deux doivent partir.</p><p>Dans 1 Corinthiens 6:12, Paul &#233;crit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Tout m&#8217;est permis, mais tout n&#8217;est pas utile ; tout m&#8217;est permis, mais je ne me laisserai asservir par quoi que ce soit. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Quelque chose pourrait ne pas &#234;tre intrins&#232;quement p&#233;cheur, mais si cela vous domine, si cela contr&#244;le votre temps et votre attention, si cela vous &#233;loigne de Dieu&#8212;cela doit &#234;tre coup&#233;.</p><p>Cela peut &#234;tre difficile.</p><p>La plupart d&#8217;entre nous sont attach&#233;s &#224; nos distractions. Elles sont confortables. Elles sont famili&#232;res. Elles nous aident &#224; &#233;viter l&#8217;ennui, le silence, et le travail inconfortable de croissance dans la ressemblance de J&#233;sus par la puissance de l&#8217;Esprit, de plus en plus, jour apr&#232;s jour. Que nous voulions l&#8217;admettre ou non est une autre question qui peut d&#233;fier notre orgueil.</p><p>Mais voici ce que je crois que nous manquons :</p><h3><em><strong>Plus nous embrassons la voie, la v&#233;rit&#233; et la vie de J&#233;sus, plus nous profiterons d&#8217;une intimit&#233; douce et intentionnelle avec Dieu.</strong></em></h3><p>Douce. Intentionnelle. Intimit&#233;.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce qui se trouve de l&#8217;autre c&#244;t&#233; de la coupure des distractions.</p><p>Pas une vie ennuyeuse et vide. Pas un asc&#233;tisme sans joie.</p><p>Mais une intimit&#233; riche, satisfaisante, nourrissante pour l&#8217;&#226;me avec le Dieu vivant.</p><p>David a compris cela. Dans le Psaume 42:1, il a dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Comme une biche soupire apr&#232;s des courants d&#8217;eau, ainsi mon &#226;me soupire apr&#232;s toi, &#244; Dieu ! &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est un v&#233;ritable d&#233;sir ardent pour Dieu. La d&#233;pendance au Dieu vivant, la Source de vie, de boisson, de nourriture, et de tout ce dont nous avons besoin et bien plus encore. Le genre de d&#233;sir align&#233; qui fait para&#238;tre les distractions ternes en comparaison.</p><p><strong>Mais pourquoi d&#233;sirerions-nous ardemment le Seigneur notre Source si nous remplissons constamment nos c&#339;urs, nos esprits et nos vies de distractions ?</strong></p><p><strong>Pourquoi hal&#232;terions-nous et aurions-nous soif de Dieu pendant que nous regardons une s&#233;rie en boucle ou nous engourdissons sur les r&#233;seaux sociaux ?</strong></p><p>Ce sont des questions difficiles mais ce sont de vraies questions.</p><p>Elles nous aident &#224; voir pourquoi nous pourrions nous sentir secs dans notre relation avec Dieu.</p><p>Dans ma propre saison d&#8217;aimer et de g&#233;rer la vie de notre pr&#233;cieuse petite fille de 6 semaines avec Madison Rose, me sentant alourdi par l&#8217;incertitude de ne pas savoir o&#249; sera notre prochaine maison, j&#8217;ai besoin de tourner mes yeux vers l&#8217;endroit d&#8217;o&#249; vient notre aide&#8212;notre aide vient du Seigneur notre Cr&#233;ateur, le Cr&#233;ateur du ciel et de la terre.</p><p>J&#8217;ai besoin de reconna&#238;tre que dans certains de mes moments les plus difficiles r&#233;cemment, mes yeux ont &#233;t&#233; sur nos circonstances, plut&#244;t que sur Celui qui nous conduit et nous guide dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233;, qui teste et raffine notre foi afin qu&#8217;elle devienne raffin&#233;e et plus pure que jamais.</p><p>Plus je cherche le Seigneur, plus j&#8217;exp&#233;rimente la paix, la libert&#233; et la joie remplie de foi, quelles que soient nos circonstances qui continueront de changer.</p><p>Le point est celui-ci :</p><h3><strong>Nous devons tourner nos yeux vers J&#233;sus et d&#233;tourner nos yeux de nos seules circonstances.</strong></h3><p>Cela a d&#233;j&#224; &#233;t&#233; magnifiquement soulign&#233; dans H&#233;breux 12:2, o&#249; nous coupons ce qui entrave et nous enveloppe, et courons la course que notre Dieu a plac&#233;e devant chacun de nous, ayant les regards sur J&#233;sus, le Chef et le Consommateur de notre foi,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; ...qui, en vue de la joie qui lui &#233;tait r&#233;serv&#233;e, a souffert la croix, m&#233;pris&#233; l&#8217;ignominie, et s&#8217;est assis &#224; la droite du tr&#244;ne de Dieu. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p><strong>Alors, o&#249; sont vos yeux ? Que regardez-vous la plupart du temps ?</strong></p><p>La plupart du monde passe au moins environ 6 heures et 45 minutes &#224; regarder des &#233;crans chaque jour. C&#8217;est plus de 40% de nos heures d&#8217;&#233;veil, ce qui signifie que nous passons plus de 40% de nos vies devant des &#233;crans !</p><p>Les &#233;crans ne sont pas l&#8217;ennemi, mais nous ne pouvons pas nier le fait que nous consommons des charges d&#8217;informations cibl&#233;es et sommes fa&#231;onn&#233;s par elles, pendant des heures et des heures chaque jour. Une partie peut nous conduire vers Dieu, et beaucoup nous conduisent autrement.</p><p>Donc, si nous voulons l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu, nous devons d&#233;tourner nos yeux de nos &#233;crans et de nos circonstances afin de pouvoir fixer nos yeux sur J&#233;sus, comme il est dit dans H&#233;breux 12:2.</p><p><strong>Ce n&#8217;est</strong> <strong>pas passif.</strong> </p><p><strong>C&#8217;est actif, intentionnel et disciplin&#233;.</strong></p><p>Cela signifie rediriger r&#233;guli&#232;rement notre regard des distractions vers le Divin, vers le Roi des rois Lui-m&#234;me.</p><p>Paul le dit ainsi dans 2 Corinthiens 4:16-18,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; 16 C&#8217;est pourquoi nous ne perdons pas courage. Et lors m&#234;me que notre homme ext&#233;rieur se d&#233;truit, notre homme int&#233;rieur se renouvelle de jour en jour. 17 Car nos l&#233;g&#232;res afflictions du moment pr&#233;sent produisent pour nous, au del&#224; de toute mesure, un poids &#233;ternel de gloire, 18 parce que nous regardons, non point aux choses visibles, mais &#224; celles qui sont invisibles ; car les choses visibles sont passag&#232;res, et les invisibles sont &#233;ternelles. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Amis, tout ce qui rivalise pour votre attention et la mienne en ce moment est temporaire. Nos t&#233;l&#233;phones seront finalement obsol&#232;tes, probablement dans quelques ann&#233;es. Cette &#233;mission sera oubli&#233;e&#8212;nous ne nous en souviendrons probablement m&#234;me pas. Ce cycle d&#8217;actualit&#233;s qui provoque col&#232;re et d&#233;sespoir passera. Nos carri&#232;res se termineront. Notre corps vieillira.</p><h3><strong>Mais notre Dieu est &#233;ternel.</strong></h3><h4><strong>Sa Parole demeure pour toujours (voir &#201;sa&#239;e 40:8).</strong></h4><h4><strong>Son amour ne faillit jamais (voir 1 Corinthiens 13:8).</strong></h4><h4><strong>Son royaume n&#8217;a pas de fin (voir Luc 1:33).</strong></h4><p>Je ne pense vraiment pas que nous vivrons de longues vies et nous coucherons sur nos lits de mort en regardant en arri&#232;re, pensant,</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Ahhh, si seulement j&#8217;avais pass&#233; plus de temps &#224; faire d&#233;filer les r&#233;seaux sociaux, &#224; comparer ma vie &#224; celle des autres. Si seulement j&#8217;avais regard&#233; cette s&#233;rie sur Netflix. Si seulement j&#8217;avais eu plus d&#8217;argent, de succ&#232;s et de c&#233;l&#233;brit&#233;. Alors, j&#8217;aurais pu mourir en paix sachant que j&#8217;ai v&#233;cu ma meilleure vie pour moi-m&#234;me et personne d&#8217;autre. &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Pas question. Alors, pourquoi devrions-nous vivre aujourd&#8217;hui si pris dans des choses qui passeront aussi vite qu&#8217;elles sont venues ?</p><p>Il est temps d&#8217;ouvrir nos yeux, de d&#233;tourner notre regard des distractions, et de nous concentrer sur ce qui compte vraiment, sur qui compte vraiment.</p><p>Voici une question pratique : <strong>Quelles distractions devez-vous couper et rel&#226;cher pour pouvoir vous attacher &#224; Dieu ?</strong></p><p>Soyez pr&#233;cis. Peut-&#234;tre que c&#8217;est :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Votre t&#233;l&#233;phone le matin</strong> (remplacer le temps de d&#233;filement par le temps de pri&#232;re)</p></li><li><p><strong>Une relation toxique</strong> qui vous &#233;loigne de Dieu</p></li><li><p><strong>Une habitude d&#8217;agitation constante</strong> (et apprendre &#224; &#234;tre tranquille)</p></li><li><p><strong>Le divertissement qui remplit l&#8217;espace</strong> (et reconna&#238;tre &#224; la place que J&#233;sus frappe &#224; votre porte, pr&#234;t &#224; festoyer avec vous)</p></li><li><p><strong>Des priorit&#233;s mal align&#233;es</strong> (et vous devez faire une restructuration de calendrier dans la pri&#232;re avec Dieu)</p></li><li><p><strong>L&#8217;inqui&#233;tude concernant les circonstances</strong> (ce qui revient vraiment &#224; fixer vos yeux sur le probl&#232;me au lieu du R&#233;solveur de Probl&#232;mes)</p></li></ul><p>Quant &#224; moi, prier au nom de J&#233;sus &#224; haute voix est parmi les choses les plus puissantes que nous pouvons faire alors que nous coupons et l&#226;chons les choses qui m&#8217;alourdissent et nous enveloppent.</p><p>Par exemple, je pourrais prier avant de commencer &#224; travailler ou quand une distraction surgit,</p><blockquote><p>&#171; Seigneur J&#233;sus, je regarde vers Toi. Je me d&#233;tourne de cette distraction et fixe mon regard sur Toi. Merci pour Ta pr&#233;sence avec moi. Merci pour Tes promesses de me conduire et me guider dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233;. Conduis-moi dans la voie que je devrais suivre, car vers Toi j&#8217;&#233;l&#232;ve mon &#226;me. Par la puissance de Ton Esprit, aide-moi &#224; me concentrer. Je d&#233;die ce temps &#224; Toi. Aide-moi &#224; m&#8217;associer &#224; Toi dans ce travail. Faisons cela ensemble. Merci, Dieu ! &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Bien s&#251;r, le trompeur veut que nous soyons distraits, engourdis et ti&#232;des. Alors, nous pouvons nous attendre &#224; une r&#233;sistance alors que nous cherchons &#224; nous rapprocher du Seigneur et &#224; nous associer &#224; Lui dans tout ce que nous faisons.</p><p>Donc, si je suis seul et de nulle part, une tentation de p&#233;cher surgit, j&#8217;aime prier et dire &#224; haute voix quelque chose comme ceci,</p><blockquote><p>&#171; J&#233;sus, j&#8217;ai besoin de Toi... et au nom de J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur, j&#8217;abandonne et renonce &#224; [cette tentation ou ce p&#233;ch&#233;] et je choisis l&#8217;ob&#233;issance remplie de foi au Seigneur mon Dieu. J&#8217;expose ces t&#233;n&#232;bres &#224; la lumi&#232;re et je choisis la voie de J&#233;sus qui m&#232;ne &#224; la vie. Merci, Seigneur, pour Ta victoire sur le p&#233;ch&#233;, la mort et le trompeur. Seigneur J&#233;sus, Tu r&#232;gnes pour toujours. Tu r&#232;gnes sur tout et Tu r&#232;gnes dans mon c&#339;ur et dans ma vie. Merci de m&#8217;avoir d&#233;livr&#233;, J&#233;sus mon Sauveur. All&#233;luia ! &#187;</p></blockquote><p>Amis, il y a une puissance formidable dans le nom de J&#233;sus.</p><p>Et c&#8217;est tellement, tellement bon pour nos &#226;mes de se souvenir de qui est Dieu et de ce qu&#8217;Il a dit.</p><p>Nous pouvons nous souvenir des paroles de J&#233;sus enregistr&#233;es dans Matthieu 6:25, 33,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; 25 C&#8217;est pourquoi je vous dis : Ne vous inqui&#233;tez pas pour votre vie de ce que vous mangerez, ni pour votre corps, de quoi vous serez v&#234;tus. La vie n&#8217;est-elle pas plus que la nourriture, et le corps plus que le v&#234;tement ? &#187;</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>&#171; 33 Cherchez premi&#232;rement le royaume et la justice de Dieu ; et toutes ces choses vous seront donn&#233;es par-dessus. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous voyons donc que l&#8217;inqui&#233;tude est la preuve d&#8217;un focus mal plac&#233;. Ce sont des yeux sur les circonstances au lieu d&#8217;yeux sur Christ.</p><p>Nous devons intentionnellement tourner nos yeux vers J&#233;sus et d&#233;tourner nos yeux de nos circonstances.</p><p>Cela ne signifie pas ignorer la r&#233;alit&#233;. Cela signifie interpr&#233;ter la r&#233;alit&#233; &#224; travers le prisme de la pr&#233;sence, de la puissance et des promesses de Dieu plut&#244;t que d&#8217;&#234;tre consum&#233;s par les circonstances elles-m&#234;mes.</p><p>Vous vous souvenez de Pierre ? Il a march&#233; sur l&#8217;eau tant que ses yeux &#233;taient sur J&#233;sus. Au moment o&#249; il a regard&#233; les vagues&#8212;les circonstances&#8212;il a commenc&#233; &#224; couler (voir Matthieu 14:28-31). Les circonstances n&#8217;ont pas chang&#233;. Ce qui a chang&#233;, c&#8217;est o&#249; il regardait.</p><p>Voici une belle promesse :</p><h3><strong>Notre Seigneur est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous offrir une vraie vie abondante avec Lui.</strong></h3><p>Dieu ne Se retient pas. Il ne joue pas &#224; se faire d&#233;sirer. Il est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233;. La vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise dans Jean 10:10 est disponible maintenant.</p><p>Mais nous n&#8217;allons pas l&#8217;exp&#233;rimenter en nous noyant dans les distractions de notre choix.</p><p>Il est temps de r&#233;pondre &#224; l&#8217;invitation de J&#233;sus dans Matthieu 11:28,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Venez &#224; moi, vous tous qui &#234;tes fatigu&#233;s et charg&#233;s, et je vous donnerai du repos. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est une promesse. Elle est disponible et toujours accessible, maintenant pour vous et moi.</p><p>Mais comment pouvons-nous venir &#224; Lui pendant que nous allons partout ailleurs ? Comment pouvons-nous recevoir le repos pendant que nous sommes fr&#233;n&#233;tiquement en train de faire plusieurs choses &#224; la fois ?</p><p>Cela n&#233;cessite de s&#8217;arr&#234;ter. De l&#226;cher prise. De couper. Et de s&#8217;attacher &#224; J&#233;sus.</p><p>Et si cette semaine, nous pratiquions l&#8217;&#233;limination impitoyable d&#8217;une distraction majeure ?</p><p>Pas pour toujours, n&#233;cessairement, mais assez longtemps pour cr&#233;er de l&#8217;espace pour Dieu. Assez longtemps pour d&#233;couvrir ce que nous avons manqu&#233;.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Et si vous &#233;teigniez les notifications, mettiez votre t&#233;l&#233;phone dans une autre pi&#232;ce, et passiez ce temps dans l&#8217;&#201;criture et la pri&#232;re ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Et si vous disiez non &#224; quelque chose qui semblait bon pour dire Oui &#224; quelque chose de meilleur ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Et si vous d&#233;sencombriez votre emploi du temps pour faire de la place pour le seul &#202;tre qui peut vraiment satisfaire ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Et si, n&#8217;est-ce pas ? Pourquoi pas, amis ? Qu&#8217;avons-nous &#224; perdre ?</p><p>Vraiment, &#224; la lumi&#232;re de la vie &#233;ternelle avec Dieu et de l&#8217;opportunit&#233; de grandir en intimit&#233; avec notre Cr&#233;ateur qui nous conna&#238;t compl&#232;tement et nous aime pleinement, qu&#8217;avons-nous &#224; perdre ?</p><p>Dans J&#233;r&#233;mie 29:13, Dieu d&#233;clare,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Vous me chercherez, et vous me trouverez, si vous me cherchez de tout votre c&#339;ur. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>De tout votre c&#339;ur. Pas les restes apr&#232;s que tout le reste ait eu votre attention. Tout.</p><p>Je crois que cela concerne le fait de demeurer dans le Seigneur. Le chercher en &#233;tant avec Lui. Chercher Dieu pour qui Il est et pas seulement pour ce qu&#8217;Il donne. Venir devant Lui honn&#234;tement, sachant que bien que nous ayons fait tant d&#8217;erreurs, nous sommes pleinement vus et parfaitement aim&#233;s. Sachant que bien que nous ayons p&#233;ch&#233;, nous pouvons nous approcher de Celui qui est pr&#234;t &#224; pardonner, r&#233;concilier, et nous rapprocher de Son c&#339;ur. Il s&#8217;agit de conna&#238;tre exp&#233;rientiellement le Seigneur notre Cr&#233;ateur, de L&#8217;aimer, de recevoir Son amour et d&#8217;y r&#233;pondre. Alors, nous Le cherchons, nous Le trouvons, nous sommes remplis, et nous avan&#231;ons avec Lui, d&#233;bordant et nous d&#233;versant vers les autres.</p><p>Dieu est pr&#234;t. J&#233;sus se tient &#224; la porte de nos c&#339;urs et frappe. Il frappe maintenant. La question est :</p><h4><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; faire de la place ? &#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; Le laisser entrer ?<br></strong></h4><h3>Voici quelques Questions de R&#233;flexion</h3><ul><li><p>Quelles sont les trois principales distractions dans votre vie en ce moment ?</p></li><li><p>O&#249; sont vos yeux la plupart du temps&#8212;sur les circonstances ou sur Christ ?</p></li><li><p>Quelle distraction sp&#233;cifique Dieu vous demande-t-Il de couper ou de l&#226;cher aujourd&#8217;hui ?</p></li><li><p>&#192; quoi ressemblerait le fait de s&#8217;attacher &#224; Dieu cette semaine ?<br></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Prions</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><strong>Seigneur aimant, <br>Dieu gracieux, <br>P&#232;re &#201;ternel, <br>Cr&#233;ateur Cr&#233;atif, <br>Cr&#233;ateur du ciel et de la terre,</strong></h4><p>Tu es formidable. Tout ce que Tu fais est juste et bon. Tout ce que Tu dis est vrai. Nous pouvons Te faire confiance. Tu ne faillis jamais et Tu ne commenceras pas maintenant. Tu ne changes jamais. Tu es in&#233;branlable.</p><p>Tu as donn&#233; Ton Fils, J&#233;sus, pour prendre notre place et notre punition sur la croix. Seigneur, Tu as volontairement donn&#233; Ta vie pour nous par amour pour nous, pour nous offrir le pardon et nous r&#233;concilier avec Dieu, pour restaurer ce qui a &#233;t&#233; bris&#233; par le p&#233;ch&#233;.</p><p>Ton amour est prouv&#233; et certain. Il est plus solide qu&#8217;une montagne. Ton amour est plus puissant qu&#8217;un tsunami. Il est plus r&#233;el que tout ce que ce monde peut offrir.</p><p>Tu es fid&#232;le et digne de nos c&#339;urs entiers, de tout ce que nous sommes et avons &#224; donner.</p><p>Tu es digne de notre attention et affection, de notre focus, de notre temps, de notre meilleur.</p><p>P&#232;re, je confesse que j&#8217;ai permis aux distractions de Te chasser de ma conscience tant de fois.</p><p>J&#8217;ai donn&#233; mon attention &#224; des choses temporaires tout en n&#233;gligeant l&#8217;&#233;ternel.</p><p>P&#232;re fid&#232;le, Tu me connais. Montre-moi ce que je dois l&#226;cher. Aide-moi &#224; desserrer ma prise et &#224; renoncer &#224; mon d&#233;sir de contr&#244;le et de confort.</p><p>Donne-moi le courage de couper tout ce qui entrave ma marche avec Toi. Ouvre mes yeux pour voir. Que je voie clairement et coupe avec joie et chasse le p&#233;ch&#233; de ma vie, dans le nom victorieux et puissant de J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur.</p><p>Apprends-moi &#224; fixer mes yeux sur J&#233;sus, pas sur mes circonstances. L&#224; o&#249; les r&#233;seaux sociaux ont entra&#238;n&#233; ma capacit&#233; d&#8217;attention &#224; &#234;tre courte, entra&#238;ne-moi &#224; fixer mon regard sur Toi, Seigneur J&#233;sus&#8212;&#224; vraiment chercher Ta face, &#224; voir Ta beaut&#233;, &#224; me souvenir de la croix et du tombeau vide, &#224; Te voir correctement, &#224; Te conna&#238;tre et Te faire conna&#238;tre avec un amour et une joie d&#233;bordants.</p><p>Je veux m&#8217;attacher &#224; Toi. J&#8217;ai besoin d&#8217;un fondement ferme, pas de sables mouvants.</p><p>Je veux plus de Toi, Seigneur.</p><p>Je veux ce qui est r&#233;el et durable et non ce qui est faux et passager.</p><p>Suscite en moi une faim de Ta pr&#233;sence qui fait perdre leur attrait aux distractions.</p><p>Seigneur, je Te fais de la place aujourd&#8217;hui, en commen&#231;ant maintenant.</p><p>Tu es le Dieu qui frappe &#224; la porte de nos c&#339;urs. Entre, Seigneur J&#233;sus, entre.</p><p>En Ton nom nous prions,</p><p>Amen.</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Wow, merci, Dieu. All&#233;luia, que Dieu soit lou&#233; !</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Vous pouvez cliquer sur sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-cutting-off-distractions?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Le parcours continue la semaine prochaine avec le 6&#232;me article de cette s&#233;rie : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187; &#8211; Construire l&#8217;intimit&#233; par une pr&#233;sence coh&#233;rente et intentionnelle avec Dieu.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance ! <br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: “COUNTING The COST” A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « COMPTER LE COÛT » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Exchange That Changes Everything (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:10:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190872725/5f6ee9ae36365a91774e097b67aeb05b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>If you hear anything in the background, it&#8217;s probably our precious baby girl, Nova Sophia, who is now almost 4 weeks old. Hallelujah! It&#8217;s been a wild, beautiful, and largely peaceful first month of Nova&#8217;s life. We now have 7 days to move and we are trusting our faithful Father to make a way where there seems to be no way. Please join us in praying as we follow the Lord&#8217;s leadership and lordship and move forward by faith.</p><p>Welcome to post number 4 in this Drawing Near series, following our last post <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;SEEKING FIRST&#8221;</a> </strong>It followed our second post, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">&#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong> and the series introduction. All of these podcasts are linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">below</a>.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;SEEKING FIRST&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>As a reminder, <strong>Here&#8217;s The Heart Behind This Series</strong></p><p>We&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about <em>relationship</em>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised: &#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly&#8221; (John 10:10).</p><p>Throughout this seven-part journey, we are exploring some crucial questions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with the Lord?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Today, we continue with the third question: </p><h3><strong>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus? </strong>&#8212; The Exchange That Changes Everything.</h3><p>In Luke 14:27, in a conversation on discipleship, Jesus says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>In verses 28-30, Jesus continues saying,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, &#8216;This man began to build and was not able to finish.&#8217;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Jesus never used bait-and-switch tactics. He never promised easy when the road would be hard. He never sugarcoated the cost of following Him.</p><p>In fact, He did the opposite. He put the cost right up front:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.&#8221; </strong>(Luke 14:33).</h4></blockquote><p>All. Everything. Not some things. Not most things. <em>Everything</em>.</p><p>This sounds extreme, doesn&#8217;t it? Uncomfortable, even. We live in a consumer culture where we&#8217;re promised maximum benefit for minimum cost. We want the upgrade without the price tag. We want the gain without the sacrifice.</p><p>But Jesus asks us to count the cost honestly:</p><h4><em><strong>&#8220;Have you counted the cost?&#8221;</strong></em></h4><p>Following Jesus means we must relinquish our claims to be the lord over our own lives, masters of our own time, and masters of our own destinies.</p><p>It means surrendering control&#8212;the thing we tend to grip most tightly.</p><p>We want to be self-made, self-directed, self-sufficient. We want to call the shots, set the agenda, determine the destination.</p><p>But, saying that <strong>&#8220;Jesus is Lord&#8221;</strong> means saying &#8220;<em>I</em> am not.&#8221;</p><p>This is a real cost of following Jesus. And it costs a lot.</p><p>But here&#8217;s what we often miss:</p><h4><em><strong>There is a cost, but in exchange you receive Jesus and His Kingdom and all that comes with Him.</strong></em></h4><p>This isn&#8217;t a bad deal. This is the deal of a lifetime&#8212;even more, it&#8217;s the deal of eternity.</p><p>What exactly do we receive in this exchange?</p><h2><strong>We receive Everlasting life.</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life&#8221; </strong>(John 3:16).</h4></blockquote><p>Not just endless existence, but <em>life</em> in its fullest, richest sense&#8212;life with God, starting now and lasting forever.</p><h2><strong>We receive Joy.</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete,&#8221; </strong>Jesus said in John 15:11.</h4></blockquote><p>Not the shallow happiness that depends on circumstances, but deep, abiding joy that flows from knowing you&#8217;re loved, forgiven, and held by God.</p><h2><strong>We receive Peace.</strong></h2><p>Jesus says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid&#8221; </strong>(John 14:27).</h4></blockquote><p>This is the kind of peace that doesn&#8217;t make sense when life doesn&#8217;t make sense. This is peace that guards your heart and mind in Christ Jesus (see Philippians 4:7).</p><h2><strong>We receive Eternal reward.</strong></h2><p>Hebrews 11:6 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Lord willing, we will be those who meet our Maker face to face and hear words like the ones we read in Matthew 25:21:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>We&#8217;re talking about rewards that don&#8217;t rust, rot, or get stolen&#8212;treasures in heaven that last forever (see Matthew 6:19-20).</p><h2><strong>We receive Pleasures forevermore.</strong></h2><p>Psalm 16:11 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;You make known to me the path of life;<br>     in your presence there is fullness of joy;<br>    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.&#8221;</strong>.</h4></blockquote><p>Not the fleeting pleasures of sin, but deep, lasting, soul-satisfying pleasures that come from being in God&#8217;s presence.<br></p><p>And best of all&#8212;</p><h2><strong>We receive </strong> <em><strong>Jesus Himself</strong></em><strong>.</strong></h2><p>The Prize. The greatest Gift of all.</p><p>You and I gain and become a part of His everlasting Kingdom.</p><p>You and I gain a real, intimate, eternal relationship with the one true living God.</p><p>Paul understood this exchange. He wrote in Philippians 3:8:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ</strong>.&#8221;</h4></blockquote><p>Put simply from an eternal point of view, everything else is garbage compared to knowing Jesus. That&#8217;s not hyperbole&#8212;that&#8217;s reality seen clearly.</p><p>So yes, there&#8217;s a cost to following Jesus. But the cost is trading trash for treasure. It&#8217;s trading the temporary for the eternal. It&#8217;s trading slavery for freedom, death for life, darkness for light.</p><p>The question is:</p><p><em><strong>Are you willing to make this exchange?</strong></em></p><h3><em><strong>Are you willing to let Jesus Christ be your Savior and your Lord, the Lord of your life today and every day?</strong></em></h3><p>Notice both titles:</p><h2><strong>Savior </strong><em><strong>and</strong></em><strong> Lord.</strong></h2><p>Many want Jesus as Savior&#8212;the one who forgives sins and gets them to heaven.</p><p>Not as many want Jesus as Lord&#8212;the one who has authority over their daily lives, their decisions, their priorities, their futures. The one who rules and reigns with perfect wisdom and leadership.</p><p>But you can&#8217;t separate the two.</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.&#8221; </strong>(Romans 10:9).</h4></blockquote><p>Salvation and lordship are packaged together.</p><p>To receive Jesus as Savior, you must submit to Him as Lord. Not just at conversion, but daily.</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.&#8221; </strong>(Luke 9:23).</h4></blockquote><p>Daily. Every single day, you and I get to make the choice:</p><p><strong>Either we live like Jesus is Lord or like we are.</strong></p><p>Here&#8217;s what prevents many from making this exchange:</p><h2><strong>Fear of loss.</strong> </h2><p>We&#8217;re afraid of what we&#8217;ll have to give up, what we&#8217;ll miss out on, how our lives will change. But Jesus promises:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life&#8221;</strong> (Matthew 19:29).</h4></blockquote><p>You cannot out-give God.</p><p>What else?</p><h2><strong>Love of control.</strong> </h2><p>We want to be the masters of our own destinies. But Proverbs 16:9 reminds us:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;The heart of man plans his way,<br>    but the Lord establishes his steps.&#8221; </strong></h4></blockquote><p>You and I are not as in control as we think we are. Why not surrender to the One who actually is?</p><p>Another obstacle&#8230;</p><h2><strong>Attraction to the wide road.</strong> </h2><p>In Matthew 7:13-14, Jesus says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>13 &#8220;Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>The narrow road is harder. It&#8217;s less popular. But it&#8217;s the <em>only</em> road that leads to life.</p><p>And finally, an insidious and common trap for most of us&#8230;</p><h2><strong>Distraction and busyness.</strong> </h2><p>We can be so caught up in the urgent that we miss the eternal. We can be too busy to abide in the love of the Lord, too rushed to be still and know that He is God (see Psalm 46:10). We can be too distracted to fix our eyes on Jesus (see Hebrews 12:2).</p><p>So, the question remains,</p><h4><strong>Do you realize that in this exchange, counting the cost and the gain of following Jesus, you receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</strong></h4><p>You don&#8217;t just get fire insurance. You get access to His presence, His power, His peace, His purposes, His promises, His Kingdom.</p><h4><strong>Are you willing to submit to the leadership of Jesus, the Good Shepherd?</strong></h4><p>Let&#8217;s look at Jesus&#8217; words in John 10:11-15:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>11 &#8220;I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. </strong>12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. <strong>14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Our Lord, Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep. He is the One who calls you and me by name. See Psalm 23, this is the same Good Shepherd who leads His sheep by still waters and makes them lie down to rest in green pastures, the One who restores our souls.</p><h4><em>Do you want that? Do you want deep soul-satisfying rest and restoration?</em></h4><p>The offer is ready and available and it comes with and through Jesus. These are just some of the good fruit of following Him.</p><p>Count the cost, yes. Be honest about what it requires.</p><p>But also count the gain. Calculate what you receive. Weigh the temporary against the eternal.</p><p>And then make your choice by faith.</p><h2><strong>Here are some Reflection Questions</strong></h2><ul><li><p><strong>Have you honestly counted the cost of following Jesus? What does it require of you specifically?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What are you afraid of losing if you fully surrender to Jesus as Lord?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Do you believe that what you receive in Christ is worth more than anything you give up?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Feel free to take a moment with the Lord to consider these questions. Let Him search your heart and bring the truth to the surface. Our gracious and loving Father will lead and guide you into all truth as only He can.</p><h2><strong>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h2><blockquote><h4><strong>Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, Mighty God, Wonderful Counselor,</strong></h4><h3><strong>Lord Jesus,</strong></h3><p>Help me to truly count the cost of following You.</p><p>By faith, I will count the cost, and with joy, I choose to follow You.</p><p>I confess my fear of losing control and my attraction to the easy path.</p><p>But I recognize that You are worth everything&#8212;all I am and have to give.</p><p>I receive You as both my Savior and my Lord.</p><p>I surrender control of my life, my time, my future to You.</p><p>Thank You for this incredible exchange&#8212;my brokenness for Your wholeness, my sin for Your righteousness, my death for Your life.</p><p>I choose You, today.</p><p>And with the help of Your Spirit, I will choose You every day.</p><p>In the beautiful and mighty name of Jesus, we pray.</p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Hallelujah! Thank You, Lord!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next:</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God.<br> You can click the <strong>Share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>You can set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Friends - The journey continues next week with <strong>Part 4: &#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Making room for what matters most by removing what crowds God out of your heart and awareness.</p><p>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; COMPTER LE CO&#219;T &#187; Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU &#127467;&#127479; </strong></h1><h2><em>L'&#201;change Qui Change Tout</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Si vous entendez quelque chose en arri&#232;re-plan, c&#8217;est probablement notre pr&#233;cieuse petite fille, Nova Sophia, qui a maintenant presque 4 semaines. All&#233;luia ! Ce fut un premier mois de vie de Nova sauvage, magnifique et largement paisible. Nous avons maintenant 7 jours pour d&#233;m&#233;nager et nous faisons confiance &#224; notre P&#232;re fid&#232;le pour ouvrir un chemin l&#224; o&#249; il ne semble pas y en avoir. S&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t, joignez-vous &#224; nous dans la pri&#232;re alors que nous suivons la direction et la seigneurie du Seigneur et avan&#231;ons par la foi.</p><p>Bienvenue au post num&#233;ro 4 de cette s&#233;rie S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu, qui suit notre dernier article <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a>. Il a suivi notre deuxi&#232;me article, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">&#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong> et <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">l&#8217;introduction</a> de la s&#233;rie. Tous ces podcasts sont accessibles ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; CHERCHER D&#8217;ABORD &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><h4>Pour rappel, Voici Le C&#339;ur Derri&#232;re Cette S&#233;rie</h4><p>Nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir en intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire plus d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles&#8212;il s&#8217;agit de relation. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde, qui transforme la vie avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui emp&#234;che notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent coinc&#233;s dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des chemins pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise : &#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance &#187; (Jean 10:10).</p><p>Tout au long de ce parcours en sept parties, nous explorons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Avez-vous vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Cherchez-vous d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t&#8212;et le gain&#8212;de suivre J&#233;sus ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que vous puissiez vous attacher &#224; Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec Lui ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Connaissez-vous la voix de votre Bon Berger ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous continuons avec la troisi&#232;me question :</p><h3><strong>Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t&#8212;et le gain&#8212;de suivre J&#233;sus ?</strong> &#8212; L&#8217;&#201;change Qui Change Tout.</h3><p>Dans Luc 14:27, dans une conversation sur le discipulat, J&#233;sus dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et quiconque ne porte pas sa croix, et ne me suit pas, ne peut &#234;tre mon disciple. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Dans les versets 28-30, J&#233;sus continue en disant,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>28 Car, lequel de vous, s&#8217;il veut b&#226;tir une tour, ne s&#8217;assied d&#8217;abord pour calculer la d&#233;pense et voir s&#8217;il a de quoi la terminer, 29 de peur qu&#8217;apr&#232;s avoir pos&#233; les fondements, il ne puisse l&#8217;achever, et que tous ceux qui le verront ne se mettent &#224; se moquer de lui, 30 en disant : Cet homme a commenc&#233; &#224; b&#226;tir, et il n&#8217;a pu achever ?</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#233;sus n&#8217;a jamais utilis&#233; de tactiques d&#8217;app&#226;t et de substitution. Il n&#8217;a jamais promis la facilit&#233; quand le chemin serait difficile. Il n&#8217;a jamais &#233;dulcor&#233; le co&#251;t de Le suivre.</p><p>En fait, Il a fait l&#8217;oppos&#233;. Il a mis le co&#251;t en &#233;vidence d&#232;s le d&#233;part :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Ainsi donc, quiconque d&#8217;entre vous ne renonce pas &#224; tout ce qu&#8217;il poss&#232;de ne peut &#234;tre mon disciple. &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Luc 14:33).</strong></p></blockquote><p>Tout. Everything. Pas certaines choses. Pas la plupart des choses. Tout.</p><p>Cela semble extr&#234;me, n&#8217;est-ce pas ? Inconfortable, m&#234;me. Nous vivons dans une culture de consommation o&#249; on nous promet un b&#233;n&#233;fice maximum pour un co&#251;t minimum. Nous voulons la mise &#224; niveau sans le prix. Nous voulons le gain sans le sacrifice.</p><p>Mais J&#233;sus nous demande de compter le co&#251;t honn&#234;tement :</p><h3><em><strong>&#171; Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t ? &#187;</strong></em></h3><p>Suivre J&#233;sus signifie que nous devons renoncer &#224; nos pr&#233;tentions d&#8217;&#234;tre les seigneurs de nos propres vies, les ma&#238;tres de notre propre temps, et les ma&#238;tres de nos propres destin&#233;es.</p><p>Cela signifie abandonner le contr&#244;le&#8212;la chose &#224; laquelle nous avons tendance &#224; nous accrocher le plus fermement.</p><p>Nous voulons &#234;tre autodidactes, auto-dirig&#233;s, autosuffisants. Nous voulons prendre les d&#233;cisions, fixer l&#8217;agenda, d&#233;terminer la destination.</p><p>Mais dire que <strong>&#171; J&#233;sus est Seigneur &#187;</strong> signifie dire &#171; Je ne le suis pas &#187;.</p><p>C&#8217;est un co&#251;t r&#233;el de suivre J&#233;sus. Et cela co&#251;te beaucoup.</p><p>Mais voici ce que nous manquons souvent :</p><p><strong>Il y a un co&#251;t, mais en &#233;change vous recevez J&#233;sus et Son Royaume et tout ce qui vient avec Lui.</strong></p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une mauvaise affaire. C&#8217;est l&#8217;affaire d&#8217;une vie&#8212;encore plus, c&#8217;est l&#8217;affaire de l&#8217;&#233;ternit&#233;.</p><h4><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce que nous recevons exactement dans cet &#233;change ?</strong></h4><h2>Nous recevons la Vie &#233;ternelle.</h2><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car Dieu a tant aim&#233; le monde qu&#8217;il a donn&#233; son Fils unique, afin que quiconque croit en lui ne p&#233;risse point, mais qu&#8217;il ait la vie &#233;ternelle &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Jean 3:16).</strong></p></blockquote><p>Pas seulement une existence sans fin, mais la vie dans son sens le plus plein et le plus riche&#8212;la vie avec Dieu, commen&#231;ant maintenant et durant pour toujours.</p><h2>Nous recevons la Joie.</h2><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je vous ai dit ces choses, afin que ma joie soit en vous, et que votre joie soit parfaite &#187;</strong></em><strong>, a dit J&#233;sus dans Jean 15:11.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Pas le bonheur superficiel qui d&#233;pend des circonstances, mais une joie profonde et durable qui d&#233;coule du fait de savoir que vous &#234;tes aim&#233;, pardonn&#233; et tenu par Dieu.</p><h2>Nous recevons la Paix.</h2><p>J&#233;sus dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je vous laisse la paix, je vous donne ma paix. Je ne vous donne pas comme le monde donne. Que votre c&#339;ur ne se trouble point, et ne s&#8217;alarme point &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Jean 14:27).</strong></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est le genre de paix qui n&#8217;a pas de sens quand la vie n&#8217;a pas de sens. C&#8217;est la paix qui garde votre c&#339;ur et votre pens&#233;e en J&#233;sus-Christ (voir Philippiens 4:7).</p><h2>Nous recevons une R&#233;compense &#233;ternelle.</h2><p>H&#233;breux 11:6 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Or sans la foi il est impossible de lui &#234;tre agr&#233;able ; car il faut que celui qui s&#8217;approche de Dieu croie que Dieu existe, et qu&#8217;il est le r&#233;mun&#233;rateur de ceux qui le cherchent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Si Dieu le veut, nous serons ceux qui rencontreront notre Cr&#233;ateur face &#224; face et entendront des paroles comme celles que nous lisons dans Matthieu 25:21 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; C&#8217;est bien, bon et fid&#232;le serviteur ; tu as &#233;t&#233; fid&#232;le en peu de chose, je te confierai beaucoup ; entre dans la joie de ton ma&#238;tre. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous parlons de r&#233;compenses qui ne rouillent pas, ne pourrissent pas, et ne sont pas vol&#233;es&#8212;des tr&#233;sors dans le ciel qui durent pour toujours (voir Matthieu 6:19-20).</p><h2>Nous recevons des Plaisirs pour toujours.</h2><p>Le Psaume 16:11 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Tu me feras conna&#238;tre le sentier de la vie ; Il y a d&#8217;abondantes joies devant ta face, Des d&#233;lices &#233;ternelles &#224; ta droite. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Pas les plaisirs &#233;ph&#233;m&#232;res du p&#233;ch&#233;, mais des plaisirs profonds, durables, qui satisfont l&#8217;&#226;me et qui viennent du fait d&#8217;&#234;tre en pr&#233;sence de Dieu.</p><p>Et le meilleur de tout&#8212;</p><h2><strong>Nous recevons J&#233;sus Lui-m&#234;me.</strong></h2><p>Le Prix. Le plus grand Don de tous.</p><p>Vous et moi gagnons et devenons une partie de Son Royaume &#233;ternel.</p><p>Vous et moi gagnons une relation r&#233;elle, intime, &#233;ternelle avec le seul vrai Dieu vivant.</p><p>Paul a compris cet &#233;change. Il a &#233;crit dans Philippiens 3:8 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et m&#234;me je regarde toutes choses comme une perte, &#224; cause de l&#8217;excellence de la connaissance de J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur, pour lequel j&#8217;ai renonc&#233; &#224; tout, et je les regarde comme de la boue, afin de gagner Christ. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Pour le dire simplement d&#8217;un point de vue &#233;ternel, tout le reste est des ordures compar&#233; &#224; conna&#238;tre J&#233;sus. Ce n&#8217;est pas une hyperbole&#8212;c&#8217;est la r&#233;alit&#233; vue clairement.</p><p>Alors oui, il y a un co&#251;t &#224; suivre J&#233;sus. Mais le co&#251;t, c&#8217;est &#233;changer des ordures contre un tr&#233;sor. C&#8217;est &#233;changer le temporaire contre l&#8217;&#233;ternel. C&#8217;est &#233;changer l&#8217;esclavage contre la libert&#233;, la mort contre la vie, les t&#233;n&#232;bres contre la lumi&#232;re.</p><p>La question est :</p><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; faire cet &#233;change ?</strong></p><h3><em><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; laisser J&#233;sus-Christ &#234;tre votre Sauveur et votre Seigneur, le Seigneur de votre vie aujourd&#8217;hui et chaque jour ?</strong></em></h3><p>Remarquez les deux titres :</p><h2><strong>Sauveur </strong><em><strong>et</strong></em><strong> Seigneur.</strong></h2><p>Beaucoup veulent J&#233;sus comme Sauveur&#8212;celui qui pardonne les p&#233;ch&#233;s et les am&#232;ne au ciel.</p><p>Pas autant veulent J&#233;sus comme Seigneur&#8212;celui qui a autorit&#233; sur leur vie quotidienne, leurs d&#233;cisions, leurs priorit&#233;s, leur avenir. Celui qui r&#232;gne et gouverne avec une sagesse et un leadership parfaits.</p><p>Mais vous ne pouvez pas s&#233;parer les deux.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Si tu confesses de ta bouche le Seigneur J&#233;sus, et si tu crois dans ton c&#339;ur que Dieu l&#8217;a ressuscit&#233; des morts, tu seras sauv&#233;. &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Romains 10:9).</strong></p></blockquote><p>Le salut et la seigneurie sont li&#233;s ensemble.</p><p>Pour recevoir J&#233;sus comme Sauveur, vous devez vous soumettre &#224; Lui comme Seigneur. Pas seulement &#224; la conversion, mais quotidiennement.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Si quelqu&#8217;un veut venir apr&#232;s moi, qu&#8217;il renonce &#224; lui-m&#234;me, qu&#8217;il se charge chaque jour de sa croix, et qu&#8217;il me suive. &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Luc 9:23).</strong></p></blockquote><p>Chaque jour. Chaque jour, vous et moi avons la possibilit&#233; de faire le choix :</p><p>Soit nous vivons comme si J&#233;sus est Seigneur, soit comme si nous le sommes.</p><p>Voici ce qui emp&#234;che beaucoup de faire cet &#233;change :</p><h2>La peur de la perte.</h2><p>Nous avons peur de ce que nous devrons abandonner, de ce que nous manquerons, de la fa&#231;on dont nos vies changeront. Mais J&#233;sus promet :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et quiconque aura quitt&#233;, &#224; cause de mon nom, ses fr&#232;res, ou ses s&#339;urs, ou son p&#232;re, ou sa m&#232;re, ou sa femme, ou ses enfants, ou ses terres, ou ses maisons, recevra le centuple, et h&#233;ritera la vie &#233;ternelle. &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Matthieu 19:29).</strong></p></blockquote><p>Vous ne pouvez pas surpasser Dieu en g&#233;n&#233;rosit&#233;.</p><p>Quoi d&#8217;autre ?</p><h2>L&#8217;amour du contr&#244;le.</h2><p>Nous voulons &#234;tre les ma&#238;tres de nos propres destin&#233;es. Mais Proverbes 16:9 nous rappelle :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;homme m&#233;dite sa voie, Mais c&#8217;est l&#8217;&#201;ternel qui dirige ses pas. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Vous et moi ne sommes pas aussi en contr&#244;le que nous le pensons. Pourquoi ne pas nous rendre &#224; Celui qui l&#8217;est vraiment ?</p><p>Un autre obstacle&#8230;</p><h2>L&#8217;attraction pour le large chemin.</h2><p>Dans Matthieu 7:13-14, J&#233;sus dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>13 &#171; Entrez par la porte &#233;troite. Car large est la porte, spacieux est le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la perdition, et il y en a beaucoup qui entrent par l&#224; ; 14 mais &#233;troite est la porte, resserr&#233; le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la vie, et il y en a peu qui les trouvent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le chemin &#233;troit est plus difficile. Il est moins populaire. Mais c&#8217;est le seul chemin qui m&#232;ne &#224; la vie.</p><p>Et enfin, un pi&#232;ge insidieux et commun pour la plupart d&#8217;entre nous&#8230;</p><h2>La distraction et l&#8217;agitation.</h2><p>Nous pouvons &#234;tre tellement pris dans l&#8217;urgent que nous manquons l&#8217;&#233;ternel. Nous pouvons &#234;tre trop occup&#233;s pour demeurer dans l&#8217;amour du Seigneur, trop press&#233;s pour &#234;tre tranquilles et savoir qu&#8217;Il est Dieu (voir Psaume 46:10). Nous pouvons &#234;tre trop distraits pour fixer nos yeux sur J&#233;sus (voir H&#233;breux 12:2).</p><p>Alors, la question demeure,</p><h4><strong>R&#233;alisez-vous que dans cet &#233;change, en comptant le co&#251;t et le gain de suivre J&#233;sus, vous recevez J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong></h4><p>Vous n&#8217;obtenez pas seulement une assurance contre l&#8217;enfer. Vous obtenez l&#8217;acc&#232;s &#224; Sa pr&#233;sence, Sa puissance, Sa paix, Ses desseins, Ses promesses, Son Royaume.</p><h3><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; vous soumettre &#224; la direction de J&#233;sus, le Bon Berger ?</strong></h3><p>Regardons les paroles de J&#233;sus dans Jean 10:11-15 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>11 &#171; Je suis le bon berger. Le bon berger donne sa vie pour ses brebis. 12 Mais le mercenaire, qui n&#8217;est pas le berger, et &#224; qui n&#8217;appartiennent pas les brebis, voit venir le loup, abandonne les brebis, et prend la fuite ; et le loup les ravit et les disperse. 13 Le mercenaire s&#8217;enfuit, parce qu&#8217;il est mercenaire, et qu&#8217;il ne se met point en peine des brebis. 14 Je suis le bon berger. Je connais mes brebis, et elles me connaissent, 15 comme le P&#232;re me conna&#238;t et comme je connais le P&#232;re ; et je donne ma vie pour mes brebis. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Notre Seigneur, J&#233;sus-Christ est le Bon Berger qui donne Sa vie pour les brebis. Il est Celui qui vous appelle et m&#8217;appelle par notre nom. Voir Psaume 23, c&#8217;est le m&#234;me Bon Berger qui conduit Ses brebis pr&#232;s des eaux paisibles et les fait reposer dans de verts p&#226;turages, Celui qui restaure nos &#226;mes.</p><p><strong>Voulez-vous cela ? Voulez-vous un repos et une restauration profonds qui satisfont l&#8217;&#226;me ?</strong></p><p>L&#8217;offre est pr&#234;te et disponible et elle vient avec et &#224; travers J&#233;sus. Ce ne sont l&#224; que quelques-uns des bons fruits de Le suivre.</p><p>Comptez le co&#251;t, oui. Soyez honn&#234;te sur ce qu&#8217;il exige.</p><p>Mais comptez aussi le gain. Calculez ce que vous recevez. Pesez le temporaire contre l&#8217;&#233;ternel.</p><p>Et puis faites votre choix par la foi.</p><h3><strong>Voici quelques Questions de R&#233;flexion</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong>Avez-vous honn&#234;tement compt&#233; le co&#251;t de suivre J&#233;sus ? Qu&#8217;est-ce que cela exige de vous sp&#233;cifiquement ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>De quoi avez-vous peur de perdre si vous vous rendez pleinement &#224; J&#233;sus comme Seigneur ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Croyez-vous que ce que vous recevez en Christ vaut plus que tout ce que vous abandonnez ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>N&#8217;h&#233;sitez pas &#224; prendre un moment avec le Seigneur pour consid&#233;rer ces questions. Laissez-Le sonder votre c&#339;ur et faire remonter la v&#233;rit&#233; &#224; la surface. Notre P&#232;re gracieux et aimant vous conduira et vous guidera dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233; comme Lui seul peut le faire.</p><h2><strong>Prions</strong></h2><blockquote><h4>P&#232;re &#201;ternel, Prince de la Paix, Dieu Puissant, Conseiller Merveilleux,</h4><h3>Seigneur J&#233;sus,</h3><p>Aide-moi &#224; vraiment compter le co&#251;t de Te suivre.</p><p>Par la foi, je compterai le co&#251;t, et avec joie, je choisis de Te suivre.</p><p>Je confesse ma peur de perdre le contr&#244;le et mon attraction pour le chemin facile.</p><p>Mais je reconnais que Tu vaux tout&#8212;tout ce que je suis et ai &#224; donner.</p><p>Je Te re&#231;ois comme mon Sauveur et mon Seigneur.</p><p>Je rends le contr&#244;le de ma vie, de mon temps, de mon avenir &#224; Toi.</p><p>Merci pour cet &#233;change incroyable&#8212;ma brisure pour Ta pl&#233;nitude, mon p&#233;ch&#233; pour Ta justice, ma mort pour Ta vie.</p><p>Je Te choisis, aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>Et avec l&#8217;aide de Ton Esprit, je Te choisirai chaque jour.</p><p>Dans le beau et puissant nom de J&#233;sus, nous prions.</p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>All&#233;luia ! Merci, Seigneur !</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Vous pouvez cliquer sur sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-counting-the-cost-a?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Les amis - Le parcours continue la semaine prochaine avec la Partie 4 : &#171; Couper les Distractions &#187; &#8211; Faire de la place pour ce qui compte le plus en enlevant ce qui chasse Dieu de votre c&#339;ur et de votre conscience.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance ! <br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: “SEEKING FIRST” A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « CHERCHER d'ABORD » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Choice That Changes Everything (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:17:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190383837/83c994dadc1f0f4326a6355ffd0edd89.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Welcome to the third post in this Drawing Near series, following our last post <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">&#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong> and the series introduction. Both of these are linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">below</a>.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">DRAWING NEAR: &#8220;Have You TASTED and SEEN?&#8221;</a></strong></p></li></ul><p>As a reminder, <strong>Here&#8217;s The Heart Behind This Series</strong></p><p>We&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about <em>relationship</em>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised: &#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly&#8221; (John 10:10).</p><p>Throughout this seven-part journey, we are exploring some crucial questions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with Him?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Today, we continue with the second question: </p><h2><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s Kingdom first? &#8212; </strong>the choice that changes everything.</h2><p>In Matthew 6:33, Jesus says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Every day, we face a fundamental choice: What or who will we seek first?</p><p>Not what will we seek <em>only</em>, but what will we seek <em>first</em>.</p><p><em>What gets the prime real estate of our time, energy, and attention?</em></p><p><em>What do we orient our lives around?</em></p><p>Jesus makes it clear: &#8220;<em><strong>Seek</strong></em> <em><strong>first the kingdom of God and his righteousness</strong></em>&#8220; (Matthew 6:33).<br>   First. Not second, not when convenient, not after everything else is handled.</p><h3><em>First</em>.</h3><p>This isn&#8217;t just good advice&#8212;it&#8217;s the pathway to abundant life.</p><p>Yet if we&#8217;re honest, most of us struggle here. We seek first our careers, our comfort, our entertainment, our relationships, our plans.</p><p>God often gets the leftovers of our time and attention, if He gets anything at all.</p><h3><em>Why is this so hard?</em></h3><h4><strong><br>Because seeking God first requires sacrifice.</strong></h4><h4>There is no way around it: <strong>Saying &#8216;Yes&#8217; to GOD means saying &#8216;No&#8217; to other things.</strong></h4><p><strong>It means denying ourselves, taking up our cross daily, and following Jesus (see Luke 9:23).</strong></p><p>Let&#8217;s be clear about what this means. Denying yourself isn&#8217;t about self-hatred or unhealthy asceticism.</p><p><strong>It&#8217;s about dethroning </strong><em><strong>self</strong></em><strong> from the center of your universe and enthroning Christ there instead.</strong></p><p><strong>It&#8217;s about recognizing that &#8220;you are not your own; you were bought at a price,&#8221; as it says in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20.</strong></p><p>Taking up your cross isn&#8217;t just about enduring difficulty. In Jesus&#8217; day, the cross was an instrument of execution.</p><p>To take up your cross meant you were walking toward death&#8212;death to your own agenda, your own control, your own lordship over your life.</p><p>It doesn&#8217;t take long to realize that this is not the world&#8217;s way. This is not the easy way.</p><p>Remember, Jesus Himself says this in Matthew 7:13-14,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>The world says: You do you. Follow your heart. You&#8217;re the master of your destiny. Build your kingdom. Make your name great.</p><p>Jesus says: Follow Me. Deny yourself. Seek first <em>My</em> kingdom. Let <em>Me</em> be Lord. Lose your life to truly find it.</p><p>See Matthew 16:25, Jesus says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>These are two fundamentally different paths, and you cannot walk both simultaneously.</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.&#8221;</strong> (Matthew 6:24).</h4></blockquote><p>So here&#8217;s the question that confronts us:</p><h3><em><strong>Who is the master of your life and future?</strong></em></h3><h4><em><strong>Is it you? Or is it Jesus?</strong></em></h4><p>This isn&#8217;t hypothetical.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Look at your calendar.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Look at your bank account.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Look at your browser history.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Look at where your mind goes in quiet moments.</strong></p></li></ul><p><em><strong>These help to reveal who or what we are truly seeking first.</strong></em></p><p>The beautiful&#8212;almost too-good-to-be-true&#8212;promise is this: When you seek first His kingdom and righteousness, <strong>&#8220;all these things will be given to you as well&#8221;</strong> (see Matthew 6:33).</p><p>All the things we worry about&#8212;provision, security, purpose, fulfillment: God takes care of these when we prioritize Him.</p><p>The question is: <em><strong>Do we believe this? Do we really believe it?</strong></em></p><p>Hebrews 11:6 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>God rewards those who earnestly seek Him.</p><p>Not halfheartedly. Not occasionally. Not when convenient. <em>Earnestly</em>.</p><p>The Greek word used here means to <strong>seek diligently, carefully, with focused effort.</strong></p><p>This requires humility.</p><p>In 2 Chronicles 7:14, one of my favorite passages, God proclaims this promise:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;</strong><em><strong>If</strong></em><strong> my people who are called by my name</strong></h4><h4><strong>humble themselves, and <br>pray and <br>seek my face and <br>turn from their wicked ways,</strong></h4><h4><em><strong>then</strong></em><strong> I will</strong></h4><h4><strong>hear from heaven and <br>will forgive their sin and <br>heal their land.</strong></h4><h4><strong>Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Notice the order given here: humble oneself, pray, seek His <em>face</em> (not just His hand), and turn from sin. Then, in response, comes the promise of God hearing, forgiving, and healing.</p><p>Humility says, &#8220;I don&#8217;t have it all figured out. I can&#8217;t do this on my own. I need You, Lord, not as an addition to my life, but as the very center of it.&#8221;</p><p>Humility is willing to sacrifice time, humble yourself, and dedicate yourself to seeking the Lord, day after day&#8212;starting today.</p><h4><strong>It acknowledges that building a relationship with God&#8212;like any meaningful relationship&#8212;takes time, attention, and intentionality.</strong><br></h4><p>For example, I wouldn&#8217;t expect to have a deep friendship with someone I only talked to for five minutes a week. Would you? And I wouldn&#8217;t expect to have a deep friendship with someone without regularly engaging with that person.</p><p>I definitely wouldn&#8217;t expect to have a close relationship with someone if I only heard things about them for about an hour a week.<br>   Yet many of us try to build intimacy with God based on that exact formula.</p><p>That&#8217;s like popping some frozen food in a microwave and expecting gourmet results.</p><h4>It takes time to get to know someone, to build a strong relationship. <br>   The same is true with our God.</h4><p>Have you ever had mouthwatering, perfectly juicy beef brisket, or chilli con carne, or curry? <br>   You want the results? It will cost you time, preparation, and intentionality.</p><p>Intimacy develops over time, through consistent seeking, through showing up day after day.</p><h4><strong>The more we embrace the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus, the more we will enjoy sweet, intentional intimacy with our God. <br>   </strong>I believe that.</h4><p>Jesus Himself is the way, the truth, and the life (see John 14:6).</p><p>There&#8217;s no intimacy with God that bypasses Jesus. None.</p><p>So the question becomes intensely practical:</p><h3><em>Are you willing to sacrifice time, to humble yourself, to dedicate yourself to seeking the Lord, to seeking first His righteousness and Kingdom, His way, truth, and life, His rule and reign in and through your life?</em></h3><ul><li><p><em><strong>What might you need to cut out or cut back on?</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>What distractions need to be removed?</strong></em></p></li><li><p><em><strong>What priorities need to be rearranged?</strong></em></p></li></ul><p>This is NOT about legalism or earning God&#8217;s love. Nope.</p><p>God&#8217;s love is already yours through Christ.</p><p><strong>This is about positioning yourself to </strong><em><strong>experience</strong></em><strong> that love, to grow in intimacy with the One who loves you most.</strong></p><p>The invitation stands: Seek first His Kingdom and righteousness. Make Jesus your Lord not just in name, but in practice.</p><p>Rearrange your life around His priorities.</p><p>And watch what happens when you do.</p><p>As you seek Him first, His reign and righteous ways and dominion on earth and in your life as it is in heaven, your intimacy with God will deepen and all He knows you need, He will provide as He promised.</p><h2><strong>Reflection Questions</strong></h2><ul><li><p><em>What does your calendar and your bank account reveal about what you&#8217;re seeking first?</em></p></li><li><p><em>What would need to change for you to truly seek God&#8217;s Kingdom and righteousness first?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Are you willing to sacrifice time daily to humble yourself and seek the Lord your God?</em></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h2><blockquote><p><strong>Our Father in heaven, <br>Creator and Sustainer of life,<br>Giver of every good and every perfect gift,<br>King of kings and Lord of lords, <br>Our Redeemer, Savior, and Source.</strong></p><p>You are so worthy to be sought first.</p><p>You gave everything to redeem us, Lord Jesus.</p><p>You paid for our forgiveness with Your sinless blood.</p><p>Your self-giving love is proof of Your real and enduring love for us.</p><p>How can we respond but to give you all we are and have?</p><p>You are worthy of the best I can give&#8212;of all I am and have.</p><p>You sustain my life, the breath in my lungs, my heart beating, the blood pumping through my veins.</p><p>I confess that I often seek so many other things before I seek You.</p><p>Forgive me for making You an afterthought in my own life.</p><p>Forgive me for seeking Your hand and what You can give over seeking Your face and cherishing your presence.</p><p>Purify my heart. Cleanse and reorient my motives.</p><p>Grow in me the desire and hunger to seek first Your Kingdom and Your righteousness.</p><p>I want to want this more, more of Your Kingdom and Your righteousness, more of the way, the truth, and the life of Jesus in my life.</p><p>Show me what needs to change, all-knowing Father.</p><p>Give me the courage to deny myself, take up my cross today, and follow Jesus wholeheartedly.</p><p>And open my heart to receive all You intend to give and produce as I follow You: love and joy, peace and patience, kindness and goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, &amp; self-control.</p><p>I trust that as I seek You first, You will take care of everything else.</p><p><strong>We pray in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord,</strong></p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Thank You, Lord! May the meditations of our hearts and the words of our mouths be pleasing to You, Father.</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next:</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God.<br> Click the <strong>share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div></li></ol><ol start="3"><li><p>You can set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Friends - The journey continues with Part 3 of this Drawing Near series, <strong>&#8220;Counting the Cost&#8221;</strong> &#8211; The exchange that&#8217;s worth everything: surrendering control to receive Christ and His Kingdom.</p><p>Lord willing, I will see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; CHERCHER d&#8217;ABORD &#187; Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</strong></h1><h2><em>Le Choix Qui Change Tout</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Bienvenue au troisi&#232;me article de cette s&#233;rie S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu, qui suit notre dernier article <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">&#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong> et l&#8217;introduction de la s&#233;rie. Les deux sont accessibles ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and">S&#8217;APPROCHER DE DIEU : &#171; Avez-vous GO&#219;T&#201; et VU ? &#187;</a></strong></p></li></ul><h4><br>Pour rappel, Voici Le C&#339;ur Derri&#232;re Cette S&#233;rie</h4><p>Nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir en intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire plus d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles&#8212;il s&#8217;agit de relation. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde, qui transforme la vie avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui emp&#234;che notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent coinc&#233;s dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des chemins pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise : &#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance &#187; (Jean 10:10).</p><p>Tout au long de ce parcours en sept parties, nous explorons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Avez-vous vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Cherchez-vous d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t&#8212;et le gain&#8212;de suivre J&#233;sus ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que vous puissiez vous attacher &#224; Dieu ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec Lui ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Connaissez-vous la voix de votre Bon Berger ?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous continuons avec la deuxi&#232;me question : Cherchez-vous d&#8217;abord le Royaume de Dieu ? &#8212; le choix qui change tout.</p><p>Dans Matthieu 6:33, J&#233;sus dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Cherchez premi&#232;rement le royaume et la justice de Dieu ; et toutes ces choses vous seront donn&#233;es par-dessus. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Chaque jour, nous faisons face &#224; un choix fondamental : <strong>Que ou qui allons-nous chercher d&#8217;abord ?</strong></p><p>Pas ce que nous chercherons seulement, mais ce que nous chercherons d&#8217;abord.</p><p><strong>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui obtient l&#8217;emplacement de choix de notre temps, de notre &#233;nergie et de notre attention ?</strong></p><p><strong>Autour de quoi orientons-nous nos vies ?</strong></p><p>J&#233;sus le dit clairement : </p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#171; Cherchez premi&#232;rement le royaume et la justice de Dieu, et tout cela vous sera donn&#233; en plus. &#187;</strong> (Matthieu 6:33).</h3></blockquote><p>Premi&#232;rement. Pas en second, pas quand c&#8217;est pratique, pas apr&#232;s que tout le reste soit r&#233;gl&#233;.</p><p>Premi&#232;rement.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas seulement un bon conseil&#8212;c&#8217;est le chemin vers la vie abondante.</p><p>Pourtant, si nous sommes honn&#234;tes, la plupart d&#8217;entre nous luttent ici. Nous cherchons d&#8217;abord nos carri&#232;res, notre confort, notre divertissement, nos relations, nos plans.</p><p>Dieu re&#231;oit souvent les restes de notre temps et de notre attention, s&#8217;Il re&#231;oit quelque chose du tout.</p><h2><em>Pourquoi Est-Ce Si Difficile ?</em></h2><p><strong>Parce que chercher Dieu d&#8217;abord exige du sacrifice.</strong></p><p>Il n&#8217;y a pas moyen de contourner cela : <strong>Dire &#8216;Oui&#8217; &#224; DIEU signifie dire &#8216;Non&#8217; &#224; d&#8217;autres choses.</strong></p><p><strong>Cela signifie nous renier nous-m&#234;mes, prendre notre croix chaque jour, et suivre J&#233;sus</strong> (voir Luc 9:23).</p><p>Soyons clairs sur ce que cela signifie. Se renier soi-m&#234;me n&#8217;est pas une question de haine de soi ou d&#8217;asc&#233;tisme malsain.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de d&#233;tr&#244;ner le soi du centre de votre univers et d&#8217;y introniser Christ &#224; la place.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de reconna&#238;tre que &#171; vous ne vous appartenez point &#224; vous-m&#234;mes ; car vous avez &#233;t&#233; rachet&#233;s &#224; un grand prix &#187;, comme il est dit dans 1 Corinthiens 6:19-20.</p><p>Prendre sa croix ne consiste pas seulement &#224; endurer des difficult&#233;s. &#192; l&#8217;&#233;poque de J&#233;sus, la croix &#233;tait un instrument d&#8217;ex&#233;cution.</p><p>Prendre sa croix signifiait que vous marchiez vers la mort&#8212;la mort de votre propre programme, de votre propre contr&#244;le, de votre propre seigneurie sur votre vie.</p><p>Il ne faut pas longtemps pour r&#233;aliser que ce n&#8217;est pas la voie du monde. Ce n&#8217;est pas la voie facile.</p><p>Rappelez-vous, J&#233;sus Lui-m&#234;me dit ceci dans Matthieu 7:13-14,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Entrez par la porte &#233;troite. Car large est la porte, spacieux est le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la perdition, et il y en a beaucoup qui entrent par l&#224;. Mais &#233;troite est la porte, resserr&#233; le chemin qui m&#232;nent &#224; la vie, et il y en a peu qui les trouvent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le monde dit : Sois toi-m&#234;me. Suis ton c&#339;ur. Tu es le ma&#238;tre de ton destin. Construis ton royaume. Rends ton nom grand.</p><p>J&#233;sus dit : Suis-Moi. Renie-toi toi-m&#234;me. Cherche d&#8217;abord Mon royaume. Laisse-Moi &#234;tre Seigneur. Perds ta vie pour vraiment la trouver.</p><p>Voir Matthieu 16:25, J&#233;sus dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car celui qui voudra sauver sa vie la perdra, mais celui qui la perdra &#224; cause de moi la trouvera. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ce sont deux chemins fondamentalement diff&#233;rents, et vous ne pouvez pas marcher sur les deux simultan&#233;ment.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Nul ne peut servir deux ma&#238;tres. Car, ou il ha&#239;ra l&#8217;un, et aimera l&#8217;autre ; ou il s&#8217;attachera &#224; l&#8217;un, et m&#233;prisera l&#8217;autre. Vous ne pouvez servir Dieu et Mamon. &#187;</strong></em> (Matthieu 6:24).</p></blockquote><p>Alors voici la question qui nous confronte :</p><h3><em>Qui est le ma&#238;tre de votre vie et de votre avenir ?</em></h3><p>Est-ce vous ? Ou est-ce J&#233;sus ?</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas hypoth&#233;tique.</p><ul><li><p><strong>Regardez votre calendrier.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Regardez votre compte bancaire.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Regardez votre historique de navigation.</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Regardez o&#249; va votre esprit dans les moments tranquilles.</strong></p></li></ul><p><em><strong>Ceux-ci aident &#224; r&#233;v&#233;ler qui ou quoi nous cherchons vraiment en premier.</strong></em></p><p>La promesse belle&#8212;presque trop belle pour &#234;tre vraie&#8212;est celle-ci : Quand vous cherchez d&#8217;abord Son royaume et Sa justice, <strong>&#171; toutes ces choses vous seront donn&#233;es par-dessus &#187;</strong> (voir Matthieu 6:33).</p><p>Toutes les choses dont nous nous inqui&#233;tons&#8212;provision, s&#233;curit&#233;, but, accomplissement : Dieu prend soin de celles-ci quand nous Le priorisons.</p><p>La question est : Le croyons-nous ? Le croyons-nous vraiment ?</p><p>H&#233;breux 11:6 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Or sans la foi il est impossible de lui &#234;tre agr&#233;able ; car il faut que celui qui s&#8217;approche de Dieu croie que Dieu existe, et qu&#8217;il est le r&#233;mun&#233;rateur de ceux qui le cherchent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Dieu r&#233;compense ceux qui Le cherchent avec ardeur.</p><p>Pas &#224; moiti&#233;. Pas occasionnellement. Pas quand c&#8217;est pratique. Avec ardeur.</p><p>Le mot grec utilis&#233; ici signifie chercher avec diligence, soigneusement, avec un effort concentr&#233;.</p><p>Cela exige de l&#8217;humilit&#233;.</p><p>Dans 2 Chroniques 7:14, l&#8217;un de mes passages pr&#233;f&#233;r&#233;s, Dieu proclame cette promesse :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Si mon peuple sur qui est invoqu&#233; mon nom s&#8217;humilie, prie, et cherche ma face, et s&#8217;il se d&#233;tourne de ses mauvaises voies, je l&#8217;exaucerai des cieux, je lui pardonnerai son p&#233;ch&#233;, et je gu&#233;rirai son pays. Mes yeux seront ouverts d&#233;sormais, et mes oreilles seront attentives &#224; la pri&#232;re faite en ce lieu. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Remarquez l&#8217;ordre donn&#233; ici : s&#8217;humilier, prier, chercher Sa face (pas seulement Sa main), et se d&#233;tourner du p&#233;ch&#233;. Puis, en r&#233;ponse, vient la promesse que Dieu entendra, pardonnera et gu&#233;rira.</p><p>L&#8217;humilit&#233; dit : &#171; Je n&#8217;ai pas tout compris. Je ne peux pas faire cela seul. J&#8217;ai besoin de Toi, Seigneur, pas comme un ajout &#224; ma vie, mais comme le centre m&#234;me de celle-ci. &#187;</p><p>L&#8217;humilit&#233; est pr&#234;te &#224; sacrifier du temps, &#224; s&#8217;humilier et &#224; se consacrer &#224; chercher le Seigneur, jour apr&#232;s jour&#8212;en commen&#231;ant aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>Elle reconna&#238;t que construire une relation avec Dieu&#8212;comme toute relation significative&#8212;prend du temps, de l&#8217;attention et de l&#8217;intentionnalit&#233;.</p><p>Par exemple, je ne m&#8217;attendrais pas &#224; avoir une amiti&#233; profonde avec quelqu&#8217;un &#224; qui je ne parle que cinq minutes par semaine. Et vous ? Et je ne m&#8217;attendrais pas &#224; avoir une amiti&#233; profonde avec quelqu&#8217;un sans m&#8217;engager r&#233;guli&#232;rement avec cette personne.</p><p>Je ne m&#8217;attendrais certainement pas &#224; avoir une relation &#233;troite avec quelqu&#8217;un si j&#8217;entendais seulement parler de cette personne environ une heure par semaine.</p><p>Pourtant, beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous essaient de construire l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu sur cette formule exacte.</p><p>C&#8217;est comme mettre un plat surgel&#233; au micro-ondes et s&#8217;attendre &#224; des r&#233;sultats gastronomiques.</p><p>Il faut du temps pour conna&#238;tre quelqu&#8217;un, pour construire une relation solide.</p><p>Il en va de m&#234;me avec notre Dieu.</p><p>Avez-vous d&#233;j&#224; eu du brisket de b&#339;uf parfaitement juteux et d&#233;licieux, ou du chili con carne, ou du curry ?</p><p>Vous voulez les r&#233;sultats ? Cela vous co&#251;tera du temps, de la pr&#233;paration et de l&#8217;intentionnalit&#233;.</p><p>L&#8217;intimit&#233; se d&#233;veloppe avec le temps, par une recherche coh&#233;rente, en se pr&#233;sentant jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><h4>Plus nous embrassons la voie, la v&#233;rit&#233; et la vie de J&#233;sus, plus nous profiterons d&#8217;une intimit&#233; douce et intentionnelle avec notre Dieu.<br>   Je crois cela.</h4><p>J&#233;sus Lui-m&#234;me est la voie, la v&#233;rit&#233; et la vie (voir Jean 14:6).</p><p>Il n&#8217;y a pas d&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu qui contourne J&#233;sus. Aucune.</p><p>Alors la question devient intens&#233;ment pratique :</p><h3><em>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; sacrifier du temps, &#224; vous humilier, &#224; vous consacrer &#224; chercher le Seigneur, &#224; chercher d&#8217;abord Sa justice et Son Royaume, Sa voie, Sa v&#233;rit&#233; et Sa vie, Son r&#232;gne et Sa domination dans et &#224; travers votre vie ?</em></h3><p>Qu&#8217;est-ce que vous pourriez avoir besoin d&#8217;&#233;liminer ou de r&#233;duire ?</p><p>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre supprim&#233;es ?</p><p>Quelles priorit&#233;s doivent &#234;tre r&#233;organis&#233;es ?</p><p>Il ne s&#8217;agit PAS de l&#233;galisme ou de gagner l&#8217;amour de Dieu. Non.</p><p>L&#8217;amour de Dieu est d&#233;j&#224; &#224; vous &#224; travers Christ.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de vous positionner pour exp&#233;rimenter cet amour, pour grandir en intimit&#233; avec Celui qui vous aime le plus.</p><p>L&#8217;invitation tient toujours : Cherchez d&#8217;abord Son Royaume et Sa justice. Faites de J&#233;sus votre Seigneur non seulement en nom, mais en pratique.</p><p>R&#233;organisez votre vie autour de Ses priorit&#233;s.</p><p>Et regardez ce qui se passe quand vous le faites.</p><p>Alors que vous Le cherchez d&#8217;abord, Son r&#232;gne et Ses voies justes et Sa domination sur terre et dans votre vie comme au ciel, votre intimit&#233; avec Dieu s&#8217;approfondira et tout ce qu&#8217;Il sait dont vous avez besoin, Il le fournira comme Il l&#8217;a promis.</p><h2><strong>Questions de R&#233;flexion</strong> </h2><ul><li><p><em>Que r&#233;v&#232;lent votre calendrier et votre compte bancaire sur ce que vous cherchez d&#8217;abord ?</em></p></li><li><p><em>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui devrait changer pour que vous cherchiez vraiment d&#8217;abord le Royaume et la justice de Dieu ?</em></p></li><li><p><em>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; sacrifier du temps quotidiennement pour vous humilier et chercher le Seigneur votre Dieu ?</em></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Prions</strong></h2><blockquote><p><strong>Notre P&#232;re qui es aux cieux,<br>Cr&#233;ateur et Soutien de la vie,<br>Donneur de tout bien et de tout don parfait,<br>Roi des rois et Seigneur des seigneurs,<br>Notre R&#233;dempteur, Sauveur et Source.</strong></p><p>Tu es si digne d&#8217;&#234;tre cherch&#233; en premier.</p><p>Tu as tout donn&#233; pour nous racheter, Seigneur J&#233;sus.</p><p>Tu as pay&#233; pour notre pardon avec Ton sang sans p&#233;ch&#233;.</p><p>Ton amour qui se donne est la preuve de Ton amour r&#233;el et durable pour nous.</p><p>Comment pouvons-nous r&#233;pondre sinon en Te donnant tout ce que nous sommes et avons ?</p><p>Tu es digne du meilleur que je puisse donner&#8212;de tout ce que je suis et ai.</p><p>Tu soutiens ma vie, le souffle dans mes poumons, mon c&#339;ur qui bat, le sang qui coule dans mes veines.</p><p>Je confesse que je cherche souvent tant d&#8217;autres choses avant de Te chercher.</p><p>Pardonne-moi d&#8217;avoir fait de Toi une pens&#233;e apr&#232;s coup dans ma propre vie.</p><p>Pardonne-moi de chercher Ta main et ce que Tu peux donner plut&#244;t que de chercher Ta face et de ch&#233;rir Ta pr&#233;sence.</p><p>Purifie mon c&#339;ur. Nettoie et r&#233;oriente mes motivations.</p><p>Fais grandir en moi le d&#233;sir et la faim de chercher d&#8217;abord Ton Royaume et Ta justice.</p><p>Je veux vouloir cela davantage, plus de Ton Royaume et de Ta justice, plus de la voie, de la v&#233;rit&#233; et de la vie de J&#233;sus dans ma vie.</p><p>Montre-moi ce qui doit changer, P&#232;re omniscient.</p><p>Donne-moi le courage de me renier moi-m&#234;me, de prendre ma croix aujourd&#8217;hui, et de suivre J&#233;sus de tout c&#339;ur.</p><p>Et ouvre mon c&#339;ur pour recevoir tout ce que Tu as l&#8217;intention de donner et de produire alors que je Te suis : amour et joie, paix et patience, bont&#233; et bienveillance, fid&#233;lit&#233;, douceur et ma&#238;trise de soi.</p><p>Je fais confiance qu&#8217;en Te cherchant d&#8217;abord, Tu prendras soin de tout le reste.</p><p><strong>Nous prions au nom de J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur,<br>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Merci, Seigneur ! Que les m&#233;ditations de nos c&#339;urs et les paroles de nos bouches Te soient agr&#233;ables, P&#232;re.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, j&#8217;esp&#232;re et je prie que Dieu vous inspire &#224; travers cet article. Voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Cliquez sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-seeking-first-a-devotional?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><p>Amis - Le parcours continue avec la Partie 3 de cette s&#233;rie S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu, &#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187; &#8211; L&#8217;&#233;change qui vaut tout : abandonner le contr&#244;le pour recevoir Christ et Son Royaume.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 Days into Fatherhood with our Baby Girl, NOVA SOPHIA 🌟 Embracing The Imperfect Art of Being a Dad / 🇫🇷 20 Jours dans la Paternité avec notre Petite Fille 🌟 Embrasser l’Art Imparfait d’Être Papa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2: Staying Present with the Lord in the Beautiful Chaos (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/20-days-into-fatherhood-with-our</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/20-days-into-fatherhood-with-our</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:43:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189761782/51e42f50813bbac0e69775b386bb6a76.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3620365,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/187088130?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>I am now a dad. All glory to our awesome God! I get to be a dad!</strong></p><p><strong>I get to steward the life of an eternal soul, the precious daughter God has beautifully and wonderfully knit together in my sweet wife&#8217;s womb. Our baby girl is nearly 3 weeks old, born 20 days ago, and I am still overflowing with joy and peace.</strong></p><p>This is the update many of you have been waiting for. Thank you for your patience, your prayers, and your love as we&#8217;ve been soaking in these precious early days with our daughter. Before I tell you about her arrival and these first weeks, let me say this: the Lord met us exactly where we were and answered so many prayers&#8212;more than we know.</p><h2><strong>A Valentine&#8217;s Day Baby in the City of Love</strong></h2><p>For those who don&#8217;t know, just over two weeks ago, we went through labor and birth at home, au naturel, believing by faith that this labor and birth would be characterized by God&#8217;s presence and peace. And God was faithful, even amid the unexpected.</p><p>Leading up to our daughter&#8217;s birth, as the Lord directed me, for 21 days I prayer-walked up and down a specific street, up until February 11th.</p><p>Contractions started the very next day, on February 12th, mid-afternoon.</p><p>After several hours of consistent contractions, we genuinely believed our baby was coming speedily. Madison Rose persevered through the first stage of contractions, though it wasn&#8217;t easy.</p><p>The midwives visited us the next morning, and we learned after some discussion that we had really gotten ahead of ourselves during this first stage of early labor.</p><p>We had given our complete focus to what turned out to be the very beginning of a much longer journey.</p><p>After about 24 hours of early labor contractions&#8212;24 hours of reciting Scriptures, praying almost non-stop, focusing on breathing and relaxing&#8212;the midwives determined that Madison had yet to dilate. They claimed that the second stage of labor hadn&#8217;t even begun.</p><p>Then they left, assuring us that we would know when to call them again.</p><p>We were mentally whooped.</p><p>We had spent a full day and night believing so strongly that our baby girl was about to arrive, only to be told we weren&#8217;t even close. <br>   That was a really tough moment.</p><p>We needed a full mind and expectation reset. The second night of labor was approaching, and we had no idea when our girl was coming&#8212;in hours, in the middle of the night, early in the morning, no clue.</p><p>But here&#8217;s what we witnessed:</p><h3><strong>God&#8217;s grace is sufficient.</strong></h3><p>By God&#8217;s grace, night two of labor was somehow better than night one for Madison.</p><p>As expected, the intensity of contractions ramped up, as did our awareness of our need to lean on the Lord and His strength.</p><p>We clung to chapters of Scripture like, Psalm 34, 118, 149.</p><p>We recited passages like these:</p><blockquote><h4>1 I will bless the Lord at all times;<br>    his praise shall continually be in my mouth.<br>2 My soul makes its boast in the Lord;<br>    let the humble hear and be glad.<br>3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me,<br>    and let us exalt his name together!<br><br>4 I sought the Lord, and he answered me<br>    and delivered me from all my fears.<br>5 Those who look to him are <strong>radiant</strong>,<br>    and their faces shall never be ashamed.<br>6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him<br>    and saved him out of all his troubles.<br>7 The angel of the Lord encamps<br>    around those who fear him, and delivers them.<br><br>8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!<br>    Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!<br>9 Oh, fear the Lord, you his saints,<br>    for those who fear him have no lack!<br>10 The young lions suffer want and hunger;<br>    but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.</h4></blockquote><p>- Psalm 34: 1-10</p><blockquote><h4>17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears<br>    and delivers them out of all their troubles.<br>18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted<br>    and saves the crushed in spirit.<br>19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous,<br>    but the Lord delivers him out of them all.</h4></blockquote><p>- Psalm 34: 17-19</p><blockquote><h4>&#9;Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;<br>    for his steadfast love endures forever!</h4></blockquote><p>- Psalm 118:1</p><blockquote><h4>5 Out of my distress I called on the Lord;<br>    the Lord answered me and set me free.<br>6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear.<br>    What can man do to me?<br>7 The Lord is on my side as my helper..&#8221;</h4></blockquote><p>- Psalm 118:5-7</p><blockquote><h4> The Lord is my strength and my song;<br>    he has become my salvation.&#8221; </h4></blockquote><p>- Psalm 118:14</p><p>We witnessed the reality of verses like Psalm 46:1, <em>&#8220;God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.&#8221;</em> And He was.</p><p>The Lord was present. He was our refuge. He was our strength.</p><p>Even minutes before delivery, Madison Rose smiled and I laughed with joy, in eager expectation of our little girl&#8217;s arrival.</p><h4><strong>On February 14th, <br>Valentine&#8217;s Day,<br> in Paris, the city of love, <br>our baby girl was born <br>in the living room of our in our little studio, <br>in the center of Paris.</strong></h4><p>Nova Sophia Klein arrived beautifully and quickly. <br>One moment she was in her mama&#8217;s body, and the next, she was in our arms.</p><p>Tears flooded my eyes from the moment I saw her.</p><p>Madison Rose was peaceful, exhausted, and relieved.</p><p>Minutes later, Nova Sophia was alert and exploring the new world around her.</p><p>God answered our prayers.</p><p>His presence and peace marked the pregnancy and the moment she entered the world.</p><p>It was unforgettable.</p><h2><strong>As For Our First 3 Weeks&#8230;They Have Been Such a Blessing</strong></h2><p>It&#8217;s been such a sweet and blessed first 20 days of our daughter&#8217;s life. She has already been such a gift to us.</p><p>So much diaper changing, booty wiping, cheek kissing, baby holding, midnight soothing, much-needed napping, and schedule shifting.</p><p>There have been challenging moments where we don&#8217;t know what to do, some long nights, and some long naps the following day.</p><p>But as a whole, it&#8217;s been such a peace- and grace-filled experience.</p><p>Being present, ready, and willing to help has been a joy.</p><p>Being a dad is definitely a weighty addition to my identity as a son, husband, brother, friend, etc.</p><p>I wouldn&#8217;t trade it for anything.</p><p>Psalm 127:3 declares,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>We believe that, and we are getting to experience this beautiful reality day after day.</p><p>Nova Sophia is a reward. Every sleepless night, every diaper change, every moment of holding her close&#8212;it&#8217;s all a precious gift from the Lord.</p><p>Already, she is radiant. I see the light of Christ in her. I see the image of God in her tiny, sweet face.</p><p>Genesis 1:27 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>It is so clear: she is made in the image of God.</p><p>She is intentionally and wonderfully made by the Master Designer, and it shows.</p><p>It is so incredibly special to get to steward her precious life.</p><p>What a privilege. What a holy responsibility. What a set apart joy.</p><p>The biggest challenge I am choosing to embrace in this new stage of life is this:</p><h2><strong>Staying Present with the Lord Amid Near-Constant Interruptions</strong></h2><p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m learning in these early days: life with a newborn is beautifully chaotic.</p><p>There are near-constant interruptions. Schedules dissolve. Deep and continuous sleep becomes a luxury. Plans shift by the hour. It seems like it takes forever to get out of the door. And in the middle of it all, I&#8217;m learning the necessity of staying present with the Lord in a new way.</p><p>That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m after. Not perfection. Not flawless execution of some perfect fatherhood checklist.</p><p>I&#8217;m after staying present with the Lord and remaining aware of His presence through the mundane and the hectic moments. Abiding in Him. <br><br>Walking with Him through every diaper change, every pre-feeding cry, every moment of mid-night exhaustion, every burst of joy when I see her sweet face.</p><p><strong>So, the question I&#8217;m asking myself is this:</strong></p><p><em>What does it look like to stay present with the Lord as a husband and as a new dad?</em></p><h2><strong>Here are some takeaways I&#8217;ve gleaned from the Bible on Staying Present with the Lord</strong></h2><h3><strong>1. Abide in the Lord.</strong> </h3><p>This is priority number 1. Jesus said in John 15:4-5,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>This is the foundation. I cannot be the dad my daughter needs or the husband I&#8217;m called to be in my own strength. I need abide in Jesus, day after day. I need to stay connected to the Vine. Apart from Him, I can do nothing. But as I abide in Jesus, I can bear the good fruit that yields blessings for my family and others&#8212;love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control (see Galatians 5:22-23).</p><h3><strong>2. Pray continually.</strong> </h3><p>1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 says simply,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>In these first weeks, this passage is as relevant as ever. We can consciously choose to rejoice, to choose joy in any moment, the joy that is fully accessible in God our ever-present Source of joy. I&#8217;m learning to pray in the new little moments and rhythms: changing a diaper, and then changing the second after Nova fills the new one, rocking her to sleep in what we now called the &#8220;daddy hold&#8221; (imagine holding a football, that&#8217;s pretty much it&#8212;forearm beneath her body and hand supporting her head). Simply seeing her breathe as she naps is more than enough reason to rejoice and give praise to God our Source of breath and life.</p><p>These prayers don&#8217;t have to be formal or lengthy. They can be a simply whispered &#8216;thank You, Father&#8217; or a desperate middle-of-the-night, &#8216;help, Lord Jesus.&#8217;</p><p>Talking to God and listening, staying connected, acknowledging His presence from one moment to the next&#8212;these seemingly small actions have transformed our experience of our daughter&#8217;s first 20 days in the outside world.</p><h3><strong>3. Practice avodah.</strong> </h3><p>I&#8217;m talking about faith-filled and love-fueled working with, serving, and worshiping God in the day to day seemingly mundane things. Colossians 3:17 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>It says &#8220;Everything.&#8221; Even the exhausting, repetitive, oftentimes humbling tasks of caring for a newborn. All of it can be done in the name of Jesus. All of it can be done in partnership with the Lord. All of it can be done in a way that is pleasing to the Father, in ways that make God smile.</p><h3><strong>4. Walk by the Spirit.</strong> </h3><p>Galatians 5:16 exhorts us saying,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>When it&#8217;s 2 AM, baby girl is inconsolable and crying out, we&#8217;re whooped, and my water bottle tips and dumps onto the bed while trying to re-fill Madison&#8217;s water bottle, I need the help of the Helper, God&#8217;s everpresent Spirit living within you and me who trust in Jesus. When I&#8217;m overwhelmed and tired of interruptions, I need Jesus. When I&#8217;m uncertain and tempted to rely on my own understanding, I need the Spirit of wisdom. Even when things are going well and all seems to be going perfectly, I remain just as utterly dependent on God as ever.</p><p>Romans 8:14 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>I want to be led by the Spirit as a dad, day after day, moment after moment&#8212;the joyful ones and the hard ones alike.</p><h3><strong>5. Give thanks in all circumstances.</strong> </h3><p>Yes we are going right back to God&#8217;s will made abundantly clear in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Verse 18 says, <em>&#8220;Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.&#8221;</em> All circumstances, not just the moments we think are worthy of gratitude.</p><p>Personally, I find that gratitude really helps to anchor me in God&#8217;s presence. It&#8217;s hard not to experience the nearness of God when I start engaging with Him by giving thanks.</p><p>When I thank God for His faithfulness, for the gift of our daughter, for the privilege of being a dad, for my beautiful wife&#8217;s ongoing love on display&#8212;I&#8217;m reminded that He is so very good, He is present, and our God is worthy of all praise. Gratitude shifts my perspective from what&#8217;s hard to what&#8217;s good, from inward to upward.</p><h3><strong>6. Trust God&#8217;s sufficiency.</strong> </h3><p>2 Corinthians 12:9 reminds us of God&#8217;s promise, saying,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>When I consider the God Almighty&#8217;s power and strength, it&#8217;s a whole lot easier to humbly acknowledge that I am weak and need Him.</p><p>I am glad to acknowledge the reality that I am insufficient in myself.</p><p>But the grace of the Lord my God is sufficient&#8212;overflowing, more than enough.</p><p>His power is made perfect in weakness.</p><p>I don&#8217;t have to be a perfect dad. I have to be a dependent one&#8212;depending on God&#8217;s grace, depending on <em>His</em> strength, depending on <em>His</em> wisdom.</p><p>Philippians 4:13 declares,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;I can do all things through him who strengthens me.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Not through my own strength. Through Christ Jesus my Lord.</p><p>Hallelujah! All glory to God for this uplifting truth. For those of us who anchor our faith in Jesus, this is our reality. You and I can do <strong>all things through Him who strengthens us.</strong></p><p>Nothing is impossible with God.</p><p>These are some of the key takeaways and rhythms I&#8217;m gleaning from God&#8217;s Word on this topic of staying present with God amid interruptions. So&#8230;</p><h2><strong>What This Looks Like Day by Day</strong></h2><p>What does staying present with the Lord look like in the beautiful chaos of new parenthood? Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m endeavoring to do by faith:</p><p>I&#8217;m praying aloud over our daughter. Even though she can&#8217;t yet understand the words, we&#8217;re speaking God&#8217;s Word over her, speaking blessings over her, and thanking God for her, knowing our Father is listening. I&#8217;m praying for my wife, for overflowing grace, for wisdom, for strength, for patience, for joy in the Lord no matter the ever-shifting circumstances.</p><p>By faith, I&#8217;m choosing gratitude in the hard moments. When I&#8217;m feeling whooped at 2 AM, I get to choose to thank God for the sweet opportunity to hold our daughter and pray that she gets sleepy as I rock her back and forth in my arms. When I&#8217;m changing my third diaper of the morning, I get to thank God that she&#8217;s healthy and thriving.</p><h4><strong>Gratitude changes everything.</strong></h4><p>I&#8217;m leaning into God&#8217;s Word whenever I can and believing that<strong> the busier we are, the more we need quality time with God, not less.</strong></p><p>Even if it&#8217;s just a few verses, a passage, a psalm, or a chapter. Psalm 119:105 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>I need that light and perspective-aligning truth every day.</p><p>God&#8217;s Word grounds me, encourages me, corrects me, and points me back to Jesus.</p><p>Little do I know how much the Bible is an absolute treasure trove of life-giving and eternal wisdom, truth, and blessing. <br>   The more I seek God through His Word and prayer, the more I am realizing how much I am loved by God and how great He truly is, alongside how much I depend on the Lord our Sustainer.</p><p>And with that being said, as much as I love peace, quiet, and undistracted periods of focused work, I am choosing to embrace the interruptions and this beautifully chaotic season of life.</p><p>Instead of being frustrated by near-constant <em>disruptions</em>, I&#8217;m learning to see them instead as <em>invitations</em>&#8212;invitations to depend on God, invitations to serve joyfully, invitations to grow in patience and love, invitations to deny myself, take up my cross, and follow Jesus&#8212;His way.</p><p>James 1:2-4 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>These sleepless nights, these moments of uncertainty&#8212;they may not necessarily be trials, but God is using them to refine me. He is using them to shape me to look more like Jesus, and for that, I am grateful and feel so blessed and honored to have this opportunity to be a dad, partnered with the Lord.</p><p>I&#8217;m choosing to rest in God&#8217;s sovereignty and goodness.</p><p>Proverbs 16:9 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Our plans shift. My schedule changes. Things don&#8217;t go as expected so much of the time.</p><p>But God is still sovereign. He is still good. He is still in control. I can rest in that, and by the power of the Spirit of God within me, I choose to rest in the love of the Lord my Maker.</p><h2><strong>The Heart of It All</strong></h2><p>Here&#8217;s the essence of what I&#8217;m learning: staying present with the Lord isn&#8217;t about adding more spiritual disciplines to an already overwhelming season. It&#8217;s about recognizing that every moment is sacred because I get to be with God.</p><p>Every diaper change is an opportunity to give thanks for our healthy daughter and her beautifully designed body. Nova Sophia&#8217;s fussiness and cries in the night are an invitation to pray. As our French midwife said, &#8220;If she&#8217;s crying, that&#8217;s ok, she&#8217;s breathing.&#8221; So, even crying is a reason to give thanks, our daughter has breath in her lungs and so do we.</p><p>Every quiet moment holding my daughter is a chance to sing praises to the Lord. And she seems to love it when we sing, by the way. We worshiped through the pregnancy so I&#8217;m not surprised that singing seems to bring Nova peace and calm.</p><p>What I&#8217;m sharing is really about seeing God in the ordinary. It&#8217;s about practicing awareness of His presence in the mundane, and responding with joy, prayer, and gratitude. It&#8217;s about abiding in Jesus in the beautiful chaos of everyday life.</p><p>Psalm 16:11 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;You make known to me the path of life; <br>in your presence there is fullness of joy; <br>at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>In our God&#8217;s presence, there is fullness of joy!</p><p>Not when everything is easy. Not when I have it all figured out. But in His presence.</p><p>Even now. In the middle of chaotic moments. In the middle of exhaustion. In the middle of the most beautiful season of my life.</p><p>Our God is nearer than the breath in our lungs. Our Father loves with an everlasting love. Our Lord is Immauel, God with us.</p><p>Hallelujah! If you know God, you know that is just about the best news ever. It never gets old.</p><p>What if we lived like this was true, as it is?</p><p><em><strong>O Lord, help us to live like this is true, like You are with us always, as You promised, Lord Jesus! Thank You, God!</strong></em></p><p>So, friends,</p><h2><strong>Will You Pray with Us?</strong></h2><p>As I continue to embrace the imperfect art of being a dad, I want to ask you to keep praying for us.</p><p>Please pray that we would stay present with the Lord in this new season and in every season&#8212;the joyful ones and the hard ones. Pray that we would abide in Jesus, walk by the Spirit, and produce the good fruit of the Spirit in our lives.</p><p>Please pray for Madison Rose, my wonderful and sweet wife, as she recovers and continues to mother our daughter with such love and grace. Pray for our daughter, Nova Sophia, that she would know the love of Jesus from her earliest days, that she would grow in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man, just like Jesus did (see Luke 2:52).</p><p>Please pray that our home would be a place where God&#8217;s presence is evident and potent, where His Word is treasured, where others are welcomed in, and where His love is made known. Pray that we would steward Nova Sophia&#8217;s life well, pointing her to Jesus every day, teaching her to love God with all her heart, soul, mind, and strength.</p><p>Please pray that God makes a way for us to get French health insurance soon&#8212;we applied 9 months ago. Pray for us as we plan to move out of our recently sold little studio and move into the place the Lord has provided and prepared for us and our family&#8212;wherever that may be.</p><p>Please pray that we would be faithful to the Lord as we continue to step forward by faith despite the many unknowns.</p><p>Pray as the Good Shepherd guides you!</p><p>We cannot thank you enough for your prayer support.</p><h2><strong>All in all, We are Overflowing with Gratitude</strong></h2><p>These first 2.5 weeks of Nova&#8217;s life have been a gift. A beautiful, exhausting, joy-filled, refining gift. I&#8217;m grateful to God for answering our prayers and yours, for being so present during labor and birth, and for giving us Nova Sophia.</p><p>I&#8217;m grateful for the privilege of being a dad. I&#8217;m grateful for the opportunity to steward her life, to love her well, to point her to Jesus, as a daughter of the King of kings and Lord of lords. I&#8217;m grateful for my love-filled wife, who labored with such strength and peace, who so joyfully cares for our baby girl with such tenderness and devotion.</p><p>And I&#8217;m grateful for God&#8217;s faithfulness. He has been faithful in every moment, whether or not we were aware of it. God has been present in every trial. He has been sufficient in every weakness. He has been our refuge, our strength, and our help.</p><p>Psalm 103:1-2 declares,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! <br>Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>By His abundant grace and love, we will not forget His benefits. We will bless His name. We will give Him praise.<br></p><blockquote><h3><em><strong>Father in heaven,</strong></em></h3><p><em><strong>Thank You for the gift of Nova Sophia&#8217;s life.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Thank You for Your presence.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Thank You for Your faithfulness.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Thank You for loving us so well, filling our hearts with joy in Your presence, and remaining so near to us.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Thank You for empowering us to receive and share Your LOVE, to serve with JOY, to stay present with You amid the beautiful chaos.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>God, You are trustworthy. <br>Lord, You are good.<br>Father, You are faithful. <br>Spirit, You are present.<br>King Jesus, You reign.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>I trust You. I cling to You. I depend on You. I believe Your Word is true. <br>And this is the day You, Lord, have made, we choose to rejoice and be glad in it.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>We celebrate, give thanks, and pray in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord,</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Amen.</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p>Friends, thanks for joining us in this ongoing journey with Jesus.</p><p>Thanks for caring for us and uplifting us as we navigate the joys of parenting.</p><p><em>And about our Nova girl, she is absolutely as sweet as can be. Radiant. Full of life. Growing every day. And I can&#8217;t wait to share more about our journey with you all soon.</em></p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with our loving, missional God.</p><div><hr></div><p>If you want to keep following along, subscribe if you haven&#8217;t already.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Do you know any dads, current or future, who may be blessed or built up by this post? You can simply share it by clicking the Share buttons below. You can also share this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> publishing ministry by clicking the Share this Publication button. That takes you to the <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LOM</a></strong> website home page that&#8217;s also linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">here</a>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozMTM5MTA0MzQsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4NzA4ODEzMCwiaWF0IjoxNzcyODA0MTQyLCJleHAiOjE3NzUzOTYxNDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zOTM5NjE2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Gi2Q9isrXDVr7WySW8RDQRv2PUKxA08Mn83IAU4b9P0&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozMTM5MTA0MzQsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE4NzA4ODEzMCwiaWF0IjoxNzcyODA0MTQyLCJleHAiOjE3NzUzOTYxNDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zOTM5NjE2Iiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.Gi2Q9isrXDVr7WySW8RDQRv2PUKxA08Mn83IAU4b9P0"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>I hope you were encouraged and blessed by this honest podcast-post. Soon enough, our baby will be here and I&#8217;m not sure how much time I&#8217;ll have to share all the fun we&#8217;re experiencing, but I&#8217;ll do my best to bring you along this journey with us, at least a bit.</p><p>For all of you who pray for us. Again, thank you! It is such a joy and honor to know there are set apart souls who are supporting us through prayer. And may our intentional and loving God bless you!</p><p>Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance!<br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3620365,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/187088130?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>20 Jours dans la Paternit&#233; avec notre Petite Fille, NOVA SOPHIA &#127775; Embrasser l&#8217;Art Imparfait d&#8217;&#202;tre Papa</strong></h1><h2><em>Partie 2 : Rester Pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur dans le Beau Chaos</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Je suis maintenant papa. Toute gloire &#224; notre Dieu extraordinaire ! J&#8217;ai le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;&#234;tre papa !</p><p>J&#8217;ai le privil&#232;ge de prendre soin de l&#8217;&#226;me &#233;ternelle d&#8217;une pr&#233;cieuse petite fille que Dieu a merveilleusement et magnifiquement tiss&#233;e dans le ventre de ma douce &#233;pouse. Notre petite fille a presque 3 semaines, n&#233;e il y a 20 jours, et je d&#233;borde encore de joie et de paix.</p><p>Voici la mise &#224; jour que beaucoup d&#8217;entre vous attendaient. Merci pour votre patience, vos pri&#232;res et votre amour pendant que nous savourions ces pr&#233;cieux premiers jours avec notre fille. Avant de vous parler de son arriv&#233;e et de ces premi&#232;res semaines, laissez-moi dire ceci : le Seigneur nous a rejoints exactement l&#224; o&#249; nous &#233;tions et a r&#233;pondu &#224; tant de pri&#232;res &#8212; plus que nous ne le savons.</p><h2><strong>Un B&#233;b&#233; de la Saint-Valentin dans la Ville de l&#8217;Amour</strong></h2><p>Pour ceux qui ne le savent pas, il y a un peu plus de deux semaines, nous avons v&#233;cu le travail et l&#8217;accouchement &#224; la maison, au naturel, croyant par la foi que ce travail et cet accouchement seraient marqu&#233;s par la pr&#233;sence et la paix de Dieu. Et Dieu a &#233;t&#233; fid&#232;le, m&#234;me face &#224; l&#8217;inattendu.</p><p>Dans les jours pr&#233;c&#233;dant la naissance de notre fille, comme le Seigneur me l&#8217;avait dirig&#233;, pendant 21 jours j&#8217;ai pri&#233; en marchant de long en large dans une rue sp&#233;cifique, jusqu&#8217;au 11 f&#233;vrier.</p><p>Les contractions ont commenc&#233; le lendemain m&#234;me, le 12 f&#233;vrier, en milieu d&#8217;apr&#232;s-midi.</p><p>Apr&#232;s plusieurs heures de contractions r&#233;guli&#232;res, nous croyions sinc&#232;rement que notre b&#233;b&#233; arrivait rapidement. Madison Rose a pers&#233;v&#233;r&#233; tout au long de la premi&#232;re phase de contractions, m&#234;me si ce n&#8217;&#233;tait pas facile.</p><p>Les sages-femmes nous ont rendu visite le lendemain matin, et nous avons appris apr&#232;s discussion que nous nous &#233;tions vraiment emball&#233;s pendant cette premi&#232;re phase de travail pr&#233;coce.</p><p>Nous avions concentr&#233; toute notre attention sur ce qui s&#8217;est av&#233;r&#233; &#234;tre le tout d&#233;but d&#8217;un voyage bien plus long.</p><p>Apr&#232;s environ 24 heures de contractions de travail pr&#233;coce &#8212; 24 heures &#224; r&#233;citer les &#201;critures, &#224; prier presque sans s&#8217;arr&#234;ter, &#224; se concentrer sur la respiration et la relaxation &#8212; les sages-femmes ont d&#233;termin&#233; que Madison n&#8217;avait pas encore dilat&#233;. Elles affirmaient que la deuxi&#232;me phase du travail n&#8217;avait m&#234;me pas commenc&#233;.</p><p>Elles sont parties ensuite, nous assurant que nous saurions quand les rappeler.</p><p>Nous &#233;tions mentalement &#233;puis&#233;s.</p><p>Nous avions pass&#233; une journ&#233;e et une nuit enti&#232;res &#224; croire si fortement que notre petite fille &#233;tait sur le point d&#8217;arriver, pour nous faire dire que nous n&#8217;en &#233;tions m&#234;me pas proches. C&#8217;&#233;tait un moment vraiment difficile.</p><p>Nous avions besoin d&#8217;une remise &#224; z&#233;ro compl&#232;te de notre esprit et de nos attentes. La deuxi&#232;me nuit de travail approchait, et nous n&#8217;avions aucune id&#233;e de quand notre petite fille viendrait &#8212; dans quelques heures, au milieu de la nuit, t&#244;t le matin, aucune id&#233;e.</p><p>Mais voici ce que nous avons vu :</p><p>La gr&#226;ce de Dieu est suffisante.</p><p>Par la gr&#226;ce de Dieu, la deuxi&#232;me nuit de travail a &#233;t&#233; en quelque sorte meilleure que la premi&#232;re pour Madison.</p><p>Comme pr&#233;vu, l&#8217;intensit&#233; des contractions a augment&#233;, tout comme notre prise de conscience de notre besoin de nous appuyer sur le Seigneur et Sa force.</p><p>Nous nous sommes accroch&#233;s &#224; des chapitres des &#201;critures comme le Psaume 34, 118, 149.</p><p>Nous avons r&#233;cit&#233; des passages comme ceux-ci :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>1 Je b&#233;nirai l&#8217;&#201;ternel en tout temps ; sa louange sera continuellement dans ma bouche. 2 Mon &#226;me se glorifie en l&#8217;&#201;ternel ; que les humbles l&#8217;entendent et se r&#233;jouissent. 3 Exaltez avec moi l&#8217;&#201;ternel, et ensemble c&#233;l&#233;brons son nom !</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>4 J&#8217;ai cherch&#233; l&#8217;&#201;ternel, et il m&#8217;a r&#233;pondu ; il m&#8217;a d&#233;livr&#233; de toutes mes frayeurs. 5 Ceux qui portent leurs regards vers lui sont rayonnants de joie, et leurs visages ne seront pas confus. 6 Ce malheureux a cri&#233;, et l&#8217;&#201;ternel l&#8217;a entendu, et il l&#8217;a sauv&#233; de toutes ses d&#233;tresses. 7 L&#8217;ange de l&#8217;&#201;ternel campe autour de ceux qui le craignent et il les d&#233;livre.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>8 Go&#251;tez et voyez que l&#8217;&#201;ternel est bon ! Heureux l&#8217;homme qui cherche son refuge en lui ! 9 Craignez l&#8217;&#201;ternel, vous ses saints ! Car rien ne manque &#224; ceux qui le craignent. 10 Les lionceaux &#233;prouvent la disette et la faim, mais ceux qui cherchent l&#8217;&#201;ternel ne manquent d&#8217;aucun bien.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#8212; Psaume 34 : 1-10</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>17 L&#8217;&#201;ternel entend les justes quand ils crient, et il les d&#233;livre de toutes leurs d&#233;tresses. 18 L&#8217;&#201;ternel est pr&#232;s de ceux qui ont le c&#339;ur bris&#233;, et il sauve ceux qui ont l&#8217;esprit dans l&#8217;abattement. 19 Le juste a beaucoup de malheurs, mais l&#8217;&#201;ternel l&#8217;en d&#233;livre toujours.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#8212; Psaume 34 : 17-19</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>Rendez gr&#226;ces &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel, car il est bon, car sa mis&#233;ricorde dure &#224; toujours !</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#8212; Psaume 118 : 1</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>5 Dans ma d&#233;tresse j&#8217;ai invoqu&#233; l&#8217;&#201;ternel ; l&#8217;&#201;ternel m&#8217;a exauc&#233; et m&#8217;a mis au large. 6 L&#8217;&#201;ternel est pour moi, je ne crains rien ; que peut me faire un homme ? 7 L&#8217;&#201;ternel est pour moi comme mon aide&#8230;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#8212; Psaume 118 : 5-7</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>L&#8217;&#201;ternel est ma force et mon cantique, et il est devenu mon salut.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>&#8212; Psaume 118 : 14</p><p>Nous avons v&#233;cu la r&#233;alit&#233; de versets comme le Psaume 46 : 1, &#171; Dieu est notre refuge et notre force, un secours tr&#232;s pr&#233;sent dans la d&#233;tresse. &#187; Et Il l&#8217;&#233;tait.</p><p>Le Seigneur &#233;tait pr&#233;sent. Il &#233;tait notre refuge. Il &#233;tait notre force.</p><p>M&#234;me quelques minutes avant l&#8217;accouchement, Madison Rose a souri et j&#8217;ai ri de joie, dans l&#8217;attente impatiente de l&#8217;arriv&#233;e de notre petite fille.</p><p>Le 14 f&#233;vrier, La Saint-Valentin, &#192; Paris, la ville de l&#8217;amour, Notre petite fille est n&#233;e Dans le salon de notre petit studio, Au c&#339;ur de Paris.</p><p>Nova Sophia Klein est arriv&#233;e magnifiquement et rapidement. Un instant elle &#233;tait dans le corps de sa maman, et l&#8217;instant d&#8217;apr&#232;s, elle &#233;tait dans nos bras.</p><p>Les larmes ont inond&#233; mes yeux d&#232;s le moment o&#249; je l&#8217;ai vue.</p><p>Madison Rose &#233;tait paisible, &#233;puis&#233;e et soulag&#233;e.</p><p>Quelques minutes plus tard, Nova Sophia &#233;tait alerte et explorait le nouveau monde autour d&#8217;elle.</p><p>Dieu a r&#233;pondu &#224; nos pri&#232;res.</p><p>Sa pr&#233;sence et Sa paix ont marqu&#233; la grossesse et le moment o&#249; elle est entr&#233;e dans le monde.</p><p>C&#8217;&#233;tait inoubliable.</p><h2><strong>Quant &#224; Nos 3 Premi&#232;res Semaines&#8230; Elles ont &#233;t&#233; une telle B&#233;n&#233;diction</strong></h2><p>Ces 20 premiers jours de vie de notre fille ont &#233;t&#233; tellement doux et b&#233;nis. Elle a d&#233;j&#224; &#233;t&#233; un tel cadeau pour nous.</p><p>Tellement de changements de couches, de petits derri&#232;res essuy&#233;s, de joues embrass&#233;es, de b&#233;b&#233; tenu dans les bras, d&#8217;apaisement &#224; minuit, de siestes bien n&#233;cessaires et d&#8217;emplois du temps bouscul&#233;s.</p><p>Il y a eu des moments difficiles o&#249; nous ne savions pas quoi faire, quelques longues nuits, et quelques longues siestes le lendemain.</p><p>Mais dans l&#8217;ensemble, &#231;a a &#233;t&#233; une exp&#233;rience tellement remplie de paix et de gr&#226;ce.</p><p>&#202;tre pr&#233;sent, pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; aider a &#233;t&#233; une joie.</p><p>&#202;tre papa est d&#233;finitivement un ajout important &#224; mon identit&#233; de fils, d&#8217;&#233;poux, de fr&#232;re, d&#8217;ami, etc.</p><p>Je ne l&#8217;&#233;changerais pour rien au monde.</p><p>Le Psaume 127 : 3 d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Voici, les fils sont un h&#233;ritage de l&#8217;&#201;ternel, le fruit du sein est une r&#233;compense. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nous le croyons, et nous vivons cette belle r&#233;alit&#233; jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><p>Nova Sophia est une r&#233;compense. Chaque nuit sans sommeil, chaque changement de couche, chaque moment &#224; la tenir pr&#232;s de nous &#8212; tout cela est un pr&#233;cieux cadeau du Seigneur.</p><p>D&#233;j&#224;, elle est rayonnante. Je vois la lumi&#232;re du Christ en elle. Je vois l&#8217;image de Dieu dans son petit visage doux.</p><p>La Gen&#232;se 1 : 27 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Dieu cr&#233;a l&#8217;homme &#224; son image, il le cr&#233;a &#224; l&#8217;image de Dieu, il cr&#233;a l&#8217;homme et la femme. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est tellement clair : elle est faite &#224; l&#8217;image de Dieu.</p><p>Elle est intentionnellement et merveilleusement fa&#231;onn&#233;e par le Ma&#238;tre Cr&#233;ateur, et cela se voit.</p><p>C&#8217;est tellement sp&#233;cial de pouvoir prendre soin de sa pr&#233;cieuse vie.</p><p>Quel privil&#232;ge. Quelle sainte responsabilit&#233;. Quelle joie mise &#224; part.</p><p>Le plus grand d&#233;fi que je choisis d&#8217;embrasser dans cette nouvelle &#233;tape de vie est celui-ci :</p><h2><strong>Rester Pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur au Milieu d&#8217;Interruptions Presque Constantes</strong></h2><p>Voici ce que j&#8217;apprends dans ces premiers jours : la vie avec un nouveau-n&#233; est magnifiquement chaotique.</p><p>Il y a des interruptions presque constantes. Les horaires se dissolvent. Le sommeil profond et continu devient un luxe. Les plans changent d&#8217;heure en heure. Il semble qu&#8217;il faille une &#233;ternit&#233; pour sortir. Et au milieu de tout cela, j&#8217;apprends la n&#233;cessit&#233; de rester pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur d&#8217;une mani&#232;re nouvelle.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce que je recherche. Pas la perfection. Pas l&#8217;ex&#233;cution irr&#233;prochable d&#8217;une liste de contr&#244;le parfaite pour la paternit&#233;.</p><p>Je cherche &#224; rester pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur et &#224; demeurer conscient de Sa pr&#233;sence &#224; travers les moments ordinaires et agit&#233;s. Demeurer en Lui.</p><p>Marcher avec Lui &#224; travers chaque changement de couche, chaque cri avant la t&#233;t&#233;e, chaque moment d&#8217;&#233;puisement nocturne, chaque &#233;lan de joie quand je vois son doux visage.</p><p>Alors, la question que je me pose est la suivante :</p><p>&#192; quoi ressemble le fait de rester pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur en tant que mari et nouveau papa ?</p><h2><strong>Voici quelques enseignements que j&#8217;ai tir&#233;s de la Bible sur le fait de Rester Pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur</strong></h2><h3><strong>1. Demeurer dans le Seigneur.</strong></h3><p>C&#8217;est la priorit&#233; num&#233;ro 1. J&#233;sus a dit en Jean 15 : 4-5 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Demeurez en moi, et je demeurerai en vous. Comme le sarment ne peut de lui-m&#234;me porter du fruit, s&#8217;il ne demeure attach&#233; au cep, ainsi vous ne le pouvez pas non plus, si vous ne demeurez en moi. Je suis le cep, vous &#234;tes les sarments. Celui qui demeure en moi et en qui je demeure porte beaucoup de fruit, car sans moi vous ne pouvez rien faire. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est le fondement. Je ne peux pas &#234;tre le papa dont ma fille a besoin ni le mari auquel je suis appel&#233; dans mes propres forces. J&#8217;ai besoin de demeurer en J&#233;sus, jour apr&#232;s jour. J&#8217;ai besoin de rester connect&#233; au Cep. Sans Lui, je ne peux rien faire. Mais en demeurant en J&#233;sus, je peux porter le bon fruit qui apporte des b&#233;n&#233;dictions &#224; ma famille et aux autres &#8212; l&#8217;amour, la joie, la paix, la patience, la bont&#233;, la bienveillance, la fid&#233;lit&#233;, la douceur, la ma&#238;trise de soi (voir Galates 5 : 22-23).</p><h3><strong>2. Prier sans cesse.</strong></h3><p>1 Thessaloniciens 5 : 16-18 dit simplement :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; 16 Soyez toujours joyeux, 17 priez sans cesse, 18 rendez gr&#226;ces en toutes choses, car c&#8217;est &#224; votre &#233;gard la volont&#233; de Dieu en J&#233;sus-Christ. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Dans ces premi&#232;res semaines, ce passage est plus pertinent que jamais. Nous pouvons choisir consciemment de nous r&#233;jouir, de choisir la joie en tout moment, la joie qui est pleinement accessible en Dieu, notre Source de joie toujours pr&#233;sente. J&#8217;apprends &#224; prier dans les nouveaux petits moments et rythmes : changer une couche, puis la changer &#224; nouveau quand Nova remplit la nouvelle, la bercer pour qu&#8217;elle s&#8217;endorme dans ce que nous appelons maintenant le &#171; c&#226;lin de papa &#187; (imaginez tenir un ballon de rugby, c&#8217;est &#224; peu pr&#232;s &#231;a &#8212; avant-bras sous son corps et main soutenant sa t&#234;te). Simplement la voir respirer pendant qu&#8217;elle fait la sieste est plus que suffisant pour se r&#233;jouir et louer Dieu, notre Source de souffle et de vie.</p><p>Ces pri&#232;res n&#8217;ont pas besoin d&#8217;&#234;tre formelles ou longues. Elles peuvent &#234;tre un simple <strong>&#171; merci, P&#232;re &#187;</strong> murmur&#233; ou un d&#233;sesp&#233;r&#233; &#171; <strong>aide nous, Seigneur J&#233;sus &#187;</strong> au milieu de la nuit.</p><p>Parler &#224; Dieu et l&#8217;&#233;couter, rester connect&#233;, reconna&#238;tre Sa pr&#233;sence d&#8217;un moment &#224; l&#8217;autre &#8212; ces actions apparemment petites ont transform&#233; notre exp&#233;rience des 20 premiers jours de notre fille dans le monde ext&#233;rieur.</p><h3><strong>3. Pratiquer l&#8217;avodah.</strong></h3><p>Je parle d&#8217;un travail rempli de foi et aliment&#233; par l&#8217;amour, de servir et d&#8217;adorer Dieu dans les choses ordinaires et apparemment banales du quotidien. Colossiens 3 : 17 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et quoi que vous fassiez, en parole ou en &#339;uvre, faites tout au nom du Seigneur J&#233;sus, en rendant par lui des actions de gr&#226;ces &#224; Dieu le P&#232;re. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il dit &#171; Quoi que vous fassiez. &#187; M&#234;me les t&#226;ches &#233;puisantes, r&#233;p&#233;titives et souvent humiliantes de prendre soin d&#8217;un nouveau-n&#233;. Tout cela peut &#234;tre fait au nom de J&#233;sus. Tout cela peut &#234;tre fait en partenariat avec le Seigneur. Tout cela peut &#234;tre fait d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui est agr&#233;able au P&#232;re, d&#8217;une mani&#232;re qui fait sourire Dieu.</p><h3><strong>4. Marcher par l&#8217;Esprit.</strong></h3><p>Galates 5 : 16 nous exhorte en disant :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Marchez selon l&#8217;Esprit, et vous n&#8217;accomplirez pas les d&#233;sirs de la chair. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Quand il est 2 heures du matin, que la petite fille est inconsolable et pleure, que nous sommes &#233;puis&#233;s, et que ma bouteille d&#8217;eau se renverse et se d&#233;verse sur le lit pendant que j&#8217;essaie de remplir la bouteille d&#8217;eau de Madison, j&#8217;ai besoin de l&#8217;aide du Consolateur, l&#8217;Esprit toujours pr&#233;sent de Dieu vivant en vous et en moi qui faisons confiance en J&#233;sus. Quand je suis d&#233;pass&#233; et fatigu&#233; des interruptions, j&#8217;ai besoin de J&#233;sus. Quand je suis incertain et tent&#233; de m&#8217;appuyer sur ma propre compr&#233;hension, j&#8217;ai besoin de l&#8217;Esprit de sagesse. M&#234;me quand les choses vont bien et que tout semble parfaitement se d&#233;rouler, je demeure tout aussi utterly d&#233;pendant de Dieu qu&#8217;auparavant.</p><p>Romains 8 : 14 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Car tous ceux qui sont conduits par l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu sont fils de Dieu. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Je veux &#234;tre conduit par l&#8217;Esprit en tant que papa, jour apr&#232;s jour, moment apr&#232;s moment &#8212; les moments de joie comme les moments difficiles.</p><h3><strong>5. Rendre gr&#226;ces en toutes circonstances.</strong></h3><p>Oui, nous revenons &#224; la volont&#233; de Dieu rendue abondamment claire dans 1 Thessaloniciens 5 : 16-18 :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; 16 Soyez toujours joyeux, 17 priez sans cesse, 18 rendez gr&#226;ces en toutes choses, car c&#8217;est &#224; votre &#233;gard la volont&#233; de Dieu en J&#233;sus-Christ. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Le verset 18 dit : &#171; Rendez gr&#226;ces en toutes choses ; car c&#8217;est &#224; votre &#233;gard la volont&#233; de Dieu en J&#233;sus-Christ. &#187; Toutes les circonstances, pas seulement les moments que nous pensons dignes de gratitude.</p><p>Personnellement, je trouve que la gratitude m&#8217;aide vraiment &#224; m&#8217;ancrer dans la pr&#233;sence de Dieu. Il est difficile de ne pas ressentir la proximit&#233; de Dieu quand je commence &#224; m&#8217;engager avec Lui en rendant gr&#226;ces.</p><p>Quand je remercie Dieu pour Sa fid&#233;lit&#233;, pour le cadeau de notre fille, pour le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;&#234;tre papa, pour l&#8217;amour continu de ma belle &#233;pouse qui se manifeste &#8212; je suis rappel&#233; qu&#8217;Il est tellement bon, qu&#8217;Il est pr&#233;sent, et que notre Dieu est digne de toute louange. La gratitude d&#233;place ma perspective de ce qui est difficile vers ce qui est bon, de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur vers le haut.</p><h3><strong>6. Faire confiance &#224; la suffisance de Dieu.</strong></h3><p>2 Corinthiens 12 : 9 nous rappelle la promesse de Dieu en disant :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Ma gr&#226;ce te suffit, car ma puissance s&#8217;accomplit dans la faiblesse. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Quand je consid&#232;re la puissance et la force de Dieu Tout-Puissant, il m&#8217;est beaucoup plus facile de reconna&#238;tre humblement que je suis faible et que j&#8217;ai besoin de Lui.</p><p>Je suis heureux de reconna&#238;tre la r&#233;alit&#233; que je suis insuffisant en moi-m&#234;me.</p><p>Mais la gr&#226;ce du Seigneur mon Dieu est suffisante &#8212; d&#233;bordante, plus que suffisante.</p><p>Sa puissance s&#8217;accomplit dans la faiblesse.</p><p>Je n&#8217;ai pas &#224; &#234;tre un papa parfait. J&#8217;ai &#224; &#234;tre un papa d&#233;pendant &#8212; d&#233;pendant de la gr&#226;ce de Dieu, d&#233;pendant de Sa force, d&#233;pendant de Sa sagesse.</p><p>Philippiens 4 : 13 d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je puis tout par celui qui me fortifie. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Pas par ma propre force. Par J&#233;sus-Christ mon Seigneur.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Toute gloire &#224; Dieu pour cette v&#233;rit&#233; encourageante. Pour ceux d&#8217;entre nous qui ancrent leur foi en J&#233;sus, c&#8217;est notre r&#233;alit&#233;. Vous et moi pouvons tout faire par Celui qui nous fortifie.</p><p>Rien n&#8217;est impossible &#224; Dieu.</p><p>Ce sont quelques-uns des principaux enseignements et rythmes que je tire de la Parole de Dieu sur ce sujet de rester pr&#233;sent avec Dieu au milieu des interruptions. Alors&#8230;</p><h2><strong>&#192; Quoi Cela Ressemble au Jour le Jour</strong></h2><p>&#192; quoi ressemble le fait de rester pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur dans le beau chaos de la nouvelle parentalit&#233; ? Voici ce que je m&#8217;efforce de faire par la foi :</p><p>Je prie &#224; voix haute sur notre fille. M&#234;me si elle ne peut pas encore comprendre les mots, nous proclamons la Parole de Dieu sur elle, nous lui d&#233;clarons des b&#233;n&#233;dictions, et nous remercions Dieu pour elle, sachant que notre P&#232;re &#233;coute. Je prie pour ma femme, pour une gr&#226;ce d&#233;bordante, pour la sagesse, la force, la patience, la joie dans le Seigneur quelles que soient les circonstances toujours changeantes.</p><p>Par la foi, je choisis la gratitude dans les moments difficiles. Quand je me sens &#233;puis&#233; &#224; 2 heures du matin, je peux choisir de remercier Dieu pour la belle opportunit&#233; de tenir notre fille et de prier pour qu&#8217;elle s&#8217;endorme pendant que je la berce dans mes bras. Quand je change ma troisi&#232;me couche du matin, je peux remercier Dieu qu&#8217;elle soit en bonne sant&#233; et qu&#8217;elle s&#8217;&#233;panouisse.</p><p>La gratitude change tout.</p><p>Je m&#8217;appuie sur la Parole de Dieu chaque fois que je le peux et je crois que plus nous sommes occup&#233;s, plus nous avons besoin de temps de qualit&#233; avec Dieu, pas moins.</p><p>M&#234;me si ce ne sont que quelques versets, un passage, un psaume ou un chapitre. Le Psaume 119 : 105 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Ta parole est une lampe &#224; mes pieds, et une lumi&#232;re sur mon sentier. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#8217;ai besoin de cette lumi&#232;re et de cette v&#233;rit&#233; qui r&#233;aligne les perspectives chaque jour.</p><p>La Parole de Dieu m&#8217;ancre, m&#8217;encourage, me corrige et me ram&#232;ne &#224; J&#233;sus.</p><p>Je r&#233;alise de plus en plus &#224; quel point la Bible est un v&#233;ritable tr&#233;sor de sagesse, de v&#233;rit&#233; et de b&#233;n&#233;dictions vivifiantes et &#233;ternelles. Plus je cherche Dieu &#224; travers Sa Parole et la pri&#232;re, plus je r&#233;alise combien je suis aim&#233; de Dieu et combien Il est grand, ainsi que combien je d&#233;pends du Seigneur notre Soutien.</p><p>Et cela &#233;tant dit, autant que j&#8217;aime la paix, le calme et les p&#233;riodes de travail concentr&#233; sans distraction, je choisis d&#8217;embrasser les interruptions et cette saison de vie magnifiquement chaotique.</p><p>Au lieu d&#8217;&#234;tre frustr&#233; par les perturbations presque constantes, j&#8217;apprends &#224; les voir plut&#244;t comme des invitations &#8212; des invitations &#224; d&#233;pendre de Dieu, des invitations &#224; servir avec joie, des invitations &#224; grandir en patience et en amour, des invitations &#224; me renier moi-m&#234;me, &#224; prendre ma croix et &#224; suivre J&#233;sus &#8212; &#224; Sa mani&#232;re.</p><p>Jacques 1 : 2-4 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mes fr&#232;res, regardez comme un sujet de joie compl&#232;te les diverses &#233;preuves auxquelles vous pouvez vous trouver expos&#233;s, sachant que l&#8217;&#233;preuve de votre foi produit la patience. Mais il faut que la patience accomplisse parfaitement son &#339;uvre, afin que vous soyez parfaits et accomplis, sans faillir en rien. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Ces nuits sans sommeil, ces moments d&#8217;incertitude &#8212; ils ne sont peut-&#234;tre pas n&#233;cessairement des &#233;preuves, mais Dieu les utilise pour m&#8217;affiner. Il les utilise pour me fa&#231;onner afin que je ressemble davantage &#224; J&#233;sus, et pour cela, je suis reconnaissant et me sens tellement b&#233;ni et honor&#233; d&#8217;avoir cette opportunit&#233; d&#8217;&#234;tre papa, en partenariat avec le Seigneur.</p><p>Je choisis de me reposer dans la souverainet&#233; et la bont&#233; de Dieu.</p><p>Proverbes 16 : 9 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Le c&#339;ur de l&#8217;homme m&#233;dite sa voie, mais c&#8217;est l&#8217;&#201;ternel qui dirige ses pas. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Nos plans changent. Mon emploi du temps &#233;volue. Les choses ne se passent pas comme pr&#233;vu la plupart du temps.</p><p>Mais Dieu est toujours souverain. Il est toujours bon. Il est toujours en contr&#244;le. Je peux me reposer en cela, et par la puissance de l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu en moi, je choisis de me reposer dans l&#8217;amour du Seigneur mon Cr&#233;ateur.</p><h2><strong>Le C&#339;ur de Tout Cela</strong></h2><p>Voici l&#8217;essence de ce que j&#8217;apprends : rester pr&#233;sent avec le Seigneur ne consiste pas &#224; ajouter davantage de disciplines spirituelles &#224; une saison d&#233;j&#224; surcharg&#233;e. Il s&#8217;agit de reconna&#238;tre que chaque moment est sacr&#233; parce que j&#8217;ai le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;&#234;tre avec Dieu.</p><p>Chaque changement de couche est une occasion de remercier Dieu pour notre fille en bonne sant&#233; et son corps merveilleusement con&#231;u. Les pleurs et l&#8217;agitation de Nova Sophia la nuit sont une invitation &#224; prier. Comme notre sage-femme fran&#231;aise l&#8217;a dit, &#171; Si elle pleure, c&#8217;est bien, elle respire. &#187; Alors, m&#234;me les pleurs sont une raison de rendre gr&#226;ces, notre fille a le souffle dans ses poumons, et nous aussi.</p><p>Chaque moment tranquille &#224; tenir ma fille est une occasion de chanter des louanges au Seigneur. Et elle semble d&#8217;ailleurs adorer quand nous chantons. Nous avons ador&#233; tout au long de la grossesse, donc je ne suis pas surpris que le chant semble apporter paix et calme &#224; Nova.</p><p>Ce que je partage porte vraiment sur le fait de voir Dieu dans l&#8217;ordinaire. C&#8217;est pratiquer la conscience de Sa pr&#233;sence dans le banal, et r&#233;pondre avec joie, pri&#232;re et gratitude. C&#8217;est demeurer en J&#233;sus dans le beau chaos de la vie quotidienne.</p><p>Le Psaume 16 : 11 dit :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Tu me feras conna&#238;tre le sentier de la vie ; il y a une abondance de joies devant ta face, des d&#233;lices &#233;ternels &#224; ta droite. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>En la pr&#233;sence de notre Dieu, il y a une pl&#233;nitude de joie !</p><p>Pas quand tout est facile. Pas quand j&#8217;ai tout compris. Mais en Sa pr&#233;sence.</p><p>M&#234;me maintenant. Au milieu des moments chaotiques. Au milieu de l&#8217;&#233;puisement. Au milieu de la plus belle saison de ma vie.</p><p>Notre Dieu est plus proche que le souffle dans nos poumons. Notre P&#232;re aime d&#8217;un amour &#233;ternel. Notre Seigneur est Emmanuel, Dieu avec nous.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Si vous connaissez Dieu, vous savez que c&#8217;est tout simplement la meilleure nouvelle qui soit. Cela ne vieillit jamais.</p><p>Et si nous vivions comme si c&#8217;&#233;tait vrai, comme c&#8217;est le cas ?</p><p>&#212; Seigneur, aide-nous &#224; vivre comme si c&#8217;&#233;tait vrai, comme si Tu &#233;tais toujours avec nous, comme Tu l&#8217;as promis, Seigneur J&#233;sus ! Merci, Dieu !</p><p>Alors, amis,</p><h2><strong>Priez-Vous avec Nous ?</strong></h2><p>Alors que je continue d&#8217;embrasser l&#8217;art imparfait d&#8217;&#234;tre papa, je voudrais vous demander de continuer &#224; prier pour nous.</p><p>Priez que nous restions pr&#233;sents avec le Seigneur dans cette nouvelle saison et dans chaque saison &#8212; les joyeuses et les difficiles. Priez que nous demeurions en J&#233;sus, marchions par l&#8217;Esprit, et portions le bon fruit de l&#8217;Esprit dans nos vies.</p><p>Priez pour Madison Rose, ma merveilleuse et douce &#233;pouse, pendant qu&#8217;elle se remet et continue de materner notre fille avec tant d&#8217;amour et de gr&#226;ce. Priez pour notre fille, Nova Sophia, qu&#8217;elle connaisse l&#8217;amour de J&#233;sus d&#232;s ses premiers jours, qu&#8217;elle croisse en sagesse, en stature et en faveur aupr&#232;s de Dieu et des hommes, tout comme J&#233;sus l&#8217;a fait (voir Luc 2 : 52).</p><p>Priez pour que notre maison soit un lieu o&#249; la pr&#233;sence de Dieu est &#233;vidente et puissante, o&#249; Sa Parole est pr&#233;cieuse, o&#249; les autres sont accueillis, et o&#249; Son amour est manifest&#233;. Priez pour que nous prenions bien soin de la vie de Nova Sophia, en la dirigeant vers J&#233;sus chaque jour, en lui apprenant &#224; aimer Dieu de tout son c&#339;ur, de toute son &#226;me, de tout son esprit et de toute sa force.</p><p>Priez que Dieu nous ouvre un chemin pour obtenir une assurance maladie fran&#231;aise bient&#244;t &#8212; nous avons fait notre demande il y a 9 mois. Priez pour nous alors que nous planifions de quitter notre petit studio r&#233;cemment vendu et d&#8217;emm&#233;nager dans le lieu que le Seigneur a pr&#233;par&#233; pour nous et notre famille &#8212; o&#249; que ce soit.</p><p>Priez pour que nous soyons fid&#232;les au Seigneur alors que nous continuons d&#8217;avancer par la foi malgr&#233; les nombreuses inconnues.</p><p>Priez comme le Bon Berger vous guide !</p><p>Nous ne pouvons pas vous remercier assez pour votre soutien en pri&#232;re.</p><h2><strong>En tout, Nous D&#233;bordons de Gratitude</strong></h2><p>Ces 3 premi&#232;res semaines de vie de Nova ont &#233;t&#233; un cadeau. Un cadeau beau, &#233;puisant, rempli de joie et affinant. Je suis reconnaissant &#224; Dieu d&#8217;avoir r&#233;pondu &#224; nos pri&#232;res et aux v&#244;tres, d&#8217;avoir &#233;t&#233; si pr&#233;sent pendant le travail et l&#8217;accouchement, et de nous avoir donn&#233; Nova Sophia.</p><p>Je suis reconnaissant pour le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;&#234;tre papa. Je suis reconnaissant pour l&#8217;opportunit&#233; de prendre soin de sa vie, de bien l&#8217;aimer, de la diriger vers J&#233;sus, en tant que fille du Roi des rois et Seigneur des seigneurs. Je suis reconnaissant pour ma femme pleine d&#8217;amour, qui a travaill&#233; avec tant de force et de paix, qui prend soin de notre petite fille avec tant de tendresse et de d&#233;vouement.</p><p>Et je suis reconnaissant pour la fid&#233;lit&#233; de Dieu. Il a &#233;t&#233; fid&#232;le &#224; chaque instant, que nous en ayons &#233;t&#233; conscients ou non. Dieu a &#233;t&#233; pr&#233;sent dans chaque &#233;preuve. Il a &#233;t&#233; suffisant dans chaque faiblesse. Il a &#233;t&#233; notre refuge, notre force et notre aide.</p><p>Le Psaume 103 : 1-2 d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; B&#233;nis l&#8217;&#201;ternel, &#244; mon &#226;me ! Que tout ce qui est en moi b&#233;nisse son saint nom ! B&#233;nis l&#8217;&#201;ternel, &#244; mon &#226;me, et n&#8217;oublie aucun de ses bienfaits ! &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Par Sa gr&#226;ce et Son amour abondants, nous n&#8217;oublierons pas Ses bienfaits. Nous b&#233;nirons Son nom. Nous Lui rendrons louange.</p><div><hr></div><blockquote><h3><em><strong>P&#232;re c&#233;leste,</strong></em></h3><p><em><strong>Merci pour le cadeau de la vie de Nova Sophia.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Merci pour Ta pr&#233;sence.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Merci pour Ta fid&#233;lit&#233;.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Merci de nous avoir si bien aim&#233;s, de remplir nos c&#339;urs de joie en Ta pr&#233;sence, et de demeurer si proche de nous.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Merci de nous avoir donn&#233;s le pouvoir de recevoir et de partager Ton AMOUR, de servir avec JOIE, de rester pr&#233;sents avec Toi au milieu du beau chaos.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Dieu, Tu es digne de confiance. Seigneur, Tu es bon. P&#232;re, Tu es fid&#232;le. Esprit, Tu es pr&#233;sent. Roi J&#233;sus, Tu r&#232;gnes.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Je Te fais confiance. Je m&#8217;accroche &#224; Toi. Je d&#233;pends de Toi. Je crois que Ta Parole est vraie. Et c&#8217;est le jour que Toi, Seigneur, Tu as fait, nous choisissons de nous r&#233;jouir et d&#8217;&#234;tre dans l&#8217;all&#233;gresse.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Nous c&#233;l&#233;brons, rendons gr&#226;ces et prions au nom puissant de J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur,</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Amen.</strong></em></p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p>Amis, merci de nous avoir rejoints dans ce voyage continu avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Merci de prendre soin de nous et de nous soutenir dans les joies de la parentalit&#233;.</p><p>Et au sujet de notre Nova, elle est absolument aussi douce qu&#8217;on peut l&#8217;&#234;tre. Rayonnante. Pleine de vie. Grandissant chaque jour. Et je n&#8217;attends qu&#8217;une chose, c&#8217;est de partager bient&#244;t davantage sur notre voyage avec vous tous.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette VIE EN MISSION avec notre Dieu aimant et missionnaire.</p><div><hr></div><p>Si vous voulez continuer &#224; suivre, abonnez-vous si vous ne l&#8217;avez pas d&#233;j&#224; fait.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux contenus et soutenir ce travail, vous pouvez devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Connaissez-vous des papas, actuels ou futurs, qui pourraient &#234;tre b&#233;nis ou &#233;difi&#233;s par cet article ? Vous pouvez simplement le partager en cliquant sur les boutons Partager ci-dessous. Vous pouvez &#233;galement partager ce minist&#232;re de publication <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> </strong>en cliquant sur le bouton Partager cette Publication. Cela vous am&#232;ne &#224; la page d&#8217;accueil du site Web <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LOM</a></strong> qui est &#233;galement accessible <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">ici</a>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/20-days-into-fatherhood-with-our?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/20-days-into-fatherhood-with-our?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que vous avez &#233;t&#233; encourag&#233; et b&#233;ni par ce podcast-article honn&#234;te. Assez bient&#244;t, notre b&#233;b&#233; sera l&#224; et je ne suis pas s&#251;r du temps que j&#8217;aurai pour partager tout ce que nous vivons, mais je ferai de mon mieux pour vous emmener un peu dans ce voyage avec nous.</p><p>Pour vous tous qui priez pour nous. Encore une fois, merci ! C&#8217;est une telle joie et un tel honneur de savoir qu&#8217;il y a des &#226;mes mises &#224; part qui nous soutiennent par la pri&#232;re. Et que notre Dieu intentionnel et aimant vous b&#233;nisse !</p><p>Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !<br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: “Have You TASTED and SEEN?” A Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : « Avez-vous Goûté et Vu ? » Une Série sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Invitation to Know God Personally (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187308993/ed9ede23b970d0ef4c4669f22358f260.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends! Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Welcome to the 1st part in this Drawing Near series, following the series introduction, linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">below</a>.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD</a></strong></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Here&#8217;s The Heart Behind This Series</strong></h3><p>Over the next few weeks, we&#8217;re exploring what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ. This isn&#8217;t about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines&#8212;this is about <em>relationship</em>. Real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God. We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing our relational growth with the Lord, expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith, and discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised, as He said: &#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly&#8221; (John 10:10).</p><p>Throughout this seven-part journey, we&#8217;ll explore some crucial questions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s kingdom first? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Have you counted the cost&#8212;and the gain&#8212;of following Jesus? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What distractions need to be cut off so you can cling to God? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you willing to take time to build a real relationship with Him? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him?<br></strong></p></li></ul><p>Today, we begin with </p><h2>Part 1: <strong>&#8220;Have You Tasted and Seen?&#8221;</strong>&#8212; The invitation to know God <strong>personally</strong>, <em>not</em> just know <em>about</em> Him.</h2><p>Psalm 34:8 declares,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Taste and see that the LORD is good; <br>      blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p><br>I believe this question should pierce through the noise of our busy lives: <em><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</strong></em></p><p>Not just heard about it. Not just believed it intellectually. But have you <em>experienced</em> this for yourself?</p><p>Note, the psalmist doesn&#8217;t say &#8220;hear about and believe&#8221; or &#8220;read about and accept.&#8221; He says <em>taste and see</em>. These are intimate, personal, experiential words. You can&#8217;t taste something secondhand. You can&#8217;t see through someone else&#8217;s eyes.</p><p>This is an invitation to know God <em>yourself</em>.</p><p>Jesus prayed these words to the Father,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent&#8221; </strong>(John 17:3).</h4></blockquote><p>Eternal life isn&#8217;t just a destination. It&#8217;s a relationship that begins now.</p><p>It&#8217;s knowing God intimately, personally, deeply.</p><p>But here&#8217;s the reality many of us face: <strong>We&#8217;ve grown accustomed to knowing </strong><em><strong>about</strong></em><strong> God without truly </strong><em><strong>knowing</strong></em><strong> Him.</strong></p><p>Many of us have settled for secondhand revelations and messages when God is offering a firsthand relationship. We&#8217;ve believed the reports about His goodness without pressing in to taste it for ourselves.</p><p><em>Why is this?</em></p><p>Maybe we&#8217;re hearing, but not really willing to listen. Jesus often said,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Whoever has ears, let them hear&#8221;</strong> (Matthew 13:9).</h4></blockquote><p>The implication? Many have ears but aren&#8217;t truly hearing. We&#8217;re surrounded by distracting noise and voices&#8212;notifications, news, entertainment, opinions, worries&#8212;and God&#8217;s gentle whisper gets drowned out.</p><p>Listening requires attentiveness, responsiveness, and intentionality.</p><p>Jesus Himself said this in John 10:27,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p></p><h4><em><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd?</strong></em></h4><h4><em><strong>Can you distinguish His voice from all the others clamoring for your attention?<br></strong></em></h4><p>The beautiful truth is this: God is not hiding from you and me. He&#8217;s not playing hard to get. He stands at the door and knocks (see Revelation 3:20).</p><p>He&#8217;s ready and willing to meet with us. The question isn&#8217;t about His availability&#8212;it&#8217;s about ours.</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.&#8221; </strong>(James 4:8).</h4></blockquote><p>This is a promise, not a suggestion. Draw near, and He <em>will</em> draw near. It&#8217;s guaranteed.</p><p>But<strong> drawing near </strong>requires something of us.</p><ul><li><p>It requires that<strong> we turn our eyes toward Jesus Christ and take them off our circumstances</strong> (see Hebrews 12:2).</p></li><li><p>It requires that <strong>we let go of distractions to cling to Him</strong> (see the verse before, Hebrews 12:1).</p></li><li><p>It requires that <strong>we make space&#8212;actual time and full attention&#8212;for the One who created us and time itself.</strong></p></li></ul><p>Here&#8217;s a question to sit with today:</p><h3><strong>Do you come to God </strong><em><strong>for who He is</strong></em><strong>, or just for </strong><em><strong>what He gives</strong></em><strong>?</strong></h3><p>It&#8217;s a challenging question, isn&#8217;t it?</p><p>We can easily be so focused on blessings, answers to prayer, provision, and comfort that we miss the Blesser Himself. We can seek the gift over the Giver Himself.</p><p>Jesus addressed this directly when crowds followed Him after He fed the five thousand:</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.&#8221;</strong> (John 6:26).</h4></blockquote><p>The crowds wanted the bread. Jesus wanted to give them Himself&#8212;the Bread of Life.</p><p><em>What if intimacy with God begins when we stop treating Him like a divine vending machine and start loving Him simply for who He is?</em></p><p><em>What if we came to Him with empty hands and open hearts, wholeheartedly seeking His face and not just His hand?</em></p><p><em>What if you and I sought God for who He is, not just for what He gives?</em></p><p>In Jeremiah 29:13, God speaks to the exiles taken from Jerusalem to Babylon,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>He says, &#8220;All your heart.&#8221; Not half-hearted. Not distracted. Not divided. <em>All</em> your heart.</p><p>This is the invitation before you and me today:<strong> to taste and see that God is good.</strong> To truly know the One who created you, loves you, and longs to commune with you. Not just to know about Him, but to know Him&#8212;as intimately as you know your dearest friend, and even more so.</p><p>The door is unlocked. Jesus is knocking. Will you let Him in?</p><h3><strong><br>Reflection Questions</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong>When was the last time you experienced God&#8217;s goodness personally, not just heard about it?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>What voices are currently louder in your life than God&#8217;s voice?</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>If you&#8217;re honest, do you come to God more for what He gives or for who He is?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Take a moment, as long as you need to prayerfully consider these questions before the Lord. He&#8217;s nearer then the breath in your lungs. Let these questions lead you to engage with the Lord Himself. </p><h3><strong><br>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h3><blockquote><p><strong>Good and gracious Lord,</strong></p><p>Blessed is the one who takes refuge in You.</p><p>You are always good, loving Father, so ready to draw near to us as we draw near to You.<br>   Thank You, God.</p><p>I want to truly know You. <br>   Not just know about You, but experientially know You personally.</p><p>May we experience the joys of eternal life through Christ, truly knowing You, &#8220;the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent&#8221; (John 17:3)</p><p>May we have ears to hear You speak as You guide us into all truth.</p><p>May we be sheep who listen to Your voice; fully known and fully loved by You, and following You with joyful obedience and faithfulness in little.</p><p>Help me quiet the noise, turn my eyes toward You, and make space to hear Your voice.</p><p>I want to taste and see that You are good.<br>   Draw me near as I draw near to You.</p><p>We pray in the name of Jesus our Lord,<br>Amen.</p></blockquote><p><em><strong>Hallelujah! Thank You, Lord, for all You are doing now and all you will do!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, I hope and pray that God inspires you through this post. Here is</p><h3><strong>What to Do Next:</strong></h3><ol><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. <br>   Click the <strong>share</strong> button below.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Subscribe</strong> so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. You can simply add your email below. </p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p>Set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li></ol><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: <strong>&#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;<br></strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#128588;  Here&#8217;s Big Update! &#128588; </strong></h2><p>As we are preparing to welcome our baby girl into the world this week, Lord willing, I may take a brief pause in publishing. </p><p><strong>As the Lord directed me and through our daily communion, He has helped me to publish 3 podcast-posts every week for the past year, from February 2025 to February 2026. </strong></p><p><strong>All glory to our intentional and gracious God for that!</strong> </p><p>Intimacy with God is priceless and it really does impact every other part of life, especially our marriage and all our relationships with others. These podcasts are just some of the overflow of my relationship with the Lord our awesome God.</p><p>This has been such a powerful journey of avodah with God and faithfulness in the little things over the year. </p><p>Before the start of 2026, the Lord inspired me to diligently work with Him across 40-day work periods devoted to specific priorities God has given me, followed by 7 days of rest from pursuing these core priorities. </p><p>It looks like the Lord just so happened to plan our baby&#8217;s birth during this period of resting as I will enter into a very exciting and new season of life with our family of three! Hallelujah!</p><p><strong>I just wanted to share that it&#8217;s been an honor to share these 156 podcasts and posts with you all over the past year. </strong></p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Lord our ever-present God! All things are possible with You!</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p><br>So, friends, our journey into this series Drawing Near to God will continue soon with <strong>Part 2: &#8220;Seeking First&#8221;</strong> &#8211; The choice that changes everything: making God&#8217;s Kingdom and righteousness our priority.</p><p>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : &#171; Avez-vous Go&#251;t&#233; et Vu ? &#187; Une S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</strong></h1><h2><em>L&#8217;Invitation &#224; Conna&#238;tre Dieu Personnellement</em></h2><div><hr></div><p>Salut les amis ! Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette VIE EN MISSION avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Bienvenue &#224; la 1&#232;re partie de cette s&#233;rie S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu, qui suit l&#8217;introduction de la s&#233;rie, accessible ci-dessous.</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a">S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; Une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</a></strong></p></li></ul><h3><strong>Voici Le C&#339;ur Derri&#232;re Cette S&#233;rie</strong></h3><p>Au cours des prochaines semaines, nous explorons ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir en intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas de faire plus d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles&#8212;il s&#8217;agit de <strong>relation</strong>. Une relation r&#233;elle, profonde, qui transforme la vie avec le Dieu vivant. Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui emp&#234;che notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur, exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent coinc&#233;s dans une foi superficielle, et d&#233;couvrir des chemins pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise : &#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance &#187; (Jean 10:10).</p><p>Tout au long de ce parcours en sept parties, nous explorerons quelques questions cruciales :</p><ul><li><p><strong>Avez-vous vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Cherchez-vous d&#8217;abord le royaume de Dieu ? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t&#8212;et le gain&#8212;de suivre J&#233;sus ? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es pour que vous puissiez vous attacher &#224; Dieu ? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps de construire une vraie relation avec Lui ? </strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Connaissez-vous la voix de votre Bon Berger ? &#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui ?</strong></p></li></ul><p>Aujourd&#8217;hui, nous commen&#231;ons avec la </p><h2><strong>Partie 1 : &#171; Avez-vous Go&#251;t&#233; et Vu ? &#187; &#8212; L&#8217;invitation &#224; conna&#238;tre Dieu personnellement, pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Lui.</strong></h2><p>Le Psaume 34:8 d&#233;clare,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Sentez et voyez combien l&#8217;&#201;ternel est bon ! Heureux l&#8217;homme qui cherche en lui son refuge ! &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il y a une question qui transperce le bruit de nos vies occup&#233;es : Avez-vous vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</p><p>Pas seulement entendu parler de cela. Pas seulement y avoir cru intellectuellement. Mais l&#8217;avez-vous exp&#233;riment&#233; par vous-m&#234;me ?</p><p>Notez que le psalmiste ne dit pas &#171; entendez parler et croyez &#187; ou &#171; lisez et acceptez &#187;. Il dit go&#251;tez et voyez. Ce sont des mots intimes, personnels, exp&#233;rientiels. Vous ne pouvez pas go&#251;ter quelque chose de seconde main. Vous ne pouvez pas voir &#224; travers les yeux de quelqu&#8217;un d&#8217;autre.</p><p>C&#8217;est une invitation &#224; conna&#238;tre Dieu vous-m&#234;me.</p><p>J&#233;sus a pri&#233; ces paroles au P&#232;re,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Or, la vie &#233;ternelle, c&#8217;est qu&#8217;ils te connaissent, toi, le seul vrai Dieu, et celui que tu as envoy&#233;, J&#233;sus-Christ &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Jean 17:3).</strong></p></blockquote><p>La vie &#233;ternelle n&#8217;est pas seulement une destination. C&#8217;est une relation qui commence maintenant.</p><p>C&#8217;est conna&#238;tre Dieu intimement, personnellement, profond&#233;ment.</p><p>Mais voici la r&#233;alit&#233; &#224; laquelle beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous sommes confront&#233;s : Nous nous sommes habitu&#233;s &#224; conna&#238;tre des choses sur Dieu sans vraiment Le conna&#238;tre.</p><p>Beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous se sont content&#233;s de t&#233;moignages de seconde main alors que Dieu offre une relation de premi&#232;re main. Nous avons cru les rapports sur Sa bont&#233; sans nous engager pour la go&#251;ter par nous-m&#234;mes.</p><p>Pourquoi cela ?</p><p>Peut-&#234;tre que nous entendons, mais ne sommes pas vraiment pr&#234;ts &#224; &#233;couter. J&#233;sus disait souvent,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Que celui qui a des oreilles pour entendre entende &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Matthieu 13:9).</strong></p></blockquote><p>L&#8217;implication ? Beaucoup ont des oreilles mais n&#8217;entendent pas vraiment. Nous sommes entour&#233;s de bruit et de voix distrayants&#8212;notifications, actualit&#233;s, divertissement, opinions, soucis&#8212;et le doux murmure de Dieu se noie.</p><p>&#201;couter n&#233;cessite de l&#8217;attention, de la r&#233;activit&#233; et de l&#8217;intentionnalit&#233;.</p><p>J&#233;sus Lui-m&#234;me a dit ceci dans Jean 10:27,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Mes brebis entendent ma voix ; je les connais, et elles me suivent. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><h4><strong><br>Connaissez-vous la voix de votre Bon Berger ?</strong></h4><h4><strong>Pouvez-vous distinguer Sa voix de toutes les autres qui r&#233;clament votre attention ?<br></strong></h4><p>La belle v&#233;rit&#233; est celle-ci : Dieu ne se cache pas de vous et moi. Il ne joue pas &#224; se faire d&#233;sirer. Il se tient &#224; la porte et frappe (voir Apocalypse 3:20).</p><p>Il est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous rencontrer. La question n&#8217;est pas sa disponibilit&#233;&#8212;c&#8217;est la n&#244;tre.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s&#8217;approchera de vous. &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Jacques 4:8).</strong></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est une promesse, pas une suggestion. Approchez-vous, et Il s&#8217;approchera. C&#8217;est garanti.</p><p>Mais s&#8217;approcher exige quelque chose de nous.</p><ul><li><p>Cela exige que nous tournions nos yeux vers Lui et que nous les d&#233;tournions de nos circonstances (voir H&#233;breux 12:2).</p></li><li><p>Cela exige que nous l&#226;chions les distractions pour nous attacher &#224; Lui (voir le verset pr&#233;c&#233;dent, H&#233;breux 12:1).</p></li><li><p>Cela exige que nous fassions de la place&#8212;du temps r&#233;el et une attention totale&#8212;pour Celui qui nous a cr&#233;&#233;s et qui a cr&#233;&#233; le temps lui-m&#234;me.</p></li></ul><p>Voici une question sur laquelle m&#233;diter aujourd&#8217;hui :</p><h4><strong>Venez-vous &#224; Dieu pour qui Il est, ou seulement pour ce qu&#8217;Il donne ?</strong></h4><p><br>C&#8217;est une question difficile, n&#8217;est-ce pas ?</p><p>Nous pouvons facilement &#234;tre tellement concentr&#233;s sur les b&#233;n&#233;dictions, les r&#233;ponses &#224; la pri&#232;re, la provision et le r&#233;confort que nous manquons le Bienfaiteur Lui-m&#234;me. Nous pouvons chercher le cadeau plut&#244;t que le Donneur Lui-m&#234;me.</p><p>J&#233;sus a abord&#233; cela directement lorsque les foules L&#8217;ont suivi apr&#232;s qu&#8217;Il ait nourri les cinq mille :</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; En v&#233;rit&#233;, en v&#233;rit&#233;, je vous le dis, vous me cherchez, non parce que vous avez vu des miracles, mais parce que vous avez mang&#233; des pains et que vous avez &#233;t&#233; rassasi&#233;s &#187;</strong></em><strong> (Jean 6:26).</strong></p></blockquote><p>Les foules voulaient le pain. J&#233;sus voulait leur donner Lui-m&#234;me&#8212;le Pain de Vie.</p><p>Et si l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu commen&#231;ait lorsque nous arr&#234;tons de Le traiter comme un distributeur automatique divin et commen&#231;ons &#224; L&#8217;aimer simplement pour qui Il est ?</p><p>Et si nous venions &#224; Lui avec les mains vides et le c&#339;ur ouvert, cherchant de tout c&#339;ur Sa face et pas seulement Sa main ?</p><p>Et si vous et moi cherchions Dieu pour qui Il est, et pas seulement pour ce qu&#8217;Il donne ?</p><p>Dans J&#233;r&#233;mie 29:13, Dieu parle aux exil&#233;s emmen&#233;s de J&#233;rusalem &#224; Babylone,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Vous me chercherez, et vous me trouverez, si vous me cherchez de tout votre c&#339;ur. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Il dit, &#171; De tout votre c&#339;ur. &#187; Pas &#224; moiti&#233;. Pas distraitement. Pas divis&#233;. De tout votre c&#339;ur.</p><p>C&#8217;est l&#8217;invitation devant vous aujourd&#8217;hui : go&#251;ter et voir. Vraiment conna&#238;tre Celui qui vous a cr&#233;&#233;, vous aime, et d&#233;sire communier avec vous. Pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Lui, mais Le conna&#238;tre&#8212;aussi intimement que vous connaissez votre ami le plus cher, et m&#234;me plus.</p><p><strong>La porte est d&#233;verrouill&#233;e. J&#233;sus frappe. Allez-vous Le laisser entrer ?</strong></p><h2><strong>Questions de R&#233;flexion</strong></h2><ul><li><p>Quand avez-vous exp&#233;riment&#233; la bont&#233; de Dieu personnellement pour la derni&#232;re fois, et non pas seulement entendu parler d&#8217;elle ?</p></li><li><p>Quelles voix sont actuellement plus fortes dans votre vie que la voix de Dieu ?</p></li><li><p>Si vous &#234;tes honn&#234;te, venez-vous &#224; Dieu plus pour ce qu&#8217;Il donne ou pour qui Il est ?</p></li></ul><p>Prenez un moment, aussi long que n&#233;cessaire pour consid&#233;rer ces questions dans la pri&#232;re devant le Seigneur. Il est plus proche que le souffle dans vos poumons. Laissez ces questions vous conduire &#224; vous engager avec le Seigneur Lui-m&#234;me.</p><h2><strong>Prions</strong></h2><blockquote><p><strong>Bon et gracieux Seigneur,</strong></p><p>Heureux celui qui cherche refuge en Toi.</p><p>Tu es toujours bon, P&#232;re aimant, si pr&#234;t &#224; T&#8217;approcher de nous alors que nous nous approchons de Toi. Merci, Dieu.</p><p>Je veux vraiment Te conna&#238;tre. Pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Toi, mais Te conna&#238;tre exp&#233;rientiellement et personnellement.</p><p>Que nous exp&#233;rimentions les joies de la vie &#233;ternelle par Christ, Te connaissant vraiment, &#171; toi, le seul vrai Dieu, et celui que tu as envoy&#233;, J&#233;sus-Christ &#187; (Jean 17:3)</p><p>Que nous ayons des oreilles pour T&#8217;entendre parler alors que Tu nous guides dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233;.</p><p>Que nous soyons des brebis qui &#233;coutent Ta voix ; pleinement connus et pleinement aim&#233;s par Toi, et Te suivant avec ob&#233;issance joyeuse et fid&#233;lit&#233; dans les petites choses.</p><p>Aide-moi &#224; calmer le bruit, &#224; tourner mes yeux vers Toi, et &#224; faire de la place pour entendre Ta voix.</p><p>Je veux go&#251;ter et voir que Tu es bon. Approche-Toi de moi alors que je m&#8217;approche de Toi.</p><p>Nous prions au nom de J&#233;sus notre Seigneur, <br>Amen.</p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis, voici</p><h3><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite :</strong></h3><ol><li><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Cliquez sur le bouton de partage ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-have-you-tasted-and?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="2"><li><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Vous pouvez simplement ajouter votre email ci-dessous.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION avec TANNER KLEIN</a> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par les lecteurs. Pour recevoir de nouveaux articles et soutenir mon travail, envisagez de devenir un abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</strong></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="3"><li><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment sur les &#201;critures incluses dans ces podcasts-articles.</p></li><li><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : <strong>&#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</strong></p></li></ol><div><hr></div><h2><strong>&#128588;  Voici une Grande Mise &#224; Jour ! &#128588; </strong></h2><p>Alors que nous nous pr&#233;parons &#224; accueillir notre petite fille dans le monde cette semaine, si Dieu le veut, je prendrai peut-&#234;tre une br&#232;ve pause dans la publication.</p><p><strong>Comme le Seigneur m&#8217;a dirig&#233; et &#224; travers notre communion quotidienne, Il m&#8217;a aid&#233; &#224; publier 3 podcasts-articles chaque semaine au cours de l&#8217;ann&#233;e pass&#233;e, de f&#233;vrier 2024 &#224; f&#233;vrier 2025.</strong></p><p><strong>Toute gloire &#224; notre Dieu intentionnel et gracieux pour cela !</strong></p><p>L&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu n&#8217;a pas de prix et elle impacte vraiment toutes les autres parties de la vie, en particulier notre mariage et toutes nos relations avec les autres. Ces podcasts ne sont qu&#8217;une partie du d&#233;bordement de ma relation avec le Seigneur notre Dieu extraordinaire.</p><p>Cela a &#233;t&#233; un parcours si puissant d&#8217;avodah avec Dieu et de fid&#233;lit&#233; dans les petites choses au cours de l&#8217;ann&#233;e.</p><p>Avant le d&#233;but de 2026, le Seigneur m&#8217;a inspir&#233; &#224; travailler avec diligence avec Lui sur des p&#233;riodes de travail de 40 jours consacr&#233;es &#224; des priorit&#233;s sp&#233;cifiques que Dieu m&#8217;a donn&#233;es, suivies de 7 jours de repos de la poursuite de ces priorit&#233;s fondamentales.</p><p>Il semble que le Seigneur ait justement pr&#233;vu la naissance de notre b&#233;b&#233; pendant cette p&#233;riode de repos alors que j&#8217;entrerai dans une saison de vie tr&#232;s excitante et nouvelle avec notre famille de trois ! All&#233;luia !</p><p><strong>Je voulais simplement partager que cela a &#233;t&#233; un honneur de partager ces 156 podcasts et articles avec vous tous au cours de l&#8217;ann&#233;e pass&#233;e.</strong></p><p><em><strong>Merci, Seigneur notre Dieu toujours pr&#233;sent ! Tout est possible avec Toi !</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p>Le parcours continue la semaine prochaine avec la <strong>Partie 2 : &#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;</strong> &#8211; Le choix qui change tout : faire du Royaume et de la justice de Dieu notre priorit&#233;.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance ! <br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em> </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1456" height="502" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:502,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[EMBRACING The IMPERFECT ART of BEING A DAD: Days Away from Meeting Our Baby Girl! / 🇫🇷 Embrasser l’Art Imparfait d’Être Papa ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1: Ready to Receive This Gift (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:25:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187088130/b8ea14df5fb57a7727d50a6794dad9a1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3620365,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/187088130?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>In less than two weeks, my wife and I get to meet our daughter!</strong></h4><h4><strong>I get to be a dad!</strong></h4><h4><strong>We get to steward the life of an eternal soul, the precious daughter God is beautifully and wonderfully knitting together in my sweet wife&#8217;s womb.</strong></h4><p>As I write this, I  am full of joy and peace. My heart is overflowing with excitement, and a kind of holy anticipation.</p><p>We&#8217;re about to enter a different kind of season, a season of life that continues for years, Lord willing, for decades&#8212;the season of parenting. A season of long-term, unending commitment in love.</p><p>In that sense, it&#8217;s similar to my marriage with Madison Rose, a long-term, unending covenantal commitment in love.</p><p>We know the Lord has been preparing us for this moment, and I believe with everything in me that God our Deliverer will beautifully deliver this baby and empower us to love her well. We believe she will be radiant and grow into a healthy future woman of God, full of Christ&#8217;s light, wisdom, and love. Not because of our parenting prowess, but because God is faithful, He is and will be with us, and He will bring His exceedingly good plans to fruition.</p><p>This is the first in what I expect will be a series of posts on embracing fatherhood and parenting with some raw and honest reflections from a faith-filled, Christ-centered, God-fearing perspective. I definitely don&#8217;t claim to have it all figured out, that much is certain. I&#8217;m no expert and my experience is non-existent at the moment, But, I&#8217;m learning that embracing the imperfect art of being a dad means admitting that perfection was never the goal. Faithfulness is the goal. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m after with Jesus, and that&#8217;s what I know God will empower.</p><p>With that said, that leads us to a very important question that I am considering.</p><p><em><strong>What kind of dad will I aim to be?</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>What kind of dad will I become and how can I embrace the steps of faith I need to take now so that over time, I will become this faithful dad?</strong></em></p><h2><strong>Here&#8217;s What I Want to Be as a Dad</strong></h2><p>I want to be <strong>abounding in love as God</strong> pours His love into my heart through the Holy Spirit, as it says in Romans 5:5.</p><p>Inspired by Galatians 5:22-23 and John 15:9, I want to <strong>abide in Jesus and remain in His love</strong>, and so <strong>produce every fruit of the Holy Spirit</strong>&#8212;love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.</p><p>I want to <strong>be a faith-filled, Christ-centered, God-fearing son, husband, and dad.</strong></p><p>I want to <strong>be devoted and faithful to God in every role He entrusts to me</strong>&#8212;as His son, as a husband to my wife, and as a dad to this precious little girl.</p><p>I want to continue as <strong>a man of faith, resolve, and action</strong>.</p><p>Inspired by Romans 8:14, I want to be a <strong>Spirit-led and Spirit-filled dad, walking in the Spirit as a son of God</strong>.</p><p>I want to <strong>embody being a joy-filled dad, with my beliefs, speech, and actions aligned with the Word of God,</strong> truly living like the &#8220;Word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart&#8221; as it says in Hebrews 4:12.</p><p>I want God&#8217;s Word to shape me, mold me, and guide me in this life-long journey with Jesus.</p><p>I want to <strong>learn more about what it looks like to be a faithful dad.</strong></p><p>I want to <strong>ask good questions.</strong></p><p>I want to <strong>be more like Jesus, day by day.</strong></p><p>I believe God can empower all of this and that these desires align with His will and Word.</p><p>I know that more than having aligned desires, I need the power of God&#8217;s Spirit to help me be faithful to God as a son, husband, and dad.</p><h2><strong><br>What Does It Look Like to Be Faithful to God as a Son, Husband, &amp; Dad?</strong></h2><p>This is the question that has been burning in my heart. As you can imagine, the Bible has a lot to say on this topic. Here are some things that the Lord has been teaching me.</p><h3><strong>1. Abide in Jesus and remain in His love as a son.</strong></h3><p>All else flows from this, faithfulness included. John 15 is the inspiration here. God wants us to be motivated by love, not by ulterior motives. And, as a beloved son of our gracious Father in heaven, I get to choose to live with my identity rooted in Jesus as a beloved son and <em><strong>not</strong></em> as a slave to sin or debtor to do what my carnal nature craves. Instead, I get to be led by the Holy Spirit and follow Jesus as a son of God. The Spirit inspired Paul to write on this beautifully in Romans 8:12-17. It says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>12 So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. <br><br>13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. <br><br>14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. <br><br>15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, &#8220;Abba! Father!&#8221; <br><br>16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs&#8212;heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.</strong></h4></blockquote><p><em><strong>Hallelujah, right!</strong></em></p><p>All glory to our awesome God and Father for this beautiful reality. And praise be to God for revealing this reality. It is so real, raw, and true. Now that we know this is true, how could we go back to our old ways when our old sinful selves were crucified to the cross with Christ? Why would I live like an orphan when the one, true living God adopted me as a son, and raised me up in Christ, and calls me a fellow heir with Christ?</p><p>And thanks be to God for His honesty as our Father. He doesn&#8217;t hide the reality that life is hard and that we will suffer in this life. Tribulation and trials are promised for all people and should not surprise us.</p><p><strong>BUT, THE LORD WILL BE WITH US</strong>, uplifting us when we&#8217;re weighed down, carrying us when we feel we cannot walk any further, strengthening us to look to Him and exchange our heavy burdens with His light and easy leadership and lordship while He bears the burden for us.</p><p>What a wonderful, real, honest God. What an honor it is to be a son, to embrace my identity as His son, and to remain in His love as a son, husband, and dad.</p><p><strong>Abiding in Jesus and remaining in His love is my priority,</strong> and that&#8217;s not all God has been teaching me.</p><h3><strong>2. Love sacrificially.</strong></h3><p>Ephesians 5:25 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>This is the benchmark. Christ&#8217;s love was self-giving. He laid down His life for His bride. As a husband and soon-to-be dad, I&#8217;m called to this same sacrificial love&#8212;listening to and obeying the Father, putting their needs before my own, serving them joyfully, acting with faith and resolve, covering them in prayer daily, and actively seeking God&#8217;s best for them&#8212;trusting God to be the Almighty Provider, Sustainer, and Defender of this family.</p><h3><strong>3. Model Christ-like character.</strong></h3><p>Psalm 101:2 declares,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;I will ponder the way that is blameless&#8230;I will walk with integrity of heart within my house.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>Our daughter will surely learn more from what we do than what we say. So, if I want her to trust God, I must trust God. If I want her to walk in purity, I must walk in purity. If I want her to be joyful and full of faith, I must abide in the joy of the Lord&#8217;s presence and live by faith. Integrity begins at home. My private life and public life must align. I want to be the same man in our Parisian apartment&#8212;wherever that will be&#8212;as I am on the stage at church, or in the pages of my writing, or in the presence of others.</p><h3><strong>4. Pray without ceasing.</strong></h3><p>1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 exhorts us to,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>I have seen the impact of obeying God&#8217;s will by putting this passage into practice, both in my own life and in our marriage. So, I absolutely want to fill our home with rejoicing in the Lord, praying all the time, and giving God thanks no matter what is going on. I want to cover my wife and daughter in prayer day and night. The Lord is the Source of rest, wisdom, provision, protection, and all we need to raise our daughter. How could I not commit to seeking God&#8217;s best for our daughter through prayer? Prayer is foundational for faithfulness and communion with God. Without prayer, I am lost. With prayer, I partner with the God of the universe who hears, reveals, and answers.</p><h3><strong>5. Live out and teach the Word diligently.</strong></h3><p>In Deuteronomy 6:6-7, God says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>I believe the Word of God must saturate our home. I want to teach our daughter about the Lord moment by moment&#8212;not as a religious obligation, but as a natural overflow of a life lived with God by faith. When we wake up, when we eat together, when we go for walks, when we play, when we lay her down to sleep&#8212;I want her to know that God is real, present, and worthy of all our worship, hearts, souls, minds, and lives&#8212;of all we are and have to give.</p><h3><strong>6. Lead with gentleness.</strong></h3><p>Colossians 3:21 instructs,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>This verse has been stirring in my spirit because I&#8217;ve seen the overwhelmingly positive impact of responding with gentleness in our marriage, rather than reactively impulsively. My leadership as a dad in our home must be full of grace and truth, modeled after Jesus. It needs to be marked by patience, kindness, and encouragement. The last but not least fruit of the Holy Spirit mentioned is self-control, and that is a fruit that blesses relationships. Harsh words, anger, and clamoring for control are not helpful, effective, or beneficial for anyone involved. Instead, with the help of the Helper, my aim is to to build up our daughter in love, point her to Jesus daily, and cultivate an environment where she can flourish and grow, full of grace and truth like Jesus.</p><h3><strong>7. Trust God&#8217;s sufficiency.</strong></h3><p>2 Corinthians 3:4-5 reminds me,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>I will not be a perfect dad. I will make many mistakes. I will stumble as I try to be a faithful and present dad. But thanks be to God, my sufficiency doesn&#8217;t come from my own strength or wisdom&#8212;it comes from God. He is faithful always, even when I am faithless. Hallelujah! He is strong when I am weak. Our God is enough, more than enough. In response to Jesus&#8217; words in Matthew 6:33, I can trust God to go after seeking first His Kingdom and righteousness, with full faith, knowing whole-heartedly that all He knows we need He will provide for us.</p><h2><strong><br>The Imperfect Art of Being a Dad is An Unpredictable Journey I Am Ready to Embrace</strong></h2><p>I mentioned it before, but I will acknowledge what I am learning from the Lord again: being a dad isn&#8217;t about getting everything right. This is not about being perfect, or proving someone right or wrong, or a pride-driven journey of seeking control and shaping our daughter&#8217;s life according to my desires or vision.</p><p>It&#8217;s about showing up daily with faith, humility, and love. It&#8217;s about depending on God every single day, hour by hour, moment by moment. It&#8217;s about pointing our daughter to Jesus, even though I fall short myself.</p><p>Proverbs 3:5-6 says,</p><blockquote><h4><strong>&#8220;Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t have all the answers. I don&#8217;t know what the next 18-30+ years will hold. I don&#8217;t know what the next 18-30 days will hold.</p><h4><strong>But I know the One who does. </strong></h4><p>And He has promised to guide us step by step and it&#8217;s my joy to choose to trust Him with each step to come.</p><p>I recognize this is the imperfect art&#8212;trusting God in the midst of messiness, learning as I go, leaning into God&#8217;s grace, and believing that He who began a good work in us will bring it to completion, as it declares in Philippians 1:6.</p><p>I&#8217;m not called to be a perfect dad. I&#8217;m called to be a faithful one. And faithfulness is measured not by our flawless execution, thankfully, but by wholehearted devotion to God and consistent trust in His leadership. <br>   That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m after. I want to make God smile and enjoy Him fully as I step into the unknown of being a dad, and I trust God is faithful to equip and empower us to be faithful to Him.</p><p>As obvious as that may seem, it is good to have that comforting reminder.</p><h2><strong><br>Here&#8217;s An Invitation to Pray</strong></h2><p>As we step into this new season, I want to ask you to pray for us.</p><p>Please join me in praying for my wife as she prepares for a truly supernatural childbirth, full of the Lord&#8217;s presence. And pray for me as I prepare to be her birth coach.</p><p>Please pray for the baby to come in God&#8217;s perfect timing, sometime around the due date.</p><p>Pray for a safe and smooth delivery and for God&#8217;s peace that surpasses understanding to fill both of us, our French midwife, and our precious baby girl.</p><p>Pray for our daughter, that she would be healthy and strong, and that from her earliest days, she would know the love of Jesus and sense God&#8217;s comforting presence and joy.</p><p>Pray that I would be the faith-filled, Christ-centered, and God-fearing dad God has called me to be.</p><p>Pray for Madison Rose likewise, that she would be the faith-filled, Christ-centered, and God-fearing mom God has called her to be.</p><p>Pray that I would lead my family with love, humility, and joy, willingly submitted to the leadership and lordship of Jesus Christ.</p><p>Pray that our home would be a house of rejoicing, prayer, thanksgiving, and praise, a place where the presence of God is evident to all who come in, a place full of laughter and worship, where the Word of God is treasured, and where His love is made known.</p><p>Pray for God to direct us to the home He has provided and set apart for us, as we have about six weeks to leave our current studio that just sold and move into a new place&#8212;God knows where.</p><p>Pray that I would walk in the Spirit as a fearless son of God, husband, and dad, abiding in the Lord, remaining in His perfect love that casts out fear, and producing the good fruit of the Spirit day by day.</p><p>Pray that I would be more and more like Jesus with each passing day, over the long-run, so that I would come to look more and more like Him as I model to our daughter what it&#8217;s like to live like Jesus really is with us, as He is.</p><p>Pray that I would embrace the imperfect art of being a dad with courage in the face of trials and grace received freely from our Father in heaven, knowing that God&#8217;s grace is sufficient and His power is most evident and &#8220;made perfect in weakness,&#8221; as it says in 2 Corinthians 12:9.</p><p>I cannot sufficiently express our gratitude for your prayers. It is such a joy and honor to know there are set apart souls who are supporting us through prayer.</p><p>Thank You. God sees you. He hears our prayers in faith. <br>And may our great and mighty God bless you!</p><h2><strong><br>We Are Full of Hope and Expectancy in Faith</strong></h2><p>Friends, in less than two weeks, everything changes. And we couldn&#8217;t be more excited.</p><p>Not because we have it all figured out, but because we know the One who does.</p><p>Not because we&#8217;re equipped in our own strength, but because God is faithful to equip those He calls.</p><p>Psalm 127:3-5 declares,</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one&#8217;s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.&#8221;</strong></h3></blockquote><p>I believe God&#8217;s Word is true.</p><p><strong>This little girl is a gift from God. </strong>She is His before she is ours. And as we steward her life, we do so with open hands, knowing that the Lord is the One who ultimately raises and shapes her through us. He calls her by name, sees her fully, knows her already, and loves her perfectly.</p><p>By faith, I&#8217;m ready to embrace the imperfect art of being a dad. I&#8217;m ready to trust God in the unknown.</p><p>In the name of Jesus, I renounce and forsake the lies of self-centeredness, pride, hardheartedness, hypocritical living, fear, control-seeking, self-sufficiency, and independence.</p><p>And with God&#8217;s help and grace, I choose to love sacrificially, lead gently, model integrity, pray fervently, teach diligently, and depend completely on God&#8217;s sufficiency.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, for this gift.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Thank You for the privilege of being a dad.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Thank You for Your faithfulness, Your grace, and Your steadfast love.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>It&#8217;s a joy to abide in You. <br>   Thank You for empowering our faithfulness to You.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>Father, I trust You. I believe Your Word. And I&#8217;m ready to receive and steward this precious new life with Madison Rose and with You, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>With joy and peace, I pray in the name of Jesus my Lord. <br>Amen.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p>Friends! As I mentioned before, this is the first in what I expect will be a series of posts on embracing fatherhood and parenting, characterized by some raw and honest reflections from a faith-filled, Christ-centered, God-fearing perspective. I definitely don&#8217;t claim to have it all figured out, that much is certain. I&#8217;m no expert and my experience is non-existent at the moment, but I&#8217;m learning that embracing the imperfect art of being a dad means admitting that perfection was never the goal. Faithfulness is the goal. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m after with Jesus, and that&#8217;s what I know God will empower.</p><p>If you want to keep following along, subscribe if you haven&#8217;t already.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Do you know any dads, current or future, who may be blessed or built up by this post? You can simply share it by clicking the Share buttons below. You can also share this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> publishing ministry by clicking the Share this Publication button. That takes you to the <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LOM</a></strong> website home page that&#8217;s also linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">here</a>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>I hope you were encouraged and blessed by this honest podcast-post. Soon enough, our baby will be here and I&#8217;m not sure how much time I&#8217;ll have to share all the fun we&#8217;re experiencing, but I&#8217;ll do my best to bring you along this journey with us, at least a bit.</p><p>For all of you who pray for us. Again, thank you! It is such a joy and honor to know there are set apart souls who are supporting us through prayer. And may our intentional and loving God bless you!</p><p>Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!<br></strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3620365,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/187088130?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HnEY!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f478457-9951-417a-8cf9-02ed23c9f575_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; Embrasser l&#8217;Art Imparfait d&#8217;&#202;tre Papa : &#192; Quelques Jours de Rencontrer Notre Petite Fille</strong></h1><h2><em>Partie 1 : Pr&#234;t &#224; Recevoir Ce Cadeau</em></h2><p>Dans moins de deux semaines, ma femme et moi allons rencontrer notre fille !</p><p>Je vais &#234;tre papa !</p><p>Nous allons g&#233;rer la vie d&#8217;une &#226;me &#233;ternelle, la pr&#233;cieuse fille que Dieu tisse magnifiquement et merveilleusement dans le ventre de ma douce &#233;pouse.</p><p>Alors que j&#8217;&#233;cris ceci, je suis rempli de joie et de paix. Mon c&#339;ur d&#233;borde d&#8217;excitation et d&#8217;une sorte d&#8217;anticipation sainte.</p><p>Nous sommes sur le point d&#8217;entrer dans une saison diff&#233;rente, une saison de vie qui continue pendant des ann&#233;es, des d&#233;cennies, si Dieu le veut&#8212;la saison de la parentalit&#233;. Une saison d&#8217;engagement sans fin &#224; long terme dans l&#8217;amour.</p><p>En ce sens, c&#8217;est similaire &#224; mon mariage avec Madison Rose, un engagement d&#8217;alliance &#224; long terme et sans fin dans l&#8217;amour.</p><p>Nous savons que le Seigneur nous a pr&#233;par&#233;s pour ce moment, et je crois de tout mon &#234;tre que Dieu notre Lib&#233;rateur accouchera magnifiquement ce b&#233;b&#233; et nous donnera le pouvoir de bien l&#8217;aimer. Je crois qu&#8217;elle sera radieuse et deviendra une future femme de Dieu en bonne sant&#233;, remplie de la lumi&#232;re, de la sagesse et de l&#8217;amour de Christ. Pas &#224; cause de nos prouesses parentales, mais parce que Dieu est fid&#232;le, Il est et sera avec nous, et Il m&#232;nera &#224; bien Ses plans extr&#234;mement bons.</p><p>Ceci est le premier de ce que j&#8217;attends &#234;tre une s&#233;rie d&#8217;articles sur l&#8217;adoption de la paternit&#233; et de la parentalit&#233; avec quelques r&#233;flexions brutes et honn&#234;tes d&#8217;une perspective remplie de foi, centr&#233;e sur Christ et craignant Dieu. Je ne pr&#233;tends certainement pas avoir tout compris, c&#8217;est certain. Je ne suis pas un expert et mon exp&#233;rience est inexistante pour le moment. Mais j&#8217;apprends qu&#8217;embrasser l&#8217;art imparfait d&#8217;&#234;tre papa signifie admettre que la perfection n&#8217;a jamais &#233;t&#233; l&#8217;objectif. La fid&#233;lit&#233; est l&#8217;objectif. C&#8217;est ce que je recherche avec J&#233;sus, et c&#8217;est ce que je sais que Dieu donnera le pouvoir de faire.</p><p>Cela dit, cela nous am&#232;ne &#224; une question tr&#232;s importante que je consid&#232;re.</p><p>Quel genre de papa vais-je viser &#224; &#234;tre ?</p><p>Quel genre de papa vais-je devenir et comment puis-je embrasser les pas de foi que je dois faire maintenant pour qu&#8217;avec le temps, je devienne ce papa fid&#232;le ?</p><h2><strong>Voici Ce Que Je Veux &#202;tre en Tant Que Papa</strong></h2><p>Je veux abonder en amour alors que Dieu d&#233;verse Son amour dans mon c&#339;ur par le Saint-Esprit, comme il est dit dans Romains 5:5.</p><p>Inspir&#233; par Galates 5:22-23 et Jean 15:9, je veux demeurer en J&#233;sus et rester dans Son amour, et ainsi produire tous les fruits de l&#8217;Esprit Saint&#8212;amour, joie, paix, patience, bont&#233;, bienveillance, fid&#233;lit&#233;, douceur et ma&#238;trise de soi.</p><p>Je veux &#234;tre un fils, mari et papa rempli de foi, centr&#233; sur Christ et craignant Dieu.</p><p>Je veux &#234;tre d&#233;vou&#233; et fid&#232;le &#224; Dieu dans chaque r&#244;le qu&#8217;Il m&#8217;a confi&#233;&#8212;comme Son fils, comme mari de ma femme, et comme papa de cette pr&#233;cieuse petite fille.</p><p>Je veux continuer &#224; &#234;tre un homme de foi, de r&#233;solution et d&#8217;action.</p><p>Inspir&#233; par Romains 8:14, je veux &#234;tre un papa conduit par l&#8217;Esprit et rempli de l&#8217;Esprit, marchant dans l&#8217;Esprit en tant que fils de Dieu.</p><p>Je veux incarner le fait d&#8217;&#234;tre un papa rempli de joie, avec mes croyances, ma parole et mes actions align&#233;es avec la Parole de Dieu, vivant vraiment comme si la Parole de Dieu &#233;tait vivante et active, plus tranchante qu&#8217;une &#233;p&#233;e &#224; double tranchant, et qu&#8217;elle a le pouvoir de discerner les pens&#233;es et les intentions du c&#339;ur (H&#233;breux 4:12). Je veux que la Parole de Dieu me fa&#231;onne, me moule et me guide dans ce voyage de toute une vie avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Je veux en apprendre davantage sur ce que signifie &#234;tre un papa fid&#232;le.</p><p>Je veux poser de bonnes questions.</p><p>Je veux &#234;tre plus comme J&#233;sus, jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><p>Je crois que Dieu peut donner le pouvoir &#224; tout cela et que ces d&#233;sirs s&#8217;alignent avec Sa volont&#233; et Sa Parole.</p><p>Je sais que plus qu&#8217;avoir des d&#233;sirs align&#233;s, j&#8217;ai besoin de la puissance de l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu pour m&#8217;aider &#224; &#234;tre fid&#232;le &#224; Dieu en tant que fils, mari et papa.</p><h2><strong>Qu&#8217;Est-Ce Que Cela Signifie d&#8217;&#202;tre Fid&#232;le &#224; Dieu en Tant Que Fils, Mari et Papa ?</strong></h2><p>C&#8217;est la question qui br&#251;le dans mon c&#339;ur. Que dit la Bible sur le fait d&#8217;&#234;tre un fils, un mari et un p&#232;re fid&#232;le ? Voici quelques choses que le Seigneur m&#8217;a enseign&#233;es.</p><h3><strong>1. Demeurer en J&#233;sus et rester dans Son amour en tant que fils.</strong></h3><p>Tout le reste d&#233;coule de cela, la fid&#233;lit&#233; incluse. Jean 15 est l&#8217;inspiration ici. Dieu veut que nous soyons motiv&#233;s par l&#8217;amour, pas par des motifs ult&#233;rieurs. Et, en tant que fils bien-aim&#233; de notre P&#232;re gracieux au ciel, je peux choisir de vivre avec mon identit&#233; enracin&#233;e en J&#233;sus en tant que fils bien-aim&#233; et non en tant qu&#8217;esclave du p&#233;ch&#233; ou d&#233;biteur de faire ce que ma nature charnelle d&#233;sire. Au lieu de cela, je peux &#234;tre conduit par le Saint-Esprit et suivre J&#233;sus en tant que fils de Dieu. L&#8217;Esprit a inspir&#233; Paul &#224; &#233;crire magnifiquement &#224; ce sujet dans Romains 8:12-17. Il est dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>12 Ainsi donc, fr&#232;res, nous ne sommes point redevables &#224; la chair, pour vivre selon la chair. 13 Si vous vivez selon la chair, vous mourrez ; mais si par l&#8217;Esprit vous faites mourir les actions du corps, vous vivrez, 14 car tous ceux qui sont conduits par l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu sont fils de Dieu. 15 Et vous n&#8217;avez point re&#231;u un esprit de servitude, pour &#234;tre encore dans la crainte ; mais vous avez re&#231;u un Esprit d&#8217;adoption, par lequel nous crions : Abba ! P&#232;re ! 16 L&#8217;Esprit lui-m&#234;me rend t&#233;moignage &#224; notre esprit que nous sommes enfants de Dieu. 17 Or, si nous sommes enfants, nous sommes aussi h&#233;ritiers : h&#233;ritiers de Dieu, et coh&#233;ritiers de Christ, si toutefois nous souffrons avec lui, afin d&#8217;&#234;tre glorifi&#233;s avec lui.</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>All&#233;luia, n&#8217;est-ce pas !</p><p>Toute gloire &#224; notre Dieu et P&#232;re extraordinaire pour cette belle r&#233;alit&#233;. Et que Dieu soit lou&#233; pour avoir r&#233;v&#233;l&#233; cette r&#233;alit&#233;. C&#8217;est si r&#233;el, brut et vrai. Maintenant que nous savons que c&#8217;est vrai, comment pourrions-nous revenir &#224; nos anciennes voies quand nos anciens moi p&#233;cheurs ont &#233;t&#233; crucifi&#233;s sur la croix avec Christ ? Pourquoi vivrais-je comme un orphelin quand le seul vrai Dieu vivant m&#8217;a adopt&#233; comme fils, m&#8217;a &#233;lev&#233; en Christ, et m&#8217;appelle coh&#233;ritier avec Christ ?</p><p>Et merci &#224; Dieu pour Son honn&#234;tet&#233; en tant que notre P&#232;re. Il ne cache pas la r&#233;alit&#233; que la vie est difficile et que nous souffrirons dans cette vie. La tribulation et les &#233;preuves sont promises &#224; tous les peuples et ne devraient pas nous surprendre. MAIS, LE SEIGNEUR SERA AVEC NOUS, nous &#233;levant quand nous sommes accabl&#233;s, nous portant quand nous ne pouvons pas marcher, nous fortifiant pour regarder vers Lui et &#233;changer nos lourdes charges avec Sa direction et Sa seigneurie l&#233;g&#232;re et facile pendant qu&#8217;Il porte le fardeau pour nous. Quel Dieu merveilleux, r&#233;el et honn&#234;te. Quel honneur c&#8217;est d&#8217;&#234;tre un fils, d&#8217;embrasser mon identit&#233; en tant que Son fils, et de rester dans Son amour en tant que fils, mari et papa.</p><p>Demeurer en J&#233;sus et rester dans Son amour est ma priorit&#233;, et ce n&#8217;est pas tout ce que Dieu m&#8217;a enseign&#233;.</p><h3><strong>2. Aimer de mani&#232;re sacrificielle.</strong></h3><p>&#201;ph&#233;siens 5:25 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Maris, aimez vos femmes, comme Christ a aim&#233; l&#8217;&#201;glise, et s&#8217;est livr&#233; lui-m&#234;me pour elle. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>C&#8217;est la r&#233;f&#233;rence. L&#8217;amour de Christ &#233;tait un don de soi. Il a donn&#233; Sa vie pour Son &#233;pouse. En tant que mari et futur papa, je suis appel&#233; &#224; ce m&#234;me amour sacrificiel&#8212;&#233;couter et ob&#233;ir au P&#232;re, placer leurs besoins avant les miens, les servir joyeusement, agir avec foi et r&#233;solution, les couvrir de pri&#232;re quotidiennement, et rechercher activement le meilleur de Dieu pour elles&#8212;faisant confiance &#224; Dieu pour &#234;tre le Pourvoyeur Tout-Puissant, le Soutien et le D&#233;fenseur de cette famille.</p><h3><strong>3. Modeler le caract&#232;re christique.</strong></h3><p>Psaume 101:2 d&#233;clare,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Je marcherai dans l&#8217;int&#233;grit&#233; de mon c&#339;ur, au milieu de ma maison. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Notre fille apprendra s&#251;rement plus de ce que nous faisons que de ce que nous disons. Donc, si je veux qu&#8217;elle fasse confiance &#224; Dieu, je dois faire confiance &#224; Dieu. Si je veux qu&#8217;elle marche dans la puret&#233;, je dois marcher dans la puret&#233;. Si je veux qu&#8217;elle soit joyeuse et pleine de foi, je dois demeurer dans la joie de la pr&#233;sence du Seigneur et vivre par la foi. L&#8217;int&#233;grit&#233; commence &#224; la maison. Ma vie priv&#233;e et ma vie publique doivent s&#8217;aligner. Je veux &#234;tre le m&#234;me homme dans notre appartement parisien&#8212;o&#249; qu&#8217;il soit&#8212;que sur la sc&#232;ne de l&#8217;&#233;glise, ou dans les pages de mes &#233;crits, ou en pr&#233;sence des autres.</p><h3><strong>4. Prier sans cesse.</strong></h3><p>1 Thessaloniciens 5:16-18 nous exhorte &#224;,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Soyez toujours joyeux. Priez sans cesse. Rendez gr&#226;ces en toutes choses, car c&#8217;est &#224; votre &#233;gard la volont&#233; de Dieu en J&#233;sus-Christ. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>J&#8217;ai vu l&#8217;impact d&#8217;ob&#233;ir &#224; la volont&#233; de Dieu en mettant ce passage en pratique, tant dans ma propre vie que dans notre mariage. Donc, je veux absolument remplir notre maison de r&#233;jouissance dans le Seigneur, de pri&#232;re tout le temps, et de remerciements &#224; Dieu quoi qu&#8217;il se passe. Je veux couvrir ma femme et ma fille de pri&#232;re jour et nuit. Le Seigneur est la Source du repos, de la sagesse, de la provision, de la protection, et de tout ce dont nous avons besoin pour &#233;lever notre fille. Comment pourrais-je ne pas m&#8217;engager &#224; rechercher le meilleur de Dieu pour ma fille par la pri&#232;re ? La pri&#232;re est la bou&#233;e de sauvetage de la fid&#233;lit&#233; et de la communion avec Dieu. Sans pri&#232;re, je suis perdu. Avec la pri&#232;re, je m&#8217;associe au Dieu de l&#8217;univers qui entend, r&#233;v&#232;le et r&#233;pond.</p><h3><strong>5. Vivre et enseigner la Parole avec diligence.</strong></h3><p>Deut&#233;ronome 6:6-7 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Et ces commandements, que je te donne aujourd&#8217;hui, seront dans ton c&#339;ur. Tu les inculqueras &#224; tes enfants, et tu en parleras quand tu seras dans ta maison, quand tu iras en voyage, quand tu te coucheras et quand tu te l&#232;veras. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Je crois que la Parole de Dieu doit saturer notre maison. Je veux enseigner &#224; notre fille au sujet du Seigneur moment par moment&#8212;pas comme une obligation religieuse, mais comme un d&#233;bordement naturel d&#8217;une vie v&#233;cue avec Dieu par la foi. Quand nous nous r&#233;veillons, quand nous mangeons ensemble, quand nous nous promenons, quand nous la couchons pour dormir&#8212;je veux qu&#8217;elle sache que Dieu est r&#233;el, pr&#233;sent, et digne de toute notre adoration, de nos c&#339;urs, &#226;mes, esprits et vies&#8212;de tout ce que nous sommes et avons &#224; donner.</p><h3><strong>6. Diriger avec douceur.</strong></h3><p>Colossiens 3:21 instruit,</p><p><em><strong>&#171; P&#232;res, n&#8217;irritez pas vos enfants, de peur qu&#8217;ils ne se d&#233;couragent. &#187;</strong></em></p><p>Ce verset remue dans mon esprit parce que j&#8217;ai vu l&#8217;impact extr&#234;mement positif de r&#233;pondre avec douceur dans notre mariage, plut&#244;t que de r&#233;agir impulsivement. Mon leadership en tant que papa dans notre maison doit &#234;tre plein de gr&#226;ce et de v&#233;rit&#233;, model&#233; d&#8217;apr&#232;s J&#233;sus. Il doit &#234;tre marqu&#233; par la patience, la bont&#233; et l&#8217;encouragement. Le dernier mais non le moindre fruit de l&#8217;Esprit Saint mentionn&#233; est la ma&#238;trise de soi, et c&#8217;est un fruit qui b&#233;nit les relations. Les paroles dures, la col&#232;re et la clameur pour le contr&#244;le ne sont pas utiles, efficaces ou b&#233;n&#233;fiques pour quiconque est impliqu&#233;. Au lieu de cela, avec l&#8217;aide du Consolateur, mon objectif est de construire notre fille dans l&#8217;amour, de la diriger vers J&#233;sus quotidiennement, et de cultiver un environnement o&#249; elle peut s&#8217;&#233;panouir et grandir, pleine de gr&#226;ce et de v&#233;rit&#233; comme J&#233;sus.</p><h3><strong>7. Faire confiance &#224; la suffisance de Dieu.</strong></h3><p>2 Corinthiens 3:4-5 me rappelle,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Cette assurance-l&#224;, nous l&#8217;avons par Christ aupr&#232;s de Dieu. Ce n&#8217;est pas &#224; dire que nous soyons par nous-m&#234;mes capables de concevoir quelque chose comme venant de nous-m&#234;mes. Notre capacit&#233;, au contraire, vient de Dieu. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Je ne serai pas un papa parfait. Je ferai des erreurs. Je tr&#233;bucherai en essayant d&#8217;&#234;tre un papa fid&#232;le et pr&#233;sent. Mais gr&#226;ce &#224; Dieu, ma suffisance ne vient pas de ma propre force ou sagesse&#8212;elle vient de Dieu. Il est toujours fid&#232;le, m&#234;me quand je suis infid&#232;le. All&#233;luia ! Il est fort quand je suis faible. Notre Dieu est suffisant, plus que suffisant. En r&#233;ponse aux paroles de J&#233;sus dans Matthieu 6:33, je peux faire confiance &#224; Dieu pour chercher d&#8217;abord Son Royaume et Sa justice, avec une foi totale, sachant de tout c&#339;ur que tout ce dont Il sait que nous avons besoin, Il nous le fournira.</p><h2><strong>L&#8217;Art Imparfait d&#8217;&#202;tre Papa est Un Voyage Impr&#233;visible Que Je Suis Pr&#234;t &#224; Embrasser</strong></h2><p>Je l&#8217;ai mentionn&#233; avant, mais je vais reconna&#238;tre ce que j&#8217;apprends du Seigneur encore une fois : &#234;tre papa ne consiste pas &#224; tout faire correctement. Il ne s&#8217;agit pas d&#8217;&#234;tre parfait, ou de prouver que quelqu&#8217;un a raison ou tort, ou d&#8217;un voyage conduit par l&#8217;orgueil cherchant le contr&#244;le et fa&#231;onnant la vie de notre fille selon mes d&#233;sirs ou ma vision.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de se pr&#233;senter quotidiennement avec foi, humilit&#233; et amour. Il s&#8217;agit de d&#233;pendre de Dieu chaque jour, heure par heure, moment par moment. Il s&#8217;agit de diriger ma fille vers J&#233;sus, m&#234;me quand je tombe moi-m&#234;me.</p><p>Proverbes 3:5-6 dit,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Confie-toi en l&#8217;&#201;ternel de tout ton c&#339;ur, et ne t&#8217;appuie pas sur ta sagesse ; reconnais-le dans toutes tes voies, et il aplanira tes sentiers. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Je n&#8217;ai pas toutes les r&#233;ponses. Je ne sais pas ce que les 18-30+ prochaines ann&#233;es r&#233;serveront. Je ne sais pas ce que les 18-30 prochains jours r&#233;serveront.</p><p>Mais je connais Celui qui sait. Et Il a promis de me guider pas &#224; pas et c&#8217;est ma joie de choisir de Lui faire confiance &#224; chaque pas &#224; venir.</p><p>Je reconnais que c&#8217;est l&#8217;art imparfait&#8212;faire confiance &#224; Dieu au milieu du d&#233;sordre, apprendre en cours de route, m&#8217;appuyer sur la gr&#226;ce de Dieu, et croire que Celui qui a commenc&#233; une bonne &#339;uvre en nous l&#8217;ach&#232;vera (Philippiens 1:6).</p><p>Je ne suis pas appel&#233; &#224; &#234;tre un papa parfait. Je suis appel&#233; &#224; &#234;tre fid&#232;le. Et la fid&#233;lit&#233; se mesure non pas par une ex&#233;cution impeccable, heureusement, mais par une d&#233;votion de tout c&#339;ur &#224; Dieu et une confiance constante en Sa direction.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce que je recherche. Je veux faire sourire Dieu et Le savourer pleinement alors que je m&#8217;avance dans l&#8217;inconnu d&#8217;&#234;tre papa, et je fais confiance &#224; Dieu qui est fid&#232;le pour nous &#233;quiper et nous donner le pouvoir d&#8217;&#234;tre fid&#232;les.</p><p>Aussi &#233;vident que cela puisse para&#238;tre, c&#8217;est bon d&#8217;avoir ce rappel r&#233;confortant.</p><h2><strong>Une Invitation &#224; Prier</strong></h2><p>Alors que nous entrons dans cette nouvelle saison, je veux vous demander de prier pour nous.</p><p>S&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t, joignez-vous &#224; moi pour prier pour ma femme alors qu&#8217;elle se pr&#233;pare &#224; un accouchement vraiment surnaturel, rempli de la pr&#233;sence du Seigneur.</p><p>S&#8217;il vous pla&#238;t, priez pour que le b&#233;b&#233; arrive dans le timing parfait de Dieu, quelque part autour de la date pr&#233;vue.</p><p>Priez pour un accouchement s&#251;r et sans complications et pour que la paix de Dieu qui surpasse toute intelligence nous remplisse tous les deux, notre sage-femme fran&#231;aise, et notre pr&#233;cieuse petite fille.</p><p>Priez pour notre fille, qu&#8217;elle soit en bonne sant&#233; et forte, et que d&#232;s ses premiers jours, elle connaisse l&#8217;amour de J&#233;sus et ressente la pr&#233;sence r&#233;confortante et la joie de Dieu.</p><p>Priez pour que je sois le papa rempli de foi, centr&#233; sur Christ et craignant Dieu que Dieu m&#8217;a appel&#233; &#224; &#234;tre.</p><p>Priez de m&#234;me pour Madison Rose, qu&#8217;elle soit la maman remplie de foi, centr&#233;e sur Christ et craignant Dieu que Dieu l&#8217;a appel&#233;e &#224; &#234;tre.</p><p>Priez pour que je dirige ma famille avec amour, humilit&#233; et joie, volontairement soumis &#224; la direction et &#224; la seigneurie de J&#233;sus.</p><p>Priez pour que notre maison soit une maison de r&#233;jouissance, de pri&#232;re, d&#8217;actions de gr&#226;ces et de louange, un lieu o&#249; la pr&#233;sence de Dieu est &#233;vidente pour tous ceux qui entrent, un lieu plein de rires et d&#8217;adoration, o&#249; la Parole de Dieu est ch&#233;rie, et o&#249; Son amour est rendu connu.</p><p>Priez pour que Dieu nous dirige vers la maison qu&#8217;Il a pr&#233;vue et mise &#224; part pour nous, car nous avons environ six semaines pour quitter notre studio actuel qui vient d&#8217;&#234;tre vendu et emm&#233;nager dans un nouvel endroit&#8212;Dieu sait o&#249;.</p><p>Priez pour que je marche dans l&#8217;Esprit en tant que fils de Dieu, mari et papa sans peur, demeurant dans le Seigneur, restant dans Son amour parfait qui chasse la crainte, et produisant les bons fruits de l&#8217;Esprit jour apr&#232;s jour.</p><p>Priez pour que je ressemble de plus en plus &#224; J&#233;sus chaque jour qui passe, sur le long terme, afin que je vienne &#224; Lui ressembler de plus en plus alors que je mod&#232;le &#224; notre fille ce que c&#8217;est de vivre comme si J&#233;sus &#233;tait vraiment avec nous, comme Il l&#8217;est.</p><p>Priez pour que j&#8217;embrasse l&#8217;art imparfait d&#8217;&#234;tre papa avec courage face aux &#233;preuves et la gr&#226;ce re&#231;ue librement de notre P&#232;re c&#233;leste, sachant que la gr&#226;ce de Dieu est suffisante et que Sa puissance est la plus &#233;vidente et &#171; se manifeste pleinement dans la faiblesse &#187;, comme il est dit dans 2 Corinthiens 12:9.</p><p>Je ne peux pas exprimer suffisamment notre gratitude pour vos pri&#232;res. C&#8217;est une telle joie et un tel honneur de savoir qu&#8217;il y a des &#226;mes mises &#224; part qui nous soutiennent par la pri&#232;re.</p><p>Merci. Dieu vous voit. Il entend nos pri&#232;res dans la foi.</p><p>Et que notre Dieu grand et puissant vous b&#233;nisse !</p><h2><strong>Plein d&#8217;Espoir et d&#8217;Attente dans la Foi</strong></h2><p>Amis, dans moins de deux semaines, tout change. Et je ne pourrais pas &#234;tre plus excit&#233;.</p><p>Pas parce que j&#8217;ai tout compris, mais parce que je connais Celui qui l&#8217;a fait.</p><p>Pas parce que je suis &#233;quip&#233; dans ma propre force, mais parce que Dieu est fid&#232;le pour &#233;quiper ceux qu&#8217;Il appelle.</p><p>Psaume 127:3-5 d&#233;clare,</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>&#171; Voici, des fils sont un h&#233;ritage de l&#8217;&#201;ternel, le fruit des entrailles est une r&#233;compense. Comme des fl&#232;ches dans la main d&#8217;un guerrier, ainsi sont les fils de la jeunesse. Heureux l&#8217;homme qui en a rempli son carquois ! Ils ne seront pas confus, quand ils parleront avec des ennemis &#224; la porte. &#187;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>Je crois que la Parole de Dieu est vraie.</p><p>Cette petite fille est un cadeau de Dieu. Elle est &#224; Lui avant d&#8217;&#234;tre &#224; nous. Et alors que nous g&#233;rons sa vie, nous le faisons avec des mains ouvertes, sachant que le Seigneur est Celui qui l&#8217;&#233;l&#232;ve vraiment, la fa&#231;onne et l&#8217;appelle par son nom.</p><p>Par la foi, je suis pr&#234;t &#224; embrasser l&#8217;art imparfait d&#8217;&#234;tre papa. Je suis pr&#234;t &#224; faire confiance &#224; Dieu dans l&#8217;inconnu.</p><p>Au nom de J&#233;sus, je renonce et j&#8217;abandonne les mensonges de l&#8217;&#233;gocentrisme, de l&#8217;orgueil, de la duret&#233; de c&#339;ur, de la vie hypocrite, de la peur, de la recherche du contr&#244;le, de l&#8217;autosuffisance et de l&#8217;ind&#233;pendance.</p><p>Et avec l&#8217;aide et la gr&#226;ce de Dieu, je choisis d&#8217;aimer de mani&#232;re sacrificielle, de diriger doucement, de modeler l&#8217;int&#233;grit&#233;, de prier avec ferveur, d&#8217;enseigner avec diligence, et de d&#233;pendre compl&#232;tement de la suffisance de Dieu.</p><blockquote><p><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, pour ce cadeau.</strong></p><p><strong>Merci pour le privil&#232;ge d&#8217;&#234;tre papa.</strong></p><p><strong>Merci pour Ta fid&#233;lit&#233;, Ta gr&#226;ce et Ton amour in&#233;branlable.</strong></p><p><strong>C&#8217;est une joie de demeurer en Toi.</strong></p><p><strong>Merci de donner du pouvoir &#224; notre fid&#233;lit&#233; envers Toi.</strong></p><p><strong>P&#232;re, je Te fais confiance. Je crois Ta Parole. Et je suis pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir et &#224; g&#233;rer cette pr&#233;cieuse nouvelle vie avec Toi, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></p><p><strong>Avec joie et paix, je prie au nom de J&#233;sus mon Seigneur.</strong></p><p><strong>Amen.</strong></p></blockquote><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Les amis ! Comme je l&#8217;ai mentionn&#233; auparavant, c&#8217;est le premier de ce que j&#8217;attends &#234;tre une s&#233;rie d&#8217;articles sur l&#8217;adoption de la paternit&#233; et de la parentalit&#233;, caract&#233;ris&#233;e par quelques r&#233;flexions brutes et honn&#234;tes d&#8217;une perspective remplie de foi, centr&#233;e sur Christ et craignant Dieu. Je ne pr&#233;tends certainement pas avoir tout compris, c&#8217;est certain. Je ne suis pas un expert et mon exp&#233;rience est inexistante pour le moment, mais j&#8217;apprends qu&#8217;embrasser l&#8217;art imparfait d&#8217;&#234;tre papa signifie admettre que la perfection n&#8217;a jamais &#233;t&#233; l&#8217;objectif. La fid&#233;lit&#233; est l&#8217;objectif. C&#8217;est ce que je recherche avec J&#233;sus, et c&#8217;est ce que je sais que Dieu donnera le pouvoir de faire.</p><p>Si vous voulez continuer &#224; suivre, abonnez-vous si vous ne l&#8217;avez pas d&#233;j&#224; fait.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux contenus et soutenir ce travail, vous pouvez devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Connaissez-vous des papas, actuels ou futurs, qui pourraient &#234;tre b&#233;nis ou &#233;difi&#233;s par cet article ? Vous pouvez simplement le partager en cliquant sur les boutons Partager ci-dessous. Vous pouvez &#233;galement partager ce minist&#232;re de publication <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> </strong>en cliquant sur le bouton Partager cette Publication. Cela vous am&#232;ne &#224; la page d&#8217;accueil du site Web <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LOM</a></strong> qui est &#233;galement accessible <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">ici</a>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/embracing-the-imperfect-art-of-being?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que vous avez &#233;t&#233; encourag&#233; et b&#233;ni par ce podcast-article honn&#234;te. Assez bient&#244;t, notre b&#233;b&#233; sera l&#224; et je ne suis pas s&#251;r du temps que j&#8217;aurai pour partager tout ce que nous vivons, mais je ferai de mon mieux pour vous emmener un peu dans ce voyage avec nous.</p><p>Pour vous tous qui priez pour nous. Encore une fois, merci ! C&#8217;est une telle joie et un tel honneur de savoir qu&#8217;il y a des &#226;mes mises &#224; part qui nous soutiennent par la pri&#232;re. Et que notre Dieu intentionnel et aimant vous b&#233;nisse !</p><p>Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p><em><strong>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !<br>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</strong></em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[DRAWING NEAR: An Introduction to A New Devotional Series on INTIMACY with GOD / 🇫🇷 S’Approcher de Dieu : Introduction à une Nouvelle Série de Méditations sur l’INTIMITÉ avec DIEU]]></title><description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Missing in Your Walk with God? (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 02:23:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186882590/f248a940ff64b64705f0a1bae3de77f2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2073162,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TEAF!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Hey friends - Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>For all those following our lives on mission, you know we&#8217;re expecting our baby girl within the next two weeks! <em><strong>Hallelujah</strong></em>! I shared a lot about where we&#8217;re at in our last post, entitled, <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/38-weeks-pregnant-preparing-for-our">38 WEEKS PREGNANT! Preparing for our BABY GIRL with JOY &amp; PEACE Despite Unknowns: The PRESENCE &amp; POWER of God Change Everything</a>. </strong>This joyful testimony is linked <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/38-weeks-pregnant-preparing-for-our">here</a>.</p><p>I plan to share more on things related to our soon-to-arrive baby girl in coming posts, but we&#8217;ll come back to that glorious and amazing news in our next post.</p><p>I am now seeking to follow the Lord&#8217;s leadership by introducing this series, and I&#8217;m so excited for what the Lord our God has in store for us as we go deeper.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look at the life-changing reality presented in James 4:8,</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.&#8221;</strong></h3></blockquote><p>There&#8217;s a question that has been stirring in my heart, and perhaps it has stirred in yours too: <em>Why doesn&#8217;t every person draw near to God?</em></p><p>It&#8217;s a simple question, but it opens up something profound. If God is as good as Scripture says He is&#8212;if He truly offers abundant life, peace that surpasses understanding, fullness of joy, eternal reward, and pleasures forevermore&#8212;why don&#8217;t more people pursue Him with everything they have?</p><p>More personally: Why don&#8217;t <em>we</em>?</p><p>If we&#8217;re honest, I think that many of us who call ourselves followers of Jesus can settle into a version of faith that feels more like religious routines than a vibrant relationship. We can agree with the right things. We can even do the right things (sometimes). We can show up on Sundays. We may pray before meals. We&#8217;re <em>seemingly &#8220;</em>good&#8221; people.</p><p>But intimacy with God? That can feel... distant. It can feel elusive. Depending on where you&#8217;re at, it may seem unattainable in this season of life.</p><p>We see it in Scripture&#8212;people like David who could say,</p><p>&#8220;As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God&#8221; (Psalm 42:1).</p><p>Or Moses, who spoke with God &#8220;face to face, as one speaks to a friend&#8221; (Exodus 33:11).</p><p>Or Paul, who counted everything as loss compared to knowing Christ (Philippians 3:8).</p><p>And we wonder: <em><strong>Is that kind of intimacy even possible for people like us?</strong></em></p><p>The answer is a resounding <strong>yes</strong>.</p><p>But I believe it requires something of us. And that&#8217;s what this series is about.</p><h2><strong><br>The Heart Behind This Series</strong></h2><p>Over the next few weeks, we&#8217;re looking to explore what it means to truly draw near to God and grow in intimacy with Him through Christ.</p><p>This isn&#8217;t a series about doing more religious activities or checking off spiritual disciplines.</p><p>This is about <em>relationship</em>&#8212;real, deep, life-transforming relationship with the living God.</p><p>We&#8217;re going to be honest about what&#8217;s preventing or inhibiting our relational growth with the Lord.</p><p>We&#8217;re going to expose the sources of spiritual stagnation that keep us stuck in shallow faith.</p><p>And with God&#8217;s help, we&#8217;re going to discover practical, biblical pathways to the abundant life Jesus promised, as He said,</p><p>&#8220;I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.&#8221; (John 10:10).</p><p><em>Life to the full.</em> Not just existence. Not just survival. Not just &#8220;getting by&#8221; spiritually. But abundant, overflowing, satisfying life with God.</p><p>This series is for those who are hungry for more. For those who know deep down that there&#8217;s something richer, deeper, and more real than what they&#8217;re currently experiencing. For those who are tired of going through the motions and ready to truly <em>know</em> God Himself&#8212;not just know <em>about</em> Him.</p><h2><strong><br>What We&#8217;ll Discover Together</strong></h2><p>Throughout this seven-part journey, we&#8217;ll explore questions like:</p><p><strong>Have you truly tasted and seen that God is good?</strong> Not just heard about His goodness secondhand, but experienced it personally? (Inspired by Psalm 34:8)</p><p><strong>Are you seeking God&#8217;s kingdom first</strong>, or are you trying to squeeze Him into the margins of an already-full life? (Inspired by Matthew 6:33)</p><p><strong>Have you counted the cost of following Jesus</strong>&#8212;and maybe even more importantly, have you counted the <em>gain of following Him</em>? (Inspired by Luke 14:28-33)</p><p><strong>What distractions need to be cut off</strong> so you can cling to God? What&#8217;s crowding Him out of your life? (Inspired by Hebrews 12:1-2)</p><p><strong>Are you willing to take the time</strong> to build a real relationship with God, or are you expecting intimacy without investment? (Inspired by Jeremiah 29:13)</p><p><strong>Do you know the voice of your Good Shepherd</strong>, or are you following other voices&#8212;your own, the world&#8217;s, the enemy&#8217;s? (Inspired by John 10:27)</p><p><strong>Are you ready to receive Jesus and all that comes with Him</strong>&#8212;His Kingdom, eternal life, joy, peace, and the pleasure of knowing Him forever? (Inspired by John 17:3)</p><p>These aren&#8217;t just theoretical questions. They&#8217;re heart-checks. They&#8217;re meant to make us pause, reflect, and honestly examine where we are in our walk with God.</p><p>And here&#8217;s what I believe: Many of us <em>do</em> desire a closer relationship with God. We&#8217;re not content with shallow faith. We genuinely want to know Him more deeply.</p><p>But we don&#8217;t know how to cultivate this closer relationship with God.</p><p>We&#8217;re surrounded by distractions. We&#8217;re overwhelmed by busyness. We have competing priorities pulling us in a dozen directions. We&#8217;re battling spiritual footholds and strongholds of darkness. We&#8217;re swimming against the strong current of sin, the world, and the deceiver.</p><p>And somewhere in the chaos, intimacy with God gets lost.</p><h2><strong><br>The Good News</strong></h2><p>Here&#8217;s some beautiful truth that we&#8217;re going to anchor ourselves in throughout this series: <strong>God is not the problem. In love, He is ready and willing to meet with us, far more committed to us than we can possibly fathom.</strong></p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.&#8221;</strong> (Lamentations 3:25).</h3></blockquote><p>The Lord is standing at the door and knocking (see Revelation 3:20). He&#8217;s drawing near to all who draw near to Him (see James 4:8). He&#8217;s calling out, inviting, pursuing.</p><p>The barrier isn&#8217;t on God&#8217;s end. It&#8217;s on ours.</p><p>But, here is some powerful news: those barriers can be removed. These obstacles can be overcome. These distractions can be cut off. The busyness can be reordered. The spiritual strongholds can be torn down in the name of Jesus.</p><p>Not by our own strength, but through Christ who gives us strength (see Philippians 4:13).</p><p>This series is going to be both reflective and invitational. We&#8217;re going to pause and welcome God to examine our hearts. We&#8217;re going to invite God to search us and know our hearts and all that is hidden within them (see Psalm 139:23-24). And we&#8217;re going to respond to His invitation to come closer by the power of the Spirit of God.</p><p>There will most likely be moments that feel gently confrontational&#8212;in a set apart, Spirit-led way, because sometimes love confronts us. Oftentimes the truth challenges us. In love, the Spirit of Truth convicts so He can transform us.</p><p>Through this series, I believe that you&#8217;ll notice the clear, underlying hope and joy in every one of these posts.</p><p>Why?</p><p>Because intimacy with God isn&#8217;t a burden to bear; it&#8217;s a gift to receive. Drawing near to the Lord isn&#8217;t about religious striving; it&#8217;s about responding to His grace, motivated by love.</p><p>And the end result&#8212;the prize we&#8217;re pressing toward&#8212;is knowing the only true God. Really knowing Him. The way you know your closest friend, but infinitely deeper. The way you know someone you&#8217;ve spent quality time with, opened your heart to, listened to, followed, and trusted.</p><p>I believe that knowing God will absolutely and powerfully impact our love for God and the love we share with others in response to receiving from God&#8217;s unending wellspring of love.</p><h2><strong><br>What This Will Require</strong></h2><p>Well, we love transparency, so, I&#8217;ll state it plainly now, from the start: This journey of drawing nearer to God will require something of you.</p><p>It will require <strong>honesty</strong>: with God, with yourself, about where you really are spiritually.</p><p>It will require <strong>time</strong>: not just to read these posts or listen to these podcasts, but to sit with the questions, to pray through the reflections, to actually make space for God.</p><p>It will require <strong>surrender</strong>: letting go of control, releasing your grip on your own life, and submitting to Jesus as Lord, not only Savior.</p><p>It will require <strong>sacrifice</strong>: cutting off distractions, saying no to seemingly good things so that you can say yes to the best thing, and reordering your priorities around God&#8217;s kingdom.</p><p>It will require <strong>perseverance</strong>: showing up day after day, even when you don&#8217;t feel like it, even when it&#8217;s hard, even when progress feels slow.</p><p>But here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll receive in return: <strong>Jesus and all that comes with Him.</strong></p><p>By God&#8217;s grace and through faith in Jesus Christ, we are co-heirs with Christ Himself, welcomed into and receiving His everlasting Kingdom, eternal life, joy that isn&#8217;t based on circumstances, peace that surpasses comprehension, eternal reward, and pleasures forevermore.</p><p>And most importantly, we are welcomed into and receive: a real, intimate, satisfying relationship with the one, true, living God.</p><p>This is not a transactional relationship but one to be cherished, prioritized, and stewarded with intentionality, love, and genuine care.</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart&#8221; </strong>(Jeremiah 29:13).</h3></blockquote><p>That&#8217;s not a maybe. That&#8217;s a promise. Seek the Lord with all your heart, and you <em>will</em> find Him.</p><h2><strong><br>An Invitation</strong></h2><p>Here&#8217;s my invitation to you: Join me on this journey with Jesus.</p><p>For the next few weeks, commit to showing up. Read or listen to each post prayerfully. Sit with the questions. Be honest with God. Let the Spirit search your heart. Take action on what He reveals.</p><p>Don&#8217;t just consume content. Engage with God through it. Let the Lord change, convict, and inspire you.</p><p>Here&#8217;s what I believe will happen: You&#8217;ll discover that abundant life with God isn&#8217;t out of reach. Intimacy with God isn&#8217;t reserved for spiritual giants or pastors or missionaries.</p><p>It&#8217;s available to all who will draw near.</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth&#8221; </strong>(Psalm 145:18).</h3></blockquote><p>The Lord is near. Not distant. Not unreachable. Not playing hard to get. <em>Near</em>.</p><p>He&#8217;s ready. The door is open. The invitation stands.</p><p><em>Will you draw near?</em></p><h2><strong><br>What&#8217;s Coming</strong></h2><p>Here&#8217;s a preview of our 7-part journey together:</p><p><strong>Part 1: &#8220;Have You Tasted and Seen?&#8221;</strong> &#8211; The invitation to know God <em>personally</em>, not just know <em>about</em> Him.</p><p><strong>Part 2: &#8220;Seeking First&#8221;</strong> &#8211; The choice that changes everything: making God&#8217;s Kingdom and righteousness your priority.</p><p><strong>Part 3: &#8220;Counting the Cost&#8221;</strong> &#8211; The exchange that&#8217;s worth everything: surrendering control to receive Christ and His Kingdom.</p><p><strong>Part 4: &#8220;Cutting Off Distractions&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Making room for what matters most by removing what crowds God out of your heart and awareness.</p><p><strong>Part 5: &#8220;The Relationship That Takes Time&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Building intimacy through consistent, intentional presence with God.</p><p><strong>Part 6: &#8220;Who Are You Following?&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Learning to recognize and follow the voice of your Good Shepherd.</p><p><strong>Part 7: &#8220;The Abundant Life Awaits&#8221;</strong> &#8211; Embracing all that comes with Jesus&#8212;His Kingdom, eternal life, joy, peace, and intimacy with Him.</p><p>Each post will be saturated with Scripture, grounded in truth, and focused on practical application. This isn&#8217;t just theory; it&#8217;s a pathway to transformation through Christ Jesus our Lord.</p><h2><strong><br>A Final Word</strong></h2><p>If you&#8217;ve been feeling spiritually dry, distant from God, or stuck in your faith, you&#8217;re in the right place.</p><p>If you&#8217;ve been longing for something more, something deeper, something real, this series is for you.</p><p>If you&#8217;ve been wondering why intimacy with God feels so elusive, with the help of the Spirit our Helper, we&#8217;re going to discover the answer together.</p><p>The abundant life Jesus promised isn&#8217;t a myth. It&#8217;s not reserved for a select few. It&#8217;s not unattainable.</p><p>It&#8217;s yours&#8212;if you&#8217;re willing to draw near.</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you.&#8221; </strong> (James 4:8).</h3></blockquote><p>That&#8217;s the promise we&#8217;re standing on. <br>That&#8217;s the invitation we are accepting. <br>That&#8217;s the journey we&#8217;re embarking on together with Jesus.</p><p>So let me ask you: <em>Are you ready?</em></p><p>Ready to draw near? <br>Ready to seek Him first? <br>Ready to count the cost? <br>Ready to cut off distractions? <br>Ready to take time? <br>Ready to follow? <br>Ready to receive?</p><p>Take a moment. I encourage you to pause and pray.</p><p>Consider the Lord&#8217;s desire for a deeper relationship with you.</p><p>If your answer is Yes&#8212;even a tentative, uncertain Yes&#8212;then let&#8217;s go! Let&#8217;s do this!</p><p>The God of the universe is waiting to meet with you.</p><p>Not someday. Not when you get your act together. Not when you&#8217;re more seemingly spiritual.</p><p><em>Now. Right now.</em></p><p>The Lord Jesus standing at the door and knocking.</p><p><em>Will you let Him in?</em></p><h2><strong><br>Let&#8217;s Pray</strong></h2><p><em>Our Father in heaven,</em></p><p><em>Holy, holy, holy are You.</em></p><p><em>As we begin this journey together, I pray that You would stir in each heart a greater hunger for You. Not just for Your blessings, but for You, steadfast Lord. Not just for what You give, but for who You are.</em></p><p><em>Open our eyes to see clearly.</em></p><p><em>Open our ears to hear Your voice.</em></p><p><em>Open our hearts to receive Your invitation.</em></p><p><em>We want to draw near. We want to know You intimately. We want to experience the abundant life You promised.</em></p><p><em>Merciful Lord, meet us where we&#8217;re at, as You do so beautifully and consistently.</em></p><p><em>Draw us close.</em></p><p><em>Transform us from the inside out.</em></p><p><em>Here we are, Lord. Let&#8217;s do this.</em></p><p><em>We&#8217;re ready. We&#8217;re listening. We&#8217;re drawing near in the precious and powerful name of Jesus Christ our Lord,</em></p><p><em>Amen.</em></p><p><em><strong>Hallelujah! <br>   Thank You, God!</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Friends, here is</p><h2><strong>What to Do Next:</strong></h2><ol><li><p>Subscribe so you don&#8217;t miss any part of this 7-part journey exploring what it means to truly know God, grow with Him through Christ, and remove the barriers that keep us from the abundant life He offers. Click the <strong>subscribe</strong> button and add your email. It&#8217;s that easy.</p></li></ol><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a> with TANNER KLEIN</strong> is a reader-supported publishing ministry. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><ol start="2"><li><p>Set aside time to read or listen prayerfully and reflect deeply on the Scriptures included in these podcast-posts.</p></li><li><p>Share this series with someone who&#8217;s also hungry for more of God. <br>   Click the <strong>share</strong> button.</p></li></ol><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><ol start="4"><li><p>Prepare your heart by asking God right now: &#8220;Lord, what do You want to show me? What needs to change? Here I am. Draw me closer to You.&#8221;</p></li></ol><p>The journey continues next week with <strong>Part 1: &#8220;Have You Tasted and Seen?&#8221;</strong> &#8212; The invitation to know God <em>personally</em>, not just know <em>about</em> Him.</p><p>Lord willing, I&#8217;ll see you there.</p><p>Until then, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>Let&#8217;s keep pressing on into 2026 with Immanuel&#8212;abiding, faithful, learning, &amp; growing with God and each other.</p><p><em><strong>Thank You, Father, in advance! <br>Lead the way, Lord our God!</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png" width="1920" height="662" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:662,&quot;width&quot;:1920,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1474138,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186882590?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F306f4a5a-10f3-42a6-ada4-bf0d9d9229bf_1920x1080.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PYuW!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e518f3-f188-4a7f-beb6-1b7b21a14e8e_1920x662.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h1>&#127467;&#127479; <strong>S&#8217;Approcher de Dieu : Introduction &#224; une Nouvelle S&#233;rie de M&#233;ditations sur l&#8217;INTIMIT&#201; avec DIEU</strong></h1><h2><em>Qu&#8217;est-ce qui Manque dans Votre Marche avec Dieu ?</em></h2><p>Salut les amis - Merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Pour tous ceux qui suivent notre vie en mission, vous savez que nous attendons notre petite fille dans les deux prochaines semaines ! All&#233;luia ! J&#8217;ai partag&#233; beaucoup de choses sur notre situation dans mon dernier article, intitul&#233; &#171; <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/38-weeks-pregnant-preparing-for-our">38 SEMAINES DE GROSSESSE ! Pr&#233;paration pour notre PETITE FILLE avec JOIE &amp; PAIX Malgr&#233; les Incertitudes : La PR&#201;SENCE &amp; la PUISSANCE de Dieu Changent Tout</a></strong> &#187;. Ce t&#233;moignage joyeux est accessible <a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/38-weeks-pregnant-preparing-for-our">ici</a>.</p><p>Je pr&#233;vois de partager davantage sur les choses li&#233;es &#224; l&#8217;arriv&#233;e prochaine de notre petite fille dans les prochains articles, mais nous reviendrons &#224; cette nouvelle glorieuse et merveilleuse dans notre prochain post.</p><p>Je cherche maintenant &#224; suivre la direction du Seigneur en introduisant cette s&#233;rie, et je suis tellement excit&#233; pour ce que le Seigneur notre Dieu nous r&#233;serve alors que nous allons plus en profondeur.</p><p>Regardons la r&#233;alit&#233; qui change la vie pr&#233;sent&#233;e dans Jacques 4:8,</p><p><em><strong>&#171; Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s&#8217;approchera de vous. &#187;</strong></em></p><p>Il y a une question qui remue dans mon c&#339;ur, et peut-&#234;tre qu&#8217;elle remue aussi dans le v&#244;tre : Pourquoi tout le monde ne s&#8217;approche-t-il pas de Dieu ?</p><p>C&#8217;est une question simple, mais elle ouvre quelque chose de profond. Si Dieu est aussi bon que l&#8217;&#201;criture le dit&#8212;s&#8217;Il offre vraiment la vie abondante, la paix qui surpasse toute intelligence, la pl&#233;nitude de la joie, la r&#233;compense &#233;ternelle et des plaisirs pour toujours&#8212;pourquoi plus de gens ne Le poursuivent-ils pas de tout leur &#234;tre ?</p><p>Plus personnellement : Pourquoi ne le faisons-nous pas ?</p><p>Si nous sommes honn&#234;tes, beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous qui nous appelons chr&#233;tiens peuvent nous installer dans une version de la foi qui ressemble plus &#224; des routines religieuses qu&#8217;&#224; une relation vibrante. Nous pouvons &#234;tre d&#8217;accord avec les bonnes choses. Nous pouvons m&#234;me faire les bonnes choses (la plupart du temps). Nous pouvons venir le dimanche. Nous pouvons prier avant les repas. Nous sommes apparemment de &#171; bonnes &#187; personnes.</p><p>Mais l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu ? Cela semble... distant. Cela peut sembler insaisissable. Selon o&#249; vous en &#234;tes, cela peut sembler inaccessible dans cette saison de vie.</p><p>Nous le voyons dans l&#8217;&#201;criture&#8212;des personnes comme David qui pouvait dire,</p><p><em><strong>&#171; Comme une biche soupire apr&#232;s des courants d&#8217;eau, ainsi mon &#226;me soupire apr&#232;s toi, &#244; Dieu ! &#187;</strong></em> (Psaume 42:1).</p><p>Ou Mo&#239;se, qui parlait avec Dieu <strong>&#171; face &#224; face, comme un homme parle &#224; son ami &#187;</strong> (Exode 33:11).</p><p>Ou Paul, qui consid&#233;rait tout comme une perte compar&#233; &#224; la connaissance de Christ (Philippiens 3:8).</p><p>Et nous nous demandons : Ce genre d&#8217;intimit&#233; est-il m&#234;me possible pour des gens comme nous ?</p><p>La r&#233;ponse est un <strong>oui</strong> retentissant.</p><p>Mais je crois que cela exige quelque chose de nous. Et c&#8217;est de cela que parle cette s&#233;rie.</p><h2><strong><br>Le C&#339;ur Derri&#232;re Cette S&#233;rie</strong></h2><p>Au cours des prochaines semaines, nous allons explorer ce que signifie vraiment s&#8217;approcher de Dieu et grandir en intimit&#233; avec Lui &#224; travers Christ.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une s&#233;rie sur le fait de faire plus d&#8217;activit&#233;s religieuses ou de cocher des disciplines spirituelles.</p><p>Il s&#8217;agit de <strong>relation</strong>&#8212;une relation r&#233;elle, profonde, qui transforme la vie avec le Dieu vivant.</p><p>Nous allons &#234;tre honn&#234;tes sur ce qui emp&#234;che ou inhibe notre croissance relationnelle avec le Seigneur.</p><p>Nous allons exposer les sources de stagnation spirituelle qui nous maintiennent coinc&#233;s dans une foi superficielle.</p><p>Et avec l&#8217;aide de Dieu, nous allons d&#233;couvrir des chemins pratiques et bibliques vers la vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise, comme Il l&#8217;a dit,</p><p><em><strong>&#171; Je suis venu afin que les brebis aient la vie, et qu&#8217;elles l&#8217;aient en abondance &#187;</strong></em> (Jean 10:10).</p><p>La vie en abondance. Pas seulement l&#8217;existence. Pas seulement la survie. Pas seulement &#171; s&#8217;en sortir &#187; spirituellement. Mais une vie abondante, d&#233;bordante, satisfaisante avec Dieu.</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie est pour ceux qui ont faim de plus. Pour ceux qui savent au fond d&#8217;eux-m&#234;mes qu&#8217;il y a quelque chose de plus riche, de plus profond, de plus r&#233;el que ce qu&#8217;ils vivent actuellement. Pour ceux qui sont fatigu&#233;s de faire semblant et pr&#234;ts &#224; vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu Lui-m&#234;me&#8212;pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Lui.</p><h2><strong><br>Ce Que Nous Allons D&#233;couvrir Ensemble</strong></h2><p>Tout au long de ce parcours en sept parties, nous explorerons des questions telles que :</p><p><strong>Avez-vous vraiment go&#251;t&#233; et vu que Dieu est bon ?</strong> Pas seulement entendu parler de Sa bont&#233; de seconde main, mais l&#8217;avoir exp&#233;riment&#233;e personnellement ? (Psaume 34:8)</p><p><strong>Cherchez-vous d&#8217;abord le royaume de Dieu</strong>, ou essayez-vous de Le faire entrer dans les marges d&#8217;une vie d&#233;j&#224; pleine ? (Matthieu 6:33)</p><p><strong>Avez-vous compt&#233; le co&#251;t de suivre J&#233;sus</strong>&#8212;et plus important encore, avez-vous compt&#233; le <strong>gain</strong> de Le suivre ? (Luc 14:28-33)</p><p><strong>Quelles distractions doivent &#234;tre coup&#233;es</strong> pour que vous puissiez vous attacher &#224; Dieu ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui Le chasse de votre vie ? (H&#233;breux 12:1-2)</p><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; prendre le temps</strong> de construire une vraie relation avec Dieu, ou attendez-vous l&#8217;intimit&#233; sans investissement ? (J&#233;r&#233;mie 29:13)</p><p><strong>Connaissez-vous la voix de votre Bon Berger</strong>, ou suivez-vous d&#8217;autres voix&#8212;la v&#244;tre, celle du monde, celle de l&#8217;ennemi ? (Jean 10:27)</p><p><strong>&#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui</strong>&#8212;Son Royaume, la vie &#233;ternelle, la joie, la paix, et le plaisir de Le conna&#238;tre pour toujours ? (Jean 17:3)</p><p>Ce ne sont pas seulement des questions th&#233;oriques. Ce sont des v&#233;rifications du c&#339;ur. Elles sont destin&#233;es &#224; nous faire faire une pause, r&#233;fl&#233;chir, et examiner honn&#234;tement o&#249; nous en sommes dans notre marche avec Dieu.</p><p>Et voici ce que je crois : Beaucoup d&#8217;entre nous d&#233;sirent vraiment une relation plus &#233;troite avec Dieu. Nous ne sommes pas satisfaits d&#8217;une foi superficielle. Nous voulons sinc&#232;rement Le conna&#238;tre plus profond&#233;ment.</p><p>Mais nous ne savons pas comment cultiver cette relation plus &#233;troite avec Dieu.</p><p>Nous sommes entour&#233;s de distractions. Nous sommes submerg&#233;s par l&#8217;agitation. Nous avons des priorit&#233;s concurrentes qui nous tirent dans une douzaine de directions. Nous luttons contre des points d&#8217;appui spirituels et des forteresses des t&#233;n&#232;bres. Nous nageons &#224; contre-courant du p&#233;ch&#233;, du monde et du trompeur.</p><p>Et quelque part dans le chaos, l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu se perd.</p><h2><strong><br>La Bonne Nouvelle</strong></h2><p>Voici une belle v&#233;rit&#233; sur laquelle nous allons nous ancrer tout au long de cette s&#233;rie : Dieu n&#8217;est pas le probl&#232;me. Dans l&#8217;amour, Il est pr&#234;t et dispos&#233; &#224; nous rencontrer, bien plus engag&#233; envers nous que nous ne pouvons possiblement l&#8217;imaginer.</p><p><em><strong>&#171; L&#8217;&#201;ternel est bon pour ceux qui se confient en lui, pour l&#8217;&#226;me qui le cherche. &#187;</strong></em> (Lamentations 3:25).</p><p>Le Seigneur se tient &#224; la porte et frappe (Apocalypse 3:20). Il s&#8217;approche de tous ceux qui s&#8217;approchent de Lui (Jacques 4:8). Il appelle, invite, poursuit.</p><p>La barri&#232;re n&#8217;est pas du c&#244;t&#233; de Dieu. Elle est du n&#244;tre.</p><p>Mais, voici une nouvelle puissante : ces barri&#232;res peuvent &#234;tre enlev&#233;es. Ces obstacles peuvent &#234;tre surmont&#233;s. Ces distractions peuvent &#234;tre coup&#233;es. L&#8217;agitation peut &#234;tre r&#233;organis&#233;e. Les forteresses spirituelles peuvent &#234;tre d&#233;molies.</p><p>Pas par notre propre force, mais par Christ qui nous donne la force (Philippiens 4:13).</p><p>Cette s&#233;rie va &#234;tre &#224; la fois r&#233;flexive et invitante. Nous allons faire une pause et accueillir Dieu pour examiner nos c&#339;urs. Nous allons inviter Dieu &#224; nous sonder et &#224; conna&#238;tre nos c&#339;urs et tout ce qui est cach&#233; en eux (Psaume 139:23-24). Et nous allons r&#233;pondre &#224; Son invitation &#224; nous rapprocher par la puissance de l&#8217;Esprit de Dieu.</p><p>Il y aura tr&#232;s probablement des moments qui sembleront doucement confrontants&#8212;d&#8217;une mani&#232;re mise &#224; part, conduite par l&#8217;Esprit, parce que parfois l&#8217;amour nous confronte. Souvent la v&#233;rit&#233; nous d&#233;fie. Dans l&#8217;amour, l&#8217;Esprit de V&#233;rit&#233; convainc afin qu&#8217;Il puisse nous transformer.</p><p>Mais, je crois que vous remarquerez l&#8217;espoir et la joie clairs et sous-jacents dans chacun de ces articles.</p><p>Pourquoi ?</p><p>Parce que l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu n&#8217;est pas un fardeau &#224; porter ; c&#8217;est un cadeau &#224; recevoir. S&#8217;approcher du Seigneur ne consiste pas &#224; s&#8217;efforcer religieusement ; il s&#8217;agit de r&#233;pondre &#224; Sa gr&#226;ce, motiv&#233; par l&#8217;amour.</p><p>Et le r&#233;sultat final&#8212;le prix vers lequel nous nous pressons&#8212;c&#8217;est conna&#238;tre Dieu. Vraiment Le conna&#238;tre. De la fa&#231;on dont vous connaissez votre ami le plus proche, mais infiniment plus profond&#233;ment. De la fa&#231;on dont vous connaissez quelqu&#8217;un avec qui vous avez pass&#233; du temps de qualit&#233;, &#224; qui vous avez ouvert votre c&#339;ur, que vous avez &#233;cout&#233;, suivi, en qui vous avez eu confiance.</p><p>Je crois que conna&#238;tre Dieu impactera absolument et puissamment notre amour pour Dieu et l&#8217;amour que nous partageons avec les autres en r&#233;ponse &#224; la r&#233;ception de la source intarissable d&#8217;amour de Dieu.</p><h2><strong><br>Ce Que Cela Exigera</strong></h2><p>Nous aimons la transparence ! Alors, je le dirai clairement maintenant, d&#232;s le d&#233;part : Ce parcours pour s&#8217;approcher davantage exigera quelque chose de vous.</p><p>Cela exigera <strong>l&#8217;honn&#234;tet&#233;</strong> : avec Dieu, avec vous-m&#234;me, sur o&#249; vous en &#234;tes vraiment spirituellement.</p><p>Cela exigera <strong>du temps</strong> : pas seulement pour lire ces articles ou &#233;couter ces podcasts, mais pour rester avec les questions, pour prier &#224; travers les r&#233;flexions, pour vraiment faire de la place pour Dieu.</p><p>Cela exigera <strong>l&#8217;abandon</strong> : l&#226;cher le contr&#244;le, rel&#226;cher votre emprise sur votre propre vie, et vous soumettre &#224; J&#233;sus comme Seigneur, pas seulement Sauveur.</p><p>Cela exigera <strong>le sacrifice</strong> : couper les distractions, dire non &#224; des choses apparemment bonnes afin que vous puissiez dire oui &#224; la meilleure chose, et r&#233;organiser vos priorit&#233;s autour du royaume de Dieu.</p><p>Cela exigera <strong>la pers&#233;v&#233;rance</strong> : se pr&#233;senter jour apr&#232;s jour, m&#234;me quand vous n&#8217;en avez pas envie, m&#234;me quand c&#8217;est difficile, m&#234;me quand le progr&#232;s semble lent.</p><p>Mais voici ce que vous recevrez en retour : <strong>J&#233;sus et tout ce qui vient avec Lui.</strong></p><p>Par la gr&#226;ce de Dieu et par la foi en J&#233;sus-Christ, nous devenons coh&#233;ritiers de Christ Lui-m&#234;me, accueillis dans et recevant Son Royaume &#233;ternel, la vie &#233;ternelle, la joie qui n&#8217;est pas bas&#233;e sur les circonstances, la paix qui surpasse toute compr&#233;hension, la r&#233;compense &#233;ternelle, et des plaisirs pour toujours.</p><p>Et plus important encore, nous sommes accueillis dans et recevons : une relation r&#233;elle, intime, satisfaisante avec le seul vrai Dieu vivant.</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas une relation transactionnelle mais une relation &#224; ch&#233;rir, &#224; prioriser et &#224; g&#233;rer avec intentionnalit&#233;, amour et soin v&#233;ritable.</p><p><em><strong>&#171; Vous me chercherez, et vous me trouverez, si vous me cherchez de tout votre c&#339;ur &#187;</strong></em> (J&#233;r&#233;mie 29:13).</p><p>Ce n&#8217;est pas un peut-&#234;tre. C&#8217;est une promesse. Cherchez le Seigneur de tout votre c&#339;ur, et vous Le trouverez.</p><h2><strong><br>Une Invitation</strong></h2><p>Alors voici mon invitation pour vous : Rejoignez-moi dans ce voyage avec J&#233;sus.</p><p>Pour les prochaines semaines, engagez-vous &#224; vous pr&#233;senter. Lisez ou &#233;coutez chaque article dans la pri&#232;re. Restez avec les questions. Soyez honn&#234;te avec Dieu. Laissez l&#8217;Esprit sonder votre c&#339;ur. Agissez sur ce qu&#8217;Il r&#233;v&#232;le.</p><p>Ne consommez pas seulement du contenu. Engagez-vous avec Dieu &#224; travers lui. Laissez le Seigneur vous changer, vous convaincre et vous inspirer.</p><p>Voici ce que je crois qu&#8217;il se passera : Vous d&#233;couvrirez que la vie abondante avec Dieu n&#8217;est pas hors de port&#233;e. L&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu n&#8217;est pas r&#233;serv&#233;e aux g&#233;ants spirituels ou aux pasteurs ou aux missionnaires.</p><p>Elle est disponible pour tous ceux qui s&#8217;approcheront.</p><p><em><strong>&#171; L&#8217;&#201;ternel est pr&#232;s de tous ceux qui l&#8217;invoquent, de tous ceux qui l&#8217;invoquent avec sinc&#233;rit&#233; &#187;</strong></em> (Psaume 145:18).</p><p>Le Seigneur est proche. Pas distant. Pas inaccessible. Il ne joue pas &#224; se faire d&#233;sirer. Proche.</p><p>Il est pr&#234;t. La porte est ouverte. L&#8217;invitation tient toujours.</p><p><em>Allez-vous vous approcher ?</em></p><h2><strong><br>Ce Qui Arrive</strong></h2><p>Voici un aper&#231;u de notre parcours de sept semaines ensemble :</p><p><strong>Partie 1 : &#171; Avez-vous Go&#251;t&#233; et Vu ? &#187;</strong> &#8211; L&#8217;invitation &#224; conna&#238;tre Dieu personnellement, pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Lui.</p><p><strong>Partie 2 : &#171; Chercher d&#8217;Abord &#187;</strong> &#8211; Le choix qui change tout : faire du Royaume et de la justice de Dieu votre priorit&#233;.</p><p><strong>Partie 3 : &#171; Compter le Co&#251;t &#187;</strong> &#8211; L&#8217;&#233;change qui vaut tout : abandonner le contr&#244;le pour recevoir Christ et Son Royaume.</p><p><strong>Partie 4 : &#171; Couper les Distractions &#187;</strong> &#8211; Faire de la place pour ce qui compte le plus en enlevant ce qui chasse Dieu de votre c&#339;ur et de votre conscience.</p><p><strong>Partie 5 : &#171; La Relation Qui Prend du Temps &#187;</strong> &#8211; Construire l&#8217;intimit&#233; par une pr&#233;sence coh&#233;rente et intentionnelle avec Dieu.</p><p><strong>Partie 6 : &#171; Qui Suivez-vous ? &#187;</strong> &#8211; Apprendre &#224; reconna&#238;tre et suivre la voix de votre Bon Berger.</p><p><strong>Partie 7 : &#171; La Vie Abondante Vous Attend &#187;</strong> &#8211; Embrasser tout ce qui vient avec J&#233;sus&#8212;Son Royaume, la vie &#233;ternelle, la joie, la paix, et l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Lui.</p><p>Chaque article sera satur&#233; d&#8217;&#201;critures, ancr&#233; dans la v&#233;rit&#233;, et centr&#233; sur l&#8217;application pratique. Ce n&#8217;est pas seulement de la th&#233;orie ; c&#8217;est un chemin vers la transformation.</p><h2><strong><br>Un Dernier Mot</strong></h2><p>Si vous vous &#234;tes senti spirituellement sec, distant de Dieu, ou coinc&#233; dans votre foi&#8212;vous &#234;tes au bon endroit.</p><p>Si vous avez aspir&#233; &#224; quelque chose de plus, quelque chose de plus profond, quelque chose de r&#233;el&#8212;cette s&#233;rie est pour vous.</p><p>Si vous vous &#234;tes demand&#233; pourquoi l&#8217;intimit&#233; avec Dieu semble si insaisissable&#8212;nous allons d&#233;couvrir la r&#233;ponse ensemble.</p><p>La vie abondante que J&#233;sus a promise n&#8217;est pas un mythe. Elle n&#8217;est pas r&#233;serv&#233;e &#224; quelques &#233;lus. Elle n&#8217;est pas inaccessible.</p><p>Elle est &#224; vous&#8212;si vous &#234;tes pr&#234;t &#224; vous approcher.</p><p><em><strong>&#171; Approchez-vous de Dieu, et il s&#8217;approchera de vous. &#187;</strong></em> (Jacques 4:8).</p><p>C&#8217;est la promesse sur laquelle nous nous appuyons. C&#8217;est l&#8217;invitation que nous acceptons. C&#8217;est le voyage que nous entreprenons ensemble.</p><p>Alors laissez-moi vous demander : &#202;tes-vous pr&#234;t ?</p><p>Pr&#234;t &#224; vous approcher ? Pr&#234;t &#224; chercher d&#8217;abord ? Pr&#234;t &#224; compter le co&#251;t ? Pr&#234;t &#224; couper les distractions ? Pr&#234;t &#224; prendre du temps ? Pr&#234;t &#224; suivre ? Pr&#234;t &#224; recevoir ?</p><p>Prenez un moment. Je vous encourage &#224; faire une pause et &#224; prier.</p><p>Consid&#233;rez le d&#233;sir du Seigneur pour une relation plus profonde avec vous.</p><p>Si votre r&#233;ponse est oui&#8212;m&#234;me un oui h&#233;sitant et incertain&#8212;alors commen&#231;ons.</p><p>Le Dieu de l&#8217;univers attend de vous rencontrer.</p><p>Pas un jour. Pas quand vous aurez tout r&#233;gl&#233;. Pas quand vous serez apparemment plus spirituel.</p><p><strong>Maintenant.</strong></p><p>Le Seigneur J&#233;sus se tient &#224; la porte et frappe.</p><p><em><strong>Allez-vous Le laisser entrer ?</strong></em></p><h2><strong><br>Prions</strong> </h2><p>Notre P&#232;re qui es aux cieux,</p><p>Saint, saint, saint es-Tu.</p><p>Alors que nous commen&#231;ons ce voyage ensemble, je prie pour que Tu &#233;veilles dans chaque c&#339;ur une plus grande faim de Toi. Pas seulement de Tes b&#233;n&#233;dictions, mais de Toi, Seigneur fid&#232;le. Pas seulement de ce que Tu donnes, mais de qui Tu es.</p><p>Ouvre nos yeux pour voir clairement.</p><p>Ouvre nos oreilles pour entendre Ta voix.</p><p>Ouvre nos c&#339;urs pour recevoir Ton invitation.</p><p>Nous voulons nous approcher. Nous voulons Te conna&#238;tre intimement. Nous voulons exp&#233;rimenter la vie abondante que Tu as promise.</p><p>Rencontre-nous l&#224; o&#249; nous sommes, Seigneur, comme Tu le fais si magnifiquement et constamment.</p><p>Attire-nous pr&#232;s.</p><p>Transforme-nous de l&#8217;int&#233;rieur vers l&#8217;ext&#233;rieur.</p><p>Nous voici, Seigneur. Allons-y.</p><p>Nous sommes pr&#234;ts. Nous &#233;coutons. Nous nous approchons dans le nom pr&#233;cieux et puissant de J&#233;sus-Christ notre Seigneur,</p><p>Amen.</p><p>All&#233;luia ! Merci, Dieu !</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Les amis, voici </strong></p><h2><strong>Quoi Faire Ensuite </strong></h2><p><strong>Abonnez-vous</strong> pour ne manquer aucune partie de ce parcours en 7 parties explorant ce que signifie vraiment conna&#238;tre Dieu, grandir avec Lui &#224; travers Christ, et enlever les barri&#232;res qui nous emp&#234;chent de vivre la vie abondante qu&#8217;Il offre. Cliquez sur le bouton d&#8217;abonnement et ajoutez votre email. C&#8217;est aussi simple que &#231;a.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE</a></strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/"> </a><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">EN MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</a></strong> est un minist&#232;re de publication soutenu par ses lecteurs. Pour recevoir les nouveaux articles et soutenir ce travail, vous pouvez devenir abonn&#233; gratuit ou payant.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p><strong>R&#233;servez du temps</strong> chaque semaine pour lire ou &#233;couter dans la pri&#232;re et r&#233;fl&#233;chir profond&#233;ment.</p><p><strong>Partagez cette s&#233;rie</strong> avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a aussi faim de plus de Dieu. Cliquez sur le bouton de partage.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/drawing-near-an-introduction-to-a?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;action=share"><span>Share LIFE ON MISSION with TANNER KLEIN</span></a></p><p><strong>Pr&#233;parez votre c&#339;ur</strong> en demandant &#224; Dieu maintenant : &#171; Seigneur, que veux-Tu me montrer ? Qu&#8217;est-ce qui doit changer ? Me voici. Attire-moi plus pr&#232;s de Toi. &#187;</p><p>Le voyage continue la semaine prochaine avec la <strong>Partie 1 : &#171; Avez-vous Go&#251;t&#233; et Vu ? &#187;</strong> &#8212; L&#8217;invitation &#224; conna&#238;tre Dieu personnellement, pas seulement conna&#238;tre des choses sur Lui.</p><p>Si Dieu le veut, je vous y retrouverai.</p><p>D&#8217;ici l&#224;, merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a></strong> avec J&#233;sus !</p><p>Continuons &#224; avancer en 2026 avec Emmanuel&#8212;demeurant, fid&#232;les, apprenant et grandissant avec Dieu et les uns avec les autres.</p><p>Merci, P&#232;re, d&#8217;avance !</p><p>Montre-nous le chemin, Seigneur notre Dieu !</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[38 WEEKS PREGNANT! Preparing for our BABY GIRL with JOY & PEACE Despite Unknowns: The PRESENCE & POWER of God Change Everything]]></title><description><![CDATA[Our Testimony and Trial-Tested Perspective (&#127467;&#127479; La traduction fran&#231;aise est ci-dessous)]]></description><link>https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/38-weeks-pregnant-preparing-for-our</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/38-weeks-pregnant-preparing-for-our</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanner Klein - LIFE ON MISSION]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 13:33:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186545926/45481e4c48819e9107da1ef6b48e1206.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg" width="1456" height="976" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:976,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:8728653,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186545926?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3RgD!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4f465b5c-b2bd-489b-977c-53dcca903d95_4433x2971.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Madison Rose at 27 weeks pregnant</figcaption></figure></div><p>Hey friends - Thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p>I hope you are enjoying the peace and joy of the Lord today, like we are.</p><p>I am going to present a wild scenario that you can imagine with us. Don&#8217;t freak out. Do not let fear creep in&#8230;there&#8217;s a truly joyful ending. Ok? Ok, good, now&#8230;</p><h3><em><strong>Imagine this scenario.</strong></em></h3><blockquote><p>You or your wife are 37 weeks pregnant, living as missionaries in a foreign country, with a foreign language, far from home, far from family and friends there, and far from the familiarity, norms, and systems you&#8217;ve come to know.</p><p>You&#8217;ve been in this foreign country for nearly a year and you have moved four times.</p><p>You were told it would take around 6 weeks to get a residence permit.</p><p>You applied for a residence permit over 8 months ago and still haven&#8217;t received it.</p><p>You were told you would get a temporary social security number after 2 or 3 weeks, so you could get access to health insurance coverage shortly after.</p><p>Likewise, you applied for health insurance and coverage over 8 months ago and still haven&#8217;t received it.</p><p>   You pay full price for every check up and appointment with the midwife out of pocket, getting receipts for each expense in hopes that one day, once you have local health insurance, they just might reimburse a portion of these expenses.</p><p>You were told you could get private health insurance to cover what the public health insurance will not, but you&#8217;ve been prevented from getting that because you cannot get private health insurance until you first have public health insurance.</p><p>Here you are, 37 weeks in, baby nearly ready to pop out, and you learn that the apartment you&#8217;re staying in just sold. You now have 8 weeks to leave the building, find a new home, move out, and move in with a month-old baby in hand.</p><p><em>Where will you go?</em></p><p>You have some funds saved but nowhere near enough income to meet the requirements to buy or rent a new place. You&#8217;re foreigners, with foreign funds, needing a place in a highly competitive real estate market, a place where locals with seemingly perfect financial situations and great jobs are getting their offers turned down, left and right.</p><p><strong>In other words, you need a miracle&#8230;and fast.</strong></p><p>Oh, did I mention, your sweet mother-in-law plans to visit for about a month after your baby is born. You plan to welcome her into your 25m2 or 270 sq. ft. studio. There&#8217;s a half wall giving the bed area partial privacy and your loving mother-in-law is planning to sleep on the air mattress you just bought, because you don&#8217;t have a room for her to stay in.</p><p>But you need to move out of that studio and into another place by March 20th, right in the middle of your mother-in-law&#8217;s visit.</p><p>Now, you&#8217;re over 38 weeks pregnant, the baby&#8217;s birth is as close as ever, and you now have 6.5 weeks to find a new home, move out, and move in&#8212;baby-in-hand.</p></blockquote><p><strong>Now, pause. Breathe. What do you feel?</strong></p><p>Stressed? Scared? Completely overwhelmed?</p><p>Understandable, but I hope not.</p><p>I am sharing all of this so that we can praise God and share our joy and peace from God with you, not inspire fear or anxiety.</p><p><strong>I just shared our current situation.</strong></p><p>Through your imagination, you have stepped into our shoes for a couple minutes.</p><p><em><strong>It seems at least a bit chaotic, right?</strong></em> So many unknowns. Seemingly unfortunate timing. Reasons for worry, fear, stress, confusion, and some freaking out.</p><h3><strong>But, God!</strong></h3><p>Here&#8217;s the reality...here&#8217;s what I didn&#8217;t share. Here&#8217;s some good news.</p><h4>Thanks to God&#8217;s presence and power, Madison Rose and I are filled with <strong>JOY</strong> and <strong>PEACE</strong>&#8212;joy that comes from God&#8217;s presence and peace that surpasses understanding&#8212;both of which are independent of our circumstances.</h4><p>The pregnancy has been a grace-filled journey, full of God&#8217;s goodness and intentional care and countless answered prayers.</p><p>Navigating the unknowns has been a challenge in many ways, no doubt. Living on mission, pregnancy, moving from place to place, the foreign government and systems that operate very differently from what we&#8217;re accustomed to&#8212;all in a foreign language. We&#8217;ve felt all kinds of things over this past year.</p><p>But, these challenges have drawn us closer to God, not deeper into fear.<br><em><strong>   Thanks, God!</strong></em></p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hzzp!,w_200,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8f09cc40-c55a-4343-8069-a005f49dec12_2316x3088.heic&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1741849a-ca0d-42e8-8cb8-af8a89927982_3024x4032.heic&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A joy-filled snow day &amp; how we get around in the cold &#128513;&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/32d8e99b-4ae2-4849-997e-5ea3ec1424e0_1456x720.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>We have been in this nation for nearly a year and have moved four times, but we learned to love every place God provided.</p><p>Four months in a 10m2 or 110 sq. ft. studio with a private toilet room down the public hallway. That&#8217;s enough to drive any couple at least a little bit crazy. But, we learned to love it. The tiny space was tough at times, but the neighborhood and nearby park were so sweet. The Lord&#8217;s nearness and goodness regularly brought us to our knees. As a couple, we grew in love, in grace, and in friendship.</p><p>We also spent about two months house-sitting at friends&#8217; homes, including a dog sit. Both came with challenges but we got to enjoy abundant space! Praise be to God for space.</p><p>We prayed for months before we needed to find a new place to live. But, each time we looked, the Lord gently convinced us that He would provide, but He would do so <em>His way.</em></p><p>That included convincing us that He would bring the place to us, that He would provide through community in faith, and that we wouldn&#8217;t find it through our own searching.</p><p>Sure enough, the Lord provided a place for us <em>exactly</em> as He said. On a Sunday, while at a prayer and worship gathering, I remember hearing the words, &#8220;Next week&#8221; as the Lord reminded me that He would be faithful to provide. I remember telling Madison, &#8220;Hey, let&#8217;s keep our hearts, minds, eyes, and ears open this week, God is up to something good!&#8221;</p><p>Two days later, on Tuesday, a friend and brother-in-Christ messaged me saying he thought he had some good news to share and wanted to call me. That afternoon, we talked, and he told me that he was putting his studio on the market to be sold, and knowing it would take at least two months for the sale to go through, once it was agreed upon, he prayed and sensed God bring Madison Rose and I to mind. He continued to pray and sensed the Lord not only lead him to offer the place to us while it was on the market, but also, that we could stay there rent-free. He told us that when praying about what to charge us, the Lord &#8220;forbid&#8221; him from charging us rent. Not only that, the studio was located in the center of Paris, in a beautiful neighborhood in the 6th arrondissement. Not only that, his studio was available for us just one day after we needed to be out of our tiny 10m2 studio.</p><p>Not wanting to walk in presumption like Saul in 1 Samuel 15, Madison Rose and I took this opportunity to the Lord in prayer. And by His sweet grace, God confirmed to us that this was His provision for us, for the near-term. So, newly pregnant Madison Rose and I moved all our things from the tiny studio to our housesit, and then to our friend&#8217;s studio in the 6th, in the center of Paris.</p><p>We thought we&#8217;d be in the studio for 2 or 3 months until God provided a more permanent place, but we&#8217;ve been here for around seven months, minus the time we spent on mission trips and with family in the US over the Thanksgiving holiday.</p><p><strong>The greatness and provision of our God is unmatched.</strong></p><p>Yes, we were told it would take around 6 weeks to get a residence permit, and over 8 months later, we still haven&#8217;t received it.</p><p>Yes, we were told we would get a temporary social security number after 2 or 3 weeks, so we could get access to health insurance coverage shortly after, and over 8 months later, we still haven&#8217;t received it.</p><p>Nevertheless, <strong>God has remained our refuge and our strength. He has helped us navigate all the governmental complexity and confusing back-and-forth procedures in French.</strong></p><p>We love France and regularly cover this nation and government in prayer. We want God&#8217;s best for this nation and the government.</p><p>We have paid full price for every check up and appointment with two midwives out of pocket, getting receipts for each expense in hopes that one day, once we will have local health insurance, they just might reimburse a portion of these expenses.</p><p>We were told we could get private health insurance to cover what the public health insurance will not, but we have been prevented from getting it because we cannot get private health insurance until we first have public health insurance. True.</p><p>And that&#8217;s ok, because God has provided us enough money to pay for these expenses. We&#8217;re not in debt. We&#8217;re not living with a scarcity mindset. </p><p><strong>We don&#8217;t fear lack, because our God is a good Father.</strong> </p><p><strong>He knows how to care for His kids and He does. God is our Provider. Our Father is the Giver of every good and every perfect gift (see James 1:17).</strong> That remains true whether we have a nice income or not. </p><p><strong>Our Father remains faithful. We&#8217;ve seen His faithfulness proven again and again.</strong> <strong>Why would we fear? It is impossible for God to be faithless for He cannot deny Himself (see 2 Timothy 2:11&#8211;13).</strong></p><p><strong>The Lord is faithful to provide for us to be faithful to Him.</strong> Period. He is the Source and Sustainer of all our lives, whether we embrace that fact or not. His character and nature are steadfast and unchanging. How good is that news, considering our ever-changing world and cultures.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic" width="434" height="493.91346153846155" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1657,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:434,&quot;bytes&quot;:1194546,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/heic&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186545926?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!SirK!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F94dceebe-82c9-4e4f-96f8-245bf46ce6ec_2316x2636.heic 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Joyful after our prayer-walk</figcaption></figure></div><p>There we were, 37 weeks in, our baby girl nearly ready to pop out, and we learned that the apartment we&#8217;ve come to love, the apartment we&#8217;ve been staying in, <strong>just sold</strong>. We had 8 weeks to leave the building, find a new home, move out, and move in with a month-old baby in hand.</p><p>Here we are now, over 38 weeks in, our baby girl is even closer to popping out, and we have ~6.5 weeks to leave the building, find a new home, move out, and move in with a month-old baby in hand.</p><p><em><strong>Where will we go? How will this happen? What should we do?</strong> </em><br>   We had those questions, and we submitted our thoughts and requests to God our Savior.</p><h4><em>Can you guess what we felt when we heard that the studio sold?</em></h4><h4>Unexplainable <strong>JOY</strong> and <strong>PEACE</strong>&#8212;joy that comes from God&#8217;s presence and peace that surpasses understanding&#8212;both of which are independent of our circumstances.</h4><p>Since before we moved into this sweet studio in the center of Paris, we&#8217;ve been praying that God would provide the landlord, our brother in Christ, the right buyer at the right time.</p><p>Days and weeks before our buddy shared the news that he received an offer on the place, the Lord confirmed to me and separately to Madison Rose, that our wonderful time at the studio was coming to an end. He encouraged us to enjoy our time here for a short while longer, because things were about to change, a buyer was soon to come.</p><p>So, by the time our landlord reached out, uncertain of whether he would accept the offer for his studio, and not sure about whether we had somewhere else to move to, we were able to celebrate God&#8217;s provision with Him, full of joy and peace. Knowing he was seeking God&#8217;s will and praying, we gave him full permission to follow the Lord&#8217;s leadership, trusting that our God will provide our next place for us, despite not yet knowing where it is or how we&#8217;ll secure it.</p><h4><em><strong>Where will we go?</strong></em></h4><p><em>  </em>We don&#8217;t yet know, but we know our God is trustworthy to provide.</p><p>Friends, I cannot explain the peace and joy we have. All I can say is that God&#8217;s Word is true. The Scriptures are true.</p><p>God is with us. In the name of Jesus, we are refusing anxiety and by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, we are letting our requests be made known to God. And the peace of God is powerfully guarding our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:4-7 is true. It says,</p><blockquote><h3><strong>4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. 5 Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.</strong></h3></blockquote><p>Like anyone, we can feel all kinds of emotions when we fix our attention on our circumstances.</p><p>But, we&#8217;re not meant to keep our focus on our circumstances. That&#8217;s the way of the world, not God&#8217;s design for us. We are created to look to Jesus, to fix our gaze on the Good Shepherd who faithfully guides and directs us into all truth. Hebrews 12:1-2 says,</p><blockquote><h3><strong>Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.</strong></h3></blockquote><p>God be praised! We look to the One who endured the cross for us, who bore our shame, and took the punishment we deserved for our sins upon Himself.</p><p>Jesus is the definitive proof that our God is for us.<br>Jesus is the definitive proof that we are loved.<br>What a great and awesome God!<br>Who is like the Lord our God?<br>Who is like Immanuel, God with us?</p><p>Madison Rose and I are experiencing joy, not based on our circumstances which fluctuate, but based on God&#8217;s steadfast presence with us. Each time we turn our eyes to the Lord, our fears, doubts, and concerns flee. We can testify that Psalm 16:11 is true. In it, David declares this about God:</p><blockquote><h3><strong>You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.</strong></h3></blockquote><p>As it says in Nehemiah 8:10, </p><h4><strong>the JOY of the LORD is our strength.</strong></h4><p>Already, we have heard several friends share their miraculous testimonies of God&#8217;s provision of an apartment here despite all odds.</p><p>We do have funds saved and are happy to pay for a place to live, but we don&#8217;t have near enough income to meet the requirements to buy or rent a new place, unless God makes a way.</p><p>We&#8217;re foreigners, with foreign funds, needing a place in a highly competitive real estate market, a place where locals with seemingly perfect financial situations and great jobs are getting their offers turned down, left and right.<br>   That is true.</p><p>In other words, we need a miracle&#8230;and fast.<br>   Also, true.</p><p><strong>The temptations: </strong><em><strong>don&#8217;t wait for God, take control, act impulsively, let fear motivate you to take action, secure stability, get what you need, then relax.</strong></em></p><p>We&#8217;ve made these mistakes before.</p><p>The reality: Isaiah 40:31 is true.</p><blockquote><h3><strong>They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.</strong></h3></blockquote><p>Our Father is trustworthy and good. He remains our faithful Provider. We don&#8217;t need to take control because our holy God is sovereign and in control. We get to step forward in faith with Immanuel: walking with Jesus while waiting on Him. Jesus is our Lord and Leader, we follow Him and His plan for us. His love motivates us to pray, seek prayer, and respond by faith today, free from worry about tomorrow. We are secure in Christ our Cornerstone, our fortress. We will not be moved by some wind and waves. We can trust our Father to keep us in His love, give what He knows we need, and guide us through the journey to come as we seek first His Kingdom and righteousness. He knows what we need before we even ask.</p><p>Jesus&#8217; words in Matthew 6:25-34 are true.</p><blockquote><h4><strong>25 &#8220;Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, &#8216;What shall we eat?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we drink?&#8217; or &#8216;What shall we wear?&#8217; 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.</strong></h4><h4><strong>34 Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.&#8221;</strong></h4></blockquote><p>How good are the Lord&#8217;s promises?</p><p>What an opportunity we have: <strong>We can choose to hold tight to God&#8217;s promises and hold loosely to our plans that are sure to change.</strong></p><p>This is what we are after, <strong>seeking first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and we have seen God add all He knows we need to us.</strong></p><p><strong>Madison Rose and I are convinced the Lord has already provided and prepared a place for us and our precious baby girl to come.</strong></p><p>We <em>could</em> have left these fruitful harvest fields and fled homeward for more comfortable and normal living and childbirth situations, but our hope is not in comfy circumstances, our hope is in Jesus Christ.</p><p>We&#8217;re committed to living by faith and following the Lord&#8217;s leadership, which means sacrificing what we thought we wanted for life on mission here in this big city.</p><p>And, we&#8217;ve seen God transform and shape our hearts and desires to better align with His Word, plan, and will for us to be serving here in Paris, as ambassadors for Christ and His <strong>Kingdom of LIGHT</strong>!</p><p><strong>What an honor! We say &#8216;Yes&#8217; to God and a resounding &#8216;No&#8217; to supposed greener pastures elsewhere.</strong></p><p>And in His perfect timing, God provided a buyer for our friend and landlord as I mentioned before. That means we need to move. Considering we won&#8217;t be homeless, that means the Lord has already set apart a place for our family of three&#8212;yet another reason why we and many we know and love here are enjoying God&#8217;s peace despite the time crunch and unknowns.</p><p>Our community in faith is standing with us in faith and in prayer. <br>   We are not alone.</p><p>Thanks to God making His home in us through the Spirit, we are never alone.</p><p>Oh, yeah, I mentioned my sweet mother-in-law plans to visit for about a month after our baby is born. We plan to welcome her into our 25m2 or 270 sq. ft. studio. There is a half wall giving our bed area semi-privacy and my adaptable mother-in-law has already embraced sleep on the air mattress we just bought, as we don&#8217;t have a room for her to stay in. Plus, we now need to move out of this spot and into another place by March 20th, right in the middle of her visit.</p><p>Not ideal, definitely. But, God! He knows where we&#8217;ll be and when.</p><p>He is faithful and able to open doors that no man can open or shut. Just as Paul declared in Philippians 4:19, <strong>our God will supply every need of ours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.</strong></p><h4><em><strong>How? When? Why must it come to this?</strong></em></h4><p>Not sure, but I do know that this gives us yet another reason to trust God, depend on Him, walk with Jesus, abide in Him, and follow His leadership, empowered by the Holy Spirit.</p><p>We remember what Jesus told His disciples before He was crucified, in John 16:33,</p><blockquote><h3><strong>&#8220;...In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.&#8221;</strong></h3></blockquote><p>We have counted the cost and found Jesus to be worthy of our whole hearts, souls, minds, strength, and lives.</p><p>Jesus is worthy of all our love and devotion.</p><p>Jesus is worthy of all we are and have to give.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1513194,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/i/186545926?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_424, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_848, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GMft!, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51727f22-4d17-46e0-a378-38401d0b873e_4896x3672.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Dinner discipleship gathering at our studio in the city center</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Also, I hardly mentioned the JOY of living on mission with Jesus here in Paris: seeing countless many come to know, love, and follow Christ, praying over hundreds, hosting 30 plus discipleship gatherings, serving at our local church plant and at a worship &amp; prayer ministry, proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ on stages, on the streets, and in homes, walking alongside new believers as they grow up in the Lord as faithful disciples now making other faithful disciples, publishing 130+ posts and podcasts in French to build up and equip people in the faith, seeing Jesus&#8217; Great Commission carried out here, and so much more.</strong></p><h4><strong>By faith, we stay.<br>By faith, we work. <br>By faith, we press on: asking, seeking, and knocking.</strong></h4><h4><strong>And by faith, we trust we will see the goodness and loving-kindness of God on display in big, bold, beautiful ways and in small, sacred, and simple ways.<br></strong></h4><h4><strong>We don&#8217;t have all the answers, but we trust the One who does.</strong></h4><h4><strong>We don&#8217;t have all we need for tomorrow, but we have all we need for today.</strong></h4><h4><strong>We don&#8217;t </strong><em><strong>yet</strong></em><strong> have a place we call home, but we do have an eternal home and riches in Christ&#8212;not just after we die, but also now.</strong></h4><p><br>So, here&#8217;s a glimpse of our perspective, some insight into why we&#8217;re experiencing such <strong>JOY</strong> and <strong>PEACE</strong>&#8212;joy that comes from God&#8217;s presence and peace that surpasses understanding&#8212;both of which are independent of our circumstances.</p><p>I hope God uses this to encourage your faith. Just in case it&#8217;s worth hearing, there&#8217;s no pressure to think like I do, or to compare your journey of faith with Jesus with mine or with ours.</p><p>This testimony on where we&#8217;re at right now, is just that, a testimony of God&#8217;s goodness, grace, peace, joy, provision, loving-kindness, and more. The Lord is the hero of our stories. And this God who is sustaining our joy and peace, who fights for us, and makes a way where there seems to be no way&#8230;He is trustworthy and unchanging. This is <em>our</em> God. If you have anchored your faith in Jesus, this is <em>your</em> God, who gives and sustains your joy and peace, who fights for you, who makes a way where there seems to be no way.</p><p>You and I get to be a part of God&#8217;s testimony&#8212;or story&#8212;of redemption.</p><p>And by the way, we know the end of the story.</p><h1><strong>Jesus wins.</strong></h1><h4><strong>Satan will be defeated. <br>Sin and death will be defeated and removed. <br>We will be victorious through Christ.</strong></h4><p>While this world is full of beauty and God&#8217;s glory on display, we know too well there is also so much darkness and sin.</p><p>So, how will we <em>overcome</em>? According to God&#8217;s Word, You and I will overcome by the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, and the word of our testimony, as it says in Revelation 12:10-11:</p><blockquote><h3><strong>10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, &#8220;Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. 11 And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.</strong></h3></blockquote><p>May God bless you and build up your faith with this good news.</p><p>If you want to leave a comment or share this podcast-post with friends, please do! Go for it! I&#8217;d love for the Lord to encourage others through this publishing ministry. It&#8217;s a joy to testify and to write these posts as I trust God to build up people&#8217;s faith and share His loving character through these.</p><p><em><strong>Also, if you would like to send us a prayer, or welcome us into your vacant home in Paris, or connect us to someone who has an apartment or home available&#8230;please let us know!</strong></em></p><p>You can reach out to us as <a href="mailto:kleinsonmission@gmail.com">kleinsonmission@gmail.com</a>.</p><p>Lastly, in case you didn&#8217;t already know, we just finished a <em><strong>powerful</strong></em> 12-part series on Praying for the ZOAR Nations, Seeking GOD&#8217;S BEST for the 11 Smallest Nations in the World. If you&#8217;d like to join us in interceding for God&#8217;s will to be done and His Kingdom to come among these nations and peoples that are precious to Him and not forgotten, you can listen to or read these posts, Parts 1-12 are linked below:</p><ul><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/praying-for-the-11-zoar-nations-seeking">PRAYING for the 11 &#8220;ZOAR&#8221; NATIONS, Seeking GOD&#8217;S BEST for the 11 Smallest Nations in the World - An Introduction</a></strong>, Part 1 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/1-vatican-citypraying-for-the-11">1. VATICAN CITY&#127483;&#127462;</a></strong>, Part 2 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/2-monaco-praying-for-the-11-zoar">2. MONACO &#127474;&#127464;</a>, </strong>Part 3 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/3-nauru-praying-for-the-11-zoar-nations">3. NAURU &#127475;&#127479;</a></strong>, Part 4 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/4-tuvalu-praying-for-the-11-zoar">4. TUVALU &#127481;&#127483;</a></strong>, Part 5 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/5-san-marino-praying-for-the-11-zoar">5. SAN MARINO &#127480;&#127474;</a></strong>, Part 6 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/6-liechtenstein-my-testimony-praying">6. LIECHTENSTEIN &#127473;&#127470;</a></strong>, Part 7 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/7-the-marshall-islands-praying-for">7. THE MARSHALL ISLANDS </a></strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/7-the-marshall-islands-praying-for">&#127474;&#127469;</a>, Part 8 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/8-saint-kitts-and-nevis-praying-for">8. SAINT KITTS &amp; NEVIS &#127472;&#127475;</a></strong>, Part 9 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/9-maldives-praying-for-the-11-zoar">9. MALDIVES &#127474;&#127483;</a></strong>, Part 10 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/10-malta-praying-for-the-11-zoar">10. MALTA &#127474;&#127481;</a>, </strong>Part 11 of 12</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/11-grenada-praying-for-the-11-zoar">11. GRENADA &#127468;&#127465;</a></strong>, Part 12 of 12</p></li></ul><p>Love you all! You are loved. And until next time, thanks for joining us in this <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">LIFE ON MISSION</a></strong> with Jesus!</p><p></p><div><hr></div><h1><strong>&#127467;&#127479; 38 SEMAINES DE GROSSESSE ! Se pr&#233;parer &#224; l&#8217;arriv&#233;e de notre PETITE FILLE avec JOIE et PAIX malgr&#233; les inconnues : la PR&#201;SENCE et la PUISSANCE de Dieu changent tout</strong></h1><h2><em>Notre t&#233;moignage et une perspective &#233;prouv&#233;e par l&#8217;&#233;preuve</em></h2><p><br>Salut les amis &#8212; merci de nous rejoindre dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> avec J&#233;sus</strong> !</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que vous go&#251;tez aujourd&#8217;hui &#224; la paix et &#224; la joie du Seigneur, comme nous.</p><p>Je vais vous pr&#233;senter un sc&#233;nario un peu fou que vous pouvez imaginer avec nous. Ne paniquez pas. Ne laissez pas la peur s&#8217;infiltrer&#8230; il y a une fin profond&#233;ment joyeuse. D&#8217;accord ? D&#8217;accord, parfait, alors&#8230;</p><h4><em><strong>Imaginez cette situation.</strong></em></h4><blockquote><p>Vous ou votre &#233;pouse &#234;tes enceinte de 37 semaines, vivant comme missionnaires dans un pays &#233;tranger, avec une langue &#233;trang&#232;re, loin de chez vous, loin de votre famille et de vos amis, et loin des rep&#232;res, normes et syst&#232;mes que vous connaissiez.</p><p>Vous &#234;tes dans ce pays &#233;tranger depuis presque un an et vous avez d&#233;j&#224; d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; quatre fois.</p><p>On vous a dit qu&#8217;il faudrait environ six semaines pour obtenir un titre de s&#233;jour.</p><p>Vous avez fait la demande de titre de s&#233;jour il y a plus de huit mois et vous ne l&#8217;avez toujours pas re&#231;u.</p><p>On vous a dit que vous recevrez un num&#233;ro de s&#233;curit&#233; sociale temporaire apr&#232;s deux ou trois semaines, afin d&#8217;avoir rapidement acc&#232;s &#224; une couverture d&#8217;assurance maladie.</p><p>De la m&#234;me mani&#232;re, vous avez fait la demande d&#8217;assurance maladie il y a plus de huit mois&#8230; et vous ne l&#8217;avez toujours pas re&#231;ue.</p><p>Vous payez donc chaque consultation et chaque rendez-vous avec la sage-femme de votre poche, au plein tarif, en conservant soigneusement les re&#231;us, dans l&#8217;espoir qu&#8217;un jour, une fois que vous aurez une assurance sant&#233; locale, une partie de ces frais vous sera peut-&#234;tre rembours&#233;e.</p><p>On vous a dit que vous pouviez souscrire &#224; une assurance sant&#233; priv&#233;e pour compl&#233;ter ce que l&#8217;assurance publique ne couvre pas, mais cela vous est impossible, car vous ne pouvez pas obtenir d&#8217;assurance priv&#233;e sans avoir d&#8217;abord l&#8217;assurance publique.</p><p>Et vous voil&#224; &#224; 37 semaines de grossesse, le b&#233;b&#233; presque pr&#234;t &#224; na&#238;tre, quand vous apprenez que l&#8217;appartement dans lequel vous vivez vient d&#8217;&#234;tre vendu. Vous avez maintenant huit semaines pour quitter les lieux, trouver un nouveau logement, d&#233;m&#233;nager&#8230; et emm&#233;nager avec un b&#233;b&#233; d&#8217;un mois dans les bras.</p><p>O&#249; allez-vous aller ?</p><p>Vous avez un peu d&#8217;argent de c&#244;t&#233;, mais pas du tout suffisamment de revenus pour r&#233;pondre aux crit&#232;res n&#233;cessaires &#224; l&#8217;achat ou &#224; la location d&#8217;un nouveau logement. Vous &#234;tes &#233;trangers, avec des fonds &#233;trangers, cherchant un logement dans un march&#233; immobilier extr&#234;mement comp&#233;titif &#8212; un march&#233; o&#249; m&#234;me des locaux avec des situations financi&#232;res apparemment parfaites et de tr&#232;s bons emplois voient leurs dossiers refus&#233;s, les uns apr&#232;s les autres.</p><p>Autrement dit, vous avez besoin d&#8217;un miracle&#8230; et rapidement.</p><p>Ah, et ai-je mentionn&#233; que votre ch&#232;re belle-m&#232;re pr&#233;voit de venir vous rendre visite pendant environ un mois apr&#232;s la naissance du b&#233;b&#233; ? Vous aviez pr&#233;vu de l&#8217;accueillir dans votre studio de 25 m&#178;. Il y a une demi-cloison qui offre un peu d&#8217;intimit&#233; &#224; l&#8217;espace nuit, et votre adorable belle-m&#232;re pr&#233;voit de dormir sur le matelas gonflable que vous venez d&#8217;acheter, puisqu&#8217;il n&#8217;y a pas de chambre pour elle.</p><p>Mais vous devez quitter ce studio et emm&#233;nager ailleurs avant le 20 mars &#8212; en plein milieu de la visite de votre belle-m&#232;re.</p><p>Et maintenant, vous &#234;tes &#224; plus de 38 semaines de grossesse, la naissance du b&#233;b&#233; est imminente, et il ne vous reste plus que six semaines et demie pour trouver un nouveau logement, d&#233;m&#233;nager et emm&#233;nager&#8230; b&#233;b&#233; dans les bras.</p></blockquote><p>Maintenant, pause. Respirez. Que ressentez-vous ?</p><p>Stress&#233;(e) ? Effray&#233;(e) ? Compl&#232;tement d&#233;pass&#233;(e) ?</p><p>C&#8217;est compr&#233;hensible &#8212; mais j&#8217;esp&#232;re que ce n&#8217;est pas le cas.</p><p>Je partage tout cela non pas pour inspirer la peur ou l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233;, mais pour que nous puissions louer Dieu et partager avec vous la joie et la paix que Dieu nous donne.</p><p>Je viens de vous partager notre situation actuelle.</p><p>Par votre imagination, vous avez march&#233; dans nos chaussures pendant quelques minutes.</p><p>Cela semble au moins un peu chaotique, non ? Tant d&#8217;inconnues. Un timing apparemment mal choisi. Des raisons de s&#8217;inqui&#233;ter, d&#8217;avoir peur, d&#8217;&#234;tre stress&#233;, confus, voire de paniquer.</p><h3><strong>Mais&#8230; Dieu !</strong></h3><p>Voici la r&#233;alit&#233;. Voici ce que je n&#8217;ai pas encore partag&#233;. Voici la bonne nouvelle.</p><p>Gr&#226;ce &#224; la pr&#233;sence et &#224; la puissance de Dieu, Madison Rose et moi sommes remplis de <strong>JOIE</strong> et de <strong>PAIX</strong> &#8212; une joie qui vient de la pr&#233;sence de Dieu et une paix qui surpasse toute intelligence &#8212; toutes deux ind&#233;pendantes de nos circonstances.</p><p>La grossesse a &#233;t&#233; un chemin rempli de gr&#226;ce, d&#233;bordant de la bont&#233; de Dieu, de Son soin intentionnel, et d&#8217;innombrables pri&#232;res exauc&#233;es.</p><p>Naviguer dans l&#8217;inconnu a &#233;t&#233; un d&#233;fi &#224; bien des &#233;gards, sans aucun doute. Vivre en mission, la grossesse, les d&#233;m&#233;nagements successifs, le gouvernement et les syst&#232;mes &#233;trangers qui fonctionnent tr&#232;s diff&#233;remment de ce que nous connaissions &#8212; le tout dans une langue &#233;trang&#232;re. Nous avons ressenti toutes sortes de choses au cours de cette derni&#232;re ann&#233;e.</p><p>Mais ces d&#233;fis nous ont rapproch&#233;s de Dieu, et non plong&#233;s plus profond&#233;ment dans la peur.<br>   Merci, Seigneur !</p><p>Nous sommes dans ce pays depuis presque un an et avons d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; quatre fois, mais nous avons appris &#224; aimer chaque lieu que Dieu nous a donn&#233;.</p><p>Quatre mois dans un studio de 10 m&#178;, avec des toilettes priv&#233;es situ&#233;es dans le couloir public. De quoi rendre n&#8217;importe quel couple un peu fou. Mais nous avons appris &#224; l&#8217;aimer. L&#8217;espace minuscule &#233;tait parfois difficile, mais le quartier et le parc voisin &#233;taient si pr&#233;cieux. La proximit&#233; et la bont&#233; du Seigneur nous mettaient r&#233;guli&#232;rement &#224; genoux. En tant que couple, nous avons grandi dans l&#8217;amour, dans la gr&#226;ce et dans l&#8217;amiti&#233;.</p><p>Nous avons aussi pass&#233; environ deux mois &#224; garder des maisons d&#8217;amis, y compris un chien. Les deux avaient leurs d&#233;fis, mais nous avons pu profiter d&#8217;un espace abondant ! Gloire &#224; Dieu pour l&#8217;espace.</p><p>Nous avons pri&#233; pendant des mois avant m&#234;me d&#8217;avoir besoin de chercher un nouveau logement. Mais &#224; chaque fois que nous regardions, le Seigneur nous convainquait doucement qu&#8217;Il pourvoirait &#8212; mais &#224; Sa mani&#232;re.</p><p>Cela incluait la conviction qu&#8217;Il ferait venir le logement jusqu&#8217;&#224; nous, qu&#8217;Il pourvoirait &#224; travers la communaut&#233; de foi, et que nous ne le trouverions pas par nos propres recherches.</p><p>Et effectivement, le Seigneur a pourvu exactement comme Il l&#8217;avait dit. Un dimanche, lors d&#8217;un temps de pri&#232;re et de louange, je me souviens avoir entendu ces mots : &#171; La semaine prochaine &#187;, alors que le Seigneur me rappelait qu&#8217;Il serait fid&#232;le pour pourvoir. Je me souviens avoir dit &#224; Madison :<br><strong>&#171; Gardons nos c&#339;urs, nos pens&#233;es, nos yeux et nos oreilles ouverts cette semaine &#8212; Dieu pr&#233;pare quelque chose de bon ! &#187;</strong></p><p>Deux jours plus tard, le mardi, un ami et fr&#232;re en Christ m&#8217;a &#233;crit pour me dire qu&#8217;il pensait avoir une bonne nouvelle et qu&#8217;il voulait m&#8217;appeler. Cet apr&#232;s-midi-l&#224;, nous avons parl&#233;, et il m&#8217;a expliqu&#233; qu&#8217;il mettait son studio en vente. Sachant qu&#8217;il faudrait au moins deux mois pour que la vente soit finalis&#233;e, une fois l&#8217;accord trouv&#233;, il a pri&#233; et a senti que Dieu lui mettait Madison Rose et moi &#224; c&#339;ur. En continuant de prier, il a senti que le Seigneur le conduisait non seulement &#224; nous proposer le logement pendant qu&#8217;il &#233;tait en vente, mais aussi &#224; nous laisser y habiter gratuitement. Il nous a dit qu&#8217;en priant pour savoir combien nous demander, le Seigneur lui avait litt&#233;ralement &#171; interdit &#187; de nous faire payer un loyer.</p><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas tout : le studio est situ&#233; en plein centre de Paris, dans un magnifique quartier du 6&#7497; arrondissement. Et encore mieux : le studio &#233;tait disponible exactement un jour apr&#232;s la date &#224; laquelle nous devions quitter notre minuscule studio de 10 m&#178;.</p><p>Ne voulant pas marcher dans la pr&#233;somption comme Sa&#252;l dans 1 Samuel 15, Madison Rose et moi avons pr&#233;sent&#233; cette opportunit&#233; au Seigneur dans la pri&#232;re. Et, par Sa douce gr&#226;ce, Dieu nous a confirm&#233; que c&#8217;&#233;tait Sa provision pour nous, pour cette saison. Ainsi, Madison Rose, nouvellement enceinte, et moi avons d&#233;m&#233;nag&#233; toutes nos affaires du petit studio vers notre maison de garde, puis vers le studio de notre ami dans le 6&#7497; arrondissement, au c&#339;ur de Paris.</p><p>Nous pensions y rester deux ou trois mois, le temps que Dieu nous fournisse un logement plus permanent, mais cela fait maintenant environ sept mois que nous y sommes, en dehors des p&#233;riodes de missions et de nos visites familiales aux &#201;tats-Unis pendant Thanksgiving.</p><p>La grandeur et la provision de notre Dieu sont incomparables.</p><p>Oui, on nous a dit qu&#8217;il faudrait environ six semaines pour obtenir un titre de s&#233;jour, et plus de huit mois plus tard, nous ne l&#8217;avons toujours pas re&#231;u.</p><p>Oui, on nous a dit que nous recevrions un num&#233;ro de s&#233;curit&#233; sociale temporaire apr&#232;s deux ou trois semaines afin d&#8217;avoir rapidement acc&#232;s &#224; l&#8217;assurance maladie, et plus de huit mois plus tard, nous ne l&#8217;avons toujours pas re&#231;u.</p><p>Et pourtant, Dieu est rest&#233; notre refuge et notre force. Il nous a aid&#233;s &#224; naviguer dans toute la complexit&#233; administrative et les proc&#233;dures confuses, avec leurs allers-retours incessants&#8230; en fran&#231;ais.</p><p>Nous aimons la France et nous couvrons r&#233;guli&#232;rement cette nation et son gouvernement dans la pri&#232;re. Nous d&#233;sirons le meilleur de Dieu pour ce pays et pour ses dirigeants.</p><p>Nous avons pay&#233; le plein tarif pour chaque consultation et chaque rendez-vous avec deux sages-femmes, enti&#232;rement de notre poche, en conservant les re&#231;us de chaque d&#233;pense, dans l&#8217;espoir que, lorsque nous aurons enfin une assurance maladie locale, une partie de ces frais pourra &#233;ventuellement &#234;tre rembours&#233;e.</p><p>On nous a dit que nous pouvions souscrire une assurance sant&#233; priv&#233;e pour couvrir ce que l&#8217;assurance publique ne prendrait pas en charge, mais cela nous a &#233;t&#233; refus&#233;, car il est impossible d&#8217;obtenir une assurance priv&#233;e sans avoir d&#8217;abord l&#8217;assurance publique. C&#8217;est vrai.</p><p>Et ce n&#8217;est pas grave, car Dieu nous a donn&#233; suffisamment de ressources pour payer ces d&#233;penses. Nous ne sommes pas endett&#233;s. Nous ne vivons pas avec un &#233;tat d&#8217;esprit de p&#233;nurie.</p><p>Nous ne craignons pas le manque, car notre Dieu est un bon P&#232;re.</p><p>Il sait comment prendre soin de Ses enfants, et Il le fait. Dieu est notre Pourvoyeur. Notre P&#232;re est Celui qui donne tout don bon et parfait (voir Jacques 1:17). Cela demeure vrai que nous ayons un bon revenu ou non.</p><p>Notre P&#232;re reste fid&#232;le. Nous avons vu Sa fid&#233;lit&#233; se manifester encore et encore. Pourquoi aurions-nous peur ? Il est impossible que Dieu soit infid&#232;le, car Il ne peut se renier Lui-m&#234;me (voir 2 Timoth&#233;e 2:11&#8211;13).</p><p>Le Seigneur est fid&#232;le pour pourvoir afin que nous puissions &#234;tre fid&#232;les envers Lui. Point final. Il est la Source et le Soutien de toute vie, que nous reconnaissions cette v&#233;rit&#233; ou non. Son caract&#232;re et Sa nature sont fermes et immuables. Quelle bonne nouvelle, dans un monde et des cultures en perp&#233;tuel changement !</p><p><strong>Joyeux apr&#232;s notre marche-pri&#232;re</strong></p><p>Nous en &#233;tions l&#224; : &#224; 37 semaines de grossesse, notre petite fille presque pr&#234;te &#224; na&#238;tre, lorsque nous avons appris que l&#8217;appartement que nous aimions tant, celui dans lequel nous vivions, venait d&#8217;&#234;tre vendu. Il nous restait 8 semaines pour quitter l&#8217;immeuble, trouver un nouveau logement, d&#233;m&#233;nager, puis emm&#233;nager avec un b&#233;b&#233; d&#8217;un mois dans les bras.</p><p>Et nous voil&#224; maintenant &#224; plus de 38 semaines : notre petite fille est encore plus proche de na&#238;tre, et il nous reste environ 6,5 semaines pour quitter l&#8217;immeuble, trouver un nouveau logement, d&#233;m&#233;nager, puis emm&#233;nager avec un b&#233;b&#233; d&#8217;un mois dans les bras.</p><p>O&#249; irons-nous ? Comment cela va-t-il se passer ? Que devons-nous faire ?<br>Nous avons eu ces questions, et nous avons soumis nos pens&#233;es et nos requ&#234;tes &#224; Dieu, notre Sauveur.</p><p>Pouvez-vous deviner ce que nous avons ressenti en apprenant que le studio &#233;tait vendu ?</p><p>Une JOIE et une PAIX inexplicables &#8212; une joie qui vient de la pr&#233;sence de Dieu et une paix qui surpasse toute intelligence &#8212; toutes deux ind&#233;pendantes de nos circonstances.</p><p>Depuis avant m&#234;me d&#8217;emm&#233;nager dans ce doux studio au c&#339;ur de Paris, nous priions pour que Dieu donne &#224; notre propri&#233;taire, notre fr&#232;re en Christ, le bon acheteur, au bon moment.</p><p>Des jours et des semaines avant que notre ami ne nous annonce qu&#8217;il avait re&#231;u une offre pour le studio, le Seigneur m&#8217;a confirm&#233;, ainsi qu&#8217;&#224; Madison Rose s&#233;par&#233;ment, que notre merveilleux temps dans ce lieu touchait &#224; sa fin. Il nous a encourag&#233;s &#224; profiter encore un peu de ce temps, car les choses allaient changer : un acheteur allait bient&#244;t se pr&#233;senter.</p><p>Ainsi, lorsque notre propri&#233;taire nous a contact&#233;s &#8212; h&#233;sitant quant &#224; l&#8217;acceptation de l&#8217;offre, et incertain quant au fait que nous ayons un autre logement &#8212; nous avons pu c&#233;l&#233;brer avec lui la provision de Dieu, remplis de joie et de paix. Sachant qu&#8217;il cherchait la volont&#233; de Dieu et priait, nous lui avons donn&#233; toute libert&#233; de suivre la direction du Seigneur, en ayant confiance que notre Dieu pourvoira &#224; notre prochain logement, m&#234;me si nous ne savons pas encore o&#249; il se trouve ni comment nous l&#8217;obtiendrons.</p><p>O&#249; irons-nous ?</p><p>Nous ne le savons pas encore, mais nous savons que notre Dieu est digne de confiance pour pourvoir.</p><p>Amis, je ne peux pas expliquer la paix et la joie que nous &#233;prouvons. Tout ce que je peux dire, c&#8217;est que la Parole de Dieu est vraie. Les &#201;critures sont vraies.</p><p>Dieu est avec nous. Au nom de J&#233;sus, nous refusons l&#8217;anxi&#233;t&#233;, et par la pri&#232;re et la supplication, avec des actions de gr&#226;ce, nous faisons conna&#238;tre nos demandes &#224; Dieu. Et la paix de Dieu garde puissamment nos c&#339;urs et nos pens&#233;es en J&#233;sus-Christ. Philippiens 4:4-7 est vrai. Il dit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>4 R&#233;jouissez-vous toujours dans le Seigneur ; je le r&#233;p&#232;te, r&#233;jouissez-vous.<br>5 Que votre douceur soit connue de tous les hommes. Le Seigneur est proche.<br>6 Ne vous inqui&#233;tez de rien ; mais en toute chose, faites conna&#238;tre vos besoins &#224; Dieu par des pri&#232;res et des supplications, avec des actions de gr&#226;ce.<br>7 Et la paix de Dieu, qui surpasse toute intelligence, gardera vos c&#339;urs et vos pens&#233;es en J&#233;sus-Christ.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Comme tout le monde, nous pouvons ressentir toutes sortes d&#8217;&#233;motions lorsque nous fixons notre attention sur nos circonstances.</p><p>Mais nous ne sommes pas appel&#233;s &#224; garder les yeux fix&#233;s sur nos circonstances. C&#8217;est la voie du monde, pas le dessein de Dieu pour nous. Nous sommes cr&#233;&#233;s pour regarder &#224; J&#233;sus, pour fixer notre regard sur le Bon Berger qui nous guide fid&#232;lement dans toute la v&#233;rit&#233;. H&#233;breux 12:1-2 dit :</p><blockquote><p><strong>Ainsi donc, puisque nous sommes environn&#233;s d&#8217;une si grande nu&#233;e de t&#233;moins, rejetons tout fardeau et le p&#233;ch&#233; qui nous enveloppe si facilement, et courons avec pers&#233;v&#233;rance l&#8217;&#233;preuve qui nous est propos&#233;e, les regards fix&#233;s sur J&#233;sus, le chef et le consommateur de la foi, qui, en vue de la joie qui lui &#233;tait r&#233;serv&#233;e, a souffert la croix, m&#233;pris&#233; l&#8217;ignominie, et s&#8217;est assis &#224; la droite du tr&#244;ne de Dieu.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Gloire &#224; Dieu ! Nous regardons &#224; Celui qui a endur&#233; la croix pour nous, qui a port&#233; notre honte et pris sur Lui le ch&#226;timent que m&#233;ritaient nos p&#233;ch&#233;s.</p><p>J&#233;sus est la preuve d&#233;finitive que notre Dieu est pour nous.<br>J&#233;sus est la preuve d&#233;finitive que nous sommes aim&#233;s.<br>Quel Dieu grand et merveilleux !<br>Qui est semblable &#224; l&#8217;&#201;ternel, notre Dieu ?<br>Qui est semblable &#224; Emmanuel, Dieu avec nous ?</p><p>Madison Rose et moi vivons une joie qui ne d&#233;pend pas de nos circonstances changeantes, mais de la pr&#233;sence fid&#232;le de Dieu avec nous. Chaque fois que nous tournons nos regards vers le Seigneur, nos peurs, nos doutes et nos inqui&#233;tudes s&#8217;enfuient. Nous pouvons t&#233;moigner que le Psaume 16:11 est vrai ; David y d&#233;clare :</p><blockquote><p><strong>Tu me fais conna&#238;tre le sentier de la vie ; il y a d&#8217;abondantes joies devant ta face, des d&#233;lices &#233;ternelles &#224; ta droite.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Comme il est &#233;crit dans N&#233;h&#233;mie 8:10 :</p><p><strong>la JOIE de l&#8217;&#201;ternel est notre force.</strong></p><p>D&#233;j&#224;, plusieurs amis nous ont partag&#233; leurs t&#233;moignages miraculeux de la provision de Dieu pour un appartement ici, malgr&#233; toutes les impossibilit&#233;s.</p><p>Nous avons des &#233;conomies et sommes heureux de payer un logement, mais nous n&#8217;avons pas suffisamment de revenus pour r&#233;pondre aux crit&#232;res d&#8217;achat ou de location, &#224; moins que Dieu n&#8217;ouvre un chemin.</p><p>Nous sommes des &#233;trangers, avec des fonds &#233;trangers, cherchant un logement dans un march&#233; immobilier extr&#234;mement comp&#233;titif, o&#249; m&#234;me des locaux avec des situations financi&#232;res apparemment parfaites et de tr&#232;s bons emplois voient leurs dossiers refus&#233;s les uns apr&#232;s les autres.<br>C&#8217;est vrai.</p><p>En d&#8217;autres termes, nous avons besoin d&#8217;un miracle&#8230; et rapidement.<br>C&#8217;est aussi vrai.</p><p>Les tentations : ne pas attendre Dieu, prendre le contr&#244;le, agir impulsivement, laisser la peur motiver nos d&#233;cisions, s&#233;curiser la stabilit&#233;, obtenir ce dont nous pensons avoir besoin, puis se d&#233;tendre.</p><p>Nous avons d&#233;j&#224; fait ces erreurs.</p><p>La r&#233;alit&#233; : &#201;sa&#239;e 40:31 est vrai :</p><blockquote><p><strong>Ceux qui se confient en l&#8217;&#201;ternel renouvellent leur force ;<br>ils prennent leur vol comme les aigles ;<br>ils courent, et ne se lassent point ;<br>ils marchent, et ne se fatiguent point.</strong></p></blockquote><p>Notre P&#232;re est digne de confiance et bon. Il demeure notre fid&#232;le Pourvoyeur. Nous n&#8217;avons pas besoin de prendre le contr&#244;le, car notre Dieu saint est souverain et aux commandes. Nous avan&#231;ons par la foi avec Emmanuel : marchant avec J&#233;sus tout en L&#8217;attendant. J&#233;sus est notre Seigneur et notre Chef ; nous Le suivons, Lui et Son plan pour nous. Son amour nous pousse &#224; prier, &#224; demander la pri&#232;re, et &#224; r&#233;pondre par la foi aujourd&#8217;hui, libres de toute inqui&#233;tude pour demain. Nous sommes en s&#233;curit&#233; en Christ, notre Pierre angulaire, notre forteresse. Nous ne serons pas emport&#233;s par les vents et les vagues. Nous pouvons faire confiance &#224; notre P&#232;re pour nous garder dans Son amour, nous donner ce dont Il sait que nous avons besoin, et nous guider dans le chemin &#224; venir alors que nous cherchons premi&#232;rement Son Royaume et Sa justice. Il conna&#238;t nos besoins avant m&#234;me que nous les exprimions.</p><p>Les paroles de J&#233;sus dans Matthieu 6:25-34 sont vraies :</p><blockquote><p><strong>25</strong> C&#8217;est pourquoi je vous dis : Ne vous inqui&#233;tez pas pour votre vie, de ce que vous mangerez ni de ce que vous boirez ; ni pour votre corps, de quoi vous serez v&#234;tus. La vie n&#8217;est-elle pas plus que la nourriture, et le corps plus que le v&#234;tement ?<br><strong>26</strong> Regardez les oiseaux du ciel : ils ne s&#232;ment ni ne moissonnent, et ils n&#8217;amassent rien dans des greniers ; et votre P&#232;re c&#233;leste les nourrit. Ne valez-vous pas beaucoup plus qu&#8217;eux ?<br><strong>27</strong> Qui de vous, par ses inqui&#233;tudes, peut ajouter une coud&#233;e &#224; la dur&#233;e de sa vie ?<br><strong>28</strong> Et pourquoi vous inqui&#233;ter au sujet du v&#234;tement ? Consid&#233;rez comment croissent les lis des champs : ils ne travaillent ni ne filent ;<br><strong>29</strong> cependant je vous dis que Salomon m&#234;me, dans toute sa gloire, n&#8217;a pas &#233;t&#233; v&#234;tu comme l&#8217;un d&#8217;eux.<br><strong>30</strong> Si Dieu rev&#234;t ainsi l&#8217;herbe des champs, qui existe aujourd&#8217;hui et qui demain sera jet&#233;e au four, ne vous v&#234;tira-t-Il pas bien plus, gens de peu de foi ?<br><strong>31</strong> Ne vous inqui&#233;tez donc point, et ne dites pas : Que mangerons-nous ? que boirons-nous ? de quoi serons-nous v&#234;tus ?<br><strong>32</strong> Car toutes ces choses, ce sont les pa&#239;ens qui les recherchent. Votre P&#232;re c&#233;leste sait que vous en avez besoin.<br><strong>33</strong> Cherchez premi&#232;rement le Royaume de Dieu et Sa justice, et toutes ces choses vous seront donn&#233;es par-dessus.<br><strong>34</strong> Ne vous inqui&#233;tez donc pas du lendemain ; car le lendemain aura soin de lui-m&#234;me. &#192; chaque jour suffit sa peine.</p></blockquote><p>Que les promesses du Seigneur sont bonnes !</p><p>Quelle opportunit&#233; nous avons : choisir de nous attacher fermement aux promesses de Dieu et de tenir nos propres plans avec l&#233;g&#232;ret&#233;, sachant qu&#8217;ils changeront s&#251;rement.</p><p>C&#8217;est ce que nous poursuivons : chercher premi&#232;rement le Royaume de Dieu et Sa justice, et nous avons vu Dieu ajouter tout ce dont Il sait que nous avons besoin.</p><p>Madison Rose et moi sommes convaincus que le Seigneur a d&#233;j&#224; pourvu et pr&#233;par&#233; un lieu pour nous et pour notre pr&#233;cieuse petite fille &#224; venir.</p><p>Nous aurions pu quitter ces champs de moisson fertiles et rentrer chez nous pour des conditions de vie et d&#8217;accouchement plus confortables et plus normales, mais notre esp&#233;rance n&#8217;est pas dans des circonstances confortables ; notre esp&#233;rance est en J&#233;sus-Christ.</p><p>Nous sommes engag&#233;s &#224; vivre par la foi et &#224; suivre la direction du Seigneur, ce qui implique de sacrifier ce que nous pensions vouloir pour une vie en mission ici, dans cette grande ville.</p><p>Et nous avons vu Dieu transformer et fa&#231;onner nos c&#339;urs et nos d&#233;sirs afin qu&#8217;ils s&#8217;alignent davantage avec Sa Parole, Son plan et Sa volont&#233; pour que nous servions ici &#224; Paris, comme ambassadeurs de Christ et de Son Royaume de LUMI&#200;RE !</p><p>Quel honneur ! Nous disons &#171; Oui &#187; &#224; Dieu et un &#171; Non &#187; retentissant aux pr&#233;tendus p&#226;turages plus verts ailleurs.</p><p>Et, dans Son timing parfait, Dieu a pourvu un acheteur pour notre ami et propri&#233;taire, comme je l&#8217;ai mentionn&#233; plus haut. Cela signifie que nous devons d&#233;m&#233;nager. Puisque nous ne serons pas sans-abri, cela veut dire que le Seigneur a d&#233;j&#224; mis &#224; part un lieu pour notre famille de trois &#8212; une raison de plus pour laquelle nous, ainsi que beaucoup de ceux que nous connaissons et aimons ici, go&#251;tons &#224; la paix de Dieu malgr&#233; les d&#233;lais serr&#233;s et les inconnues.</p><p>Notre communaut&#233; de foi se tient &#224; nos c&#244;t&#233;s, dans la foi et dans la pri&#232;re.<br>Nous ne sommes pas seuls.</p><p>Et gr&#226;ce au fait que Dieu a fait Sa demeure en nous par l&#8217;Esprit, nous ne sommes jamais seuls.</p><p>Ah oui, j&#8217;ai mentionn&#233; que ma ch&#232;re belle-m&#232;re pr&#233;voit de venir nous rendre visite pendant environ un mois apr&#232;s la naissance de notre b&#233;b&#233;. Nous comptons l&#8217;accueillir dans notre studio de 25 m&#178; (environ 270 sq. ft.). Il y a une demi-cloison qui offre une semi-intimit&#233; &#224; notre espace nuit, et ma belle-m&#232;re, pleine d&#8217;adaptabilit&#233;, a d&#233;j&#224; accept&#233; de dormir sur le matelas gonflable que nous venons d&#8217;acheter, puisque nous n&#8217;avons pas de chambre pour l&#8217;accueillir. De plus, nous devons maintenant quitter ce logement et emm&#233;nager dans un autre avant le 20 mars, en plein milieu de sa visite.</p><p>Pas id&#233;al, c&#8217;est certain. Mais Dieu ! Il sait o&#249; nous serons et quand.</p><p>Il est fid&#232;le et capable d&#8217;ouvrir des portes que personne ne peut ouvrir ou fermer. Comme Paul le d&#233;clare en Philippiens 4:19, notre Dieu pourvoira &#224; tous nos besoins selon Sa richesse, avec gloire, en J&#233;sus-Christ.</p><p>Comment ? Quand ? Pourquoi faut-il que cela se passe ainsi ?</p><p>Je ne le sais pas, mais je sais que cela nous donne encore une raison de plus de faire confiance &#224; Dieu, de d&#233;pendre de Lui, de marcher avec J&#233;sus, de demeurer en Lui et de suivre Sa direction, par la puissance du Saint-Esprit.</p><p>Nous nous souvenons de ce que J&#233;sus a dit &#224; Ses disciples avant d&#8217;&#234;tre crucifi&#233;, en Jean 16:33 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>&#171; &#8230;Vous aurez des tribulations dans le monde ; mais prenez courage, j&#8217;ai vaincu le monde. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Nous avons compt&#233; le co&#251;t et nous avons trouv&#233; J&#233;sus digne de tout notre c&#339;ur, de toute notre &#226;me, de toute notre pens&#233;e, de toute notre force et de toute notre vie.</p><p>J&#233;sus est digne de tout notre amour et de toute notre d&#233;votion.<br>J&#233;sus est digne de tout ce que nous sommes et de tout ce que nous avons &#224; offrir.</p><p>Je n&#8217;ai d&#8217;ailleurs presque pas mentionn&#233; la JOIE de vivre la mission avec J&#233;sus ici &#224; Paris : voir d&#8217;innombrables personnes venir &#224; conna&#238;tre, aimer et suivre Christ ; prier pour des centaines de personnes ; organiser plus de 30 rencontres de discipulat ; servir dans notre implantation d&#8217;&#201;glise locale ainsi que dans un minist&#232;re de louange et de pri&#232;re ; proclamer la Bonne Nouvelle de J&#233;sus-Christ sur des sc&#232;nes, dans les rues et dans les maisons ; marcher aux c&#244;t&#233;s de nouveaux croyants tandis qu&#8217;ils grandissent dans le Seigneur en tant que disciples fid&#232;les qui forment d&#233;sormais d&#8217;autres disciples fid&#232;les ; publier plus de 130 articles et podcasts en fran&#231;ais pour &#233;difier et &#233;quiper les croyants ; voir la Grande Mission de J&#233;sus s&#8217;accomplir ici ; et bien plus encore.</p><p>Par la foi, nous restons.<br>Par la foi, nous travaillons.<br>Par la foi, nous pers&#233;v&#233;rons : demandant, cherchant et frappant.</p><p>Et par la foi, nous croyons que nous verrons la bont&#233; et la bienveillance de Dieu se manifester de mani&#232;re grande, audacieuse et magnifique, mais aussi de fa&#231;on simple, sacr&#233;e et discr&#232;te.</p><p>Nous n&#8217;avons pas toutes les r&#233;ponses, mais nous faisons confiance &#224; Celui qui les a.</p><p>Nous n&#8217;avons pas tout ce qu&#8217;il nous faudra pour demain, mais nous avons tout ce qu&#8217;il nous faut pour aujourd&#8217;hui.</p><p>Nous n&#8217;avons pas encore un lieu que nous appelons &#171; maison &#187;, mais nous avons une demeure &#233;ternelle et des richesses en Christ &#8212; pas seulement apr&#232;s la mort, mais d&#233;j&#224; maintenant.</p><p>Voici donc un aper&#231;u de notre perspective, un &#233;clairage sur la raison pour laquelle nous vivons une telle JOIE et une telle PAIX &#8212; une joie qui vient de la pr&#233;sence de Dieu et une paix qui surpasse toute intelligence &#8212; toutes deux ind&#233;pendantes de nos circonstances.</p><p>J&#8217;esp&#232;re que Dieu utilisera cela pour encourager votre foi. Et juste au cas o&#249; cela vaudrait la peine de le pr&#233;ciser : il n&#8217;y a aucune pression pour penser comme moi, ni pour comparer votre marche de foi avec J&#233;sus &#224; la mienne ou &#224; la n&#244;tre.</p><p>Ce t&#233;moignage sur l&#8217;endroit o&#249; nous en sommes actuellement est simplement cela : un t&#233;moignage de la bont&#233;, de la gr&#226;ce, de la paix, de la joie, de la provision et de la bienveillance de Dieu, et bien plus encore. Le Seigneur est le h&#233;ros de nos histoires. Et ce Dieu qui soutient notre joie et notre paix, qui combat pour nous et qui ouvre un chemin l&#224; o&#249; il semble ne pas y en avoir&#8230; Il est digne de confiance et immuable. C&#8217;est notre Dieu. Et si votre foi est ancr&#233;e en J&#233;sus, c&#8217;est aussi votre Dieu : Celui qui donne et soutient votre joie et votre paix, qui combat pour vous et qui fait un chemin l&#224; o&#249; il semble ne pas y en avoir.</p><p>Toi et moi, nous avons le privil&#232;ge de faire partie du t&#233;moignage &#8212; ou de l&#8217;histoire &#8212; de r&#233;demption de Dieu.</p><p>Et d&#8217;ailleurs, nous connaissons la fin de l&#8217;histoire.</p><p>J&#233;sus gagne.</p><p>Satan sera vaincu.<br>Le p&#233;ch&#233; et la mort seront vaincus et supprim&#233;s.<br>Nous serons victorieux par Christ.</p><p>M&#234;me si ce monde est rempli de beaut&#233; et que la gloire de Dieu s&#8217;y manifeste, nous savons aussi trop bien qu&#8217;il est marqu&#233; par beaucoup de t&#233;n&#232;bres et de p&#233;ch&#233;.</p><p>Alors, comment vaincrons-nous ? Selon la Parole de Dieu, toi et moi vaincrons par le sang de l&#8217;Agneau, J&#233;sus-Christ, et par la parole de notre t&#233;moignage, comme il est &#233;crit en Apocalypse 12:10-11 :</p><blockquote><p><strong>10 Et j&#8217;entendis dans le ciel une voix forte qui disait : &#171; Maintenant sont arriv&#233;s le salut, la puissance et le r&#232;gne de notre Dieu, et l&#8217;autorit&#233; de Son Christ ; car l&#8217;accusateur de nos fr&#232;res a &#233;t&#233; pr&#233;cipit&#233;, celui qui les accusait devant notre Dieu jour et nuit.<br>11 Ils l&#8217;ont vaincu &#224; cause du sang de l&#8217;Agneau et &#224; cause de la parole de leur t&#233;moignage, et ils n&#8217;ont pas aim&#233; leur vie jusqu&#8217;&#224; craindre la mort. &#187;</strong></p></blockquote><p>Que Dieu vous b&#233;nisse et fortifie votre foi par cette bonne nouvelle.</p><p>Si vous souhaitez laisser un commentaire ou partager ce podcast-article avec des amis, n&#8217;h&#233;sitez pas ! Allez-y ! J&#8217;aimerais que le Seigneur encourage d&#8217;autres personnes &#224; travers ce minist&#232;re de publication. C&#8217;est une joie de t&#233;moigner et d&#8217;&#233;crire ces textes, en faisant confiance &#224; Dieu pour affermir la foi des gens et r&#233;v&#233;ler Son caract&#232;re aimant &#224; travers eux.</p><p>Et aussi, si vous souhaitez nous envoyer une pri&#232;re, ou nous accueillir dans votre logement vacant &#224; Paris, ou nous mettre en relation avec quelqu&#8217;un qui a un appartement ou une maison disponible&#8230; faites-le-nous savoir !</p><p>Vous pouvez nous contacter &#224; l&#8217;adresse suivante : <strong><a href="mailto:kleinsonmission@gmail.com">kleinsonmission@gmail.com</a></strong>.</p><p>Enfin, au cas o&#249; vous ne le sauriez pas encore, nous venons de terminer une puissante s&#233;rie en 12 parties sur la pri&#232;re pour les nations ZOAR, en recherchant le MEILLEUR DE DIEU pour les 11 plus petites nations du monde. Si vous souhaitez vous joindre &#224; nous pour interc&#233;der afin que la volont&#233; de Dieu soit faite et que Son Royaume vienne parmi ces nations et ces peuples pr&#233;cieux &#224; Ses yeux et non oubli&#233;s, vous pouvez &#233;couter ou lire ces publications ; les parties 1 &#224; 12 sont li&#233;es ci-dessous :</p><p><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/praying-for-the-11-zoar-nations-seeking">PRIONS pour les 11 NATIONS &#171; ZOAR &#187;, en recherchant le MEILLEUR DE DIEU pour les 11 plus petites nations du monde &#8211; Introduction</a>, Partie 1 sur 12<br><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/1-vatican-citypraying-for-the-11">1. LA CIT&#201; DU VATICAN &#127483;&#127462;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie</strong> <strong>2 sur 12<br><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/2-monaco-praying-for-the-11-zoar">2. MONACO &#127474;&#127464;</a>, Partie</strong> <strong>3 sur 12</strong><br><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/3-nauru-praying-for-the-11-zoar-nations">3. NAURU &#127475;&#127479;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie</strong> <strong>4 sur 12</strong><br><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/4-tuvalu-praying-for-the-11-zoar">4. TUVALU &#127481;&#127483;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie</strong> <strong>5 sur 12</strong><br><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/5-san-marino-praying-for-the-11-zoar">5. SAINT-MARIN &#127480;&#127474;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie</strong> <strong>6 sur 12</strong><br><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/6-liechtenstein-my-testimony-praying">6. LIECHTENSTEIN &#127473;&#127470;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie 7 sur 12</strong><br><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/7-the-marshall-islands-praying-for">7. LES &#206;LES MARSHALL &#127474;&#127469;</a>, Partie 8 sur 12</strong><br><strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/8-saint-kitts-and-nevis-praying-for">8. SAINT-CHRISTOPHE-ET-NI&#201;V&#200;S &#127472;&#127475;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie</strong> <strong>9 sur 12<br><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/9-maldives-praying-for-the-11-zoar">9. MALDIVES &#127474;&#127483;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie</strong> <strong>10 sur 12<br><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/10-malta-praying-for-the-11-zoar">10. MALTE &#127474;&#127481;</a> , Partie</strong> <strong>11 sur 12<br><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/p/11-grenada-praying-for-the-11-zoar">11. GRENADE &#127468;&#127465;</a></strong>, <strong>Partie 12 sur 12</strong></p><p>Je vous aime tous ! Vous &#234;tes aim&#233;s. Et jusqu&#8217;&#224; la prochaine fois, merci de nous avoir rejoints dans cette <strong><a href="/__u/lifeonmissiontannerklein.substack.com/">VIE EN MISSION</a> avec J&#233;sus</strong> !</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>