Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Are you confused about your life?

Whether you know it or not, you are a person in an incessant search for wisdom, explanation,

and meaning.

In today's podcast, we'll listen to the first episode from an old radio series Paul recorded called What's So Important About the Bible?

In it, Paul explains why we're always trying to figure life out.

I just can't figure it all out. I felt like I had a vision, a plan for my future. I could see it. It was what I was working toward. I would spend about 10 years in my career, meet a fine man, and settle down and have a family. But life just hasn't unfolded the way I thought it would. No, no, I don't have a horrible

life, and yes, I have a lot to be thankful for. But this is not where I wanted to be. It doesn't make

any sense to me that I am still alone, and it doesn't make any sense that I would struggle with

the things that I struggle with. It doesn't make any sense that I would struggle with the things that I struggle with.

It doesn't make any sense that I've had such a rocky work life.

I've had six jobs in ten years, and I can't figure out why.

And I used to love being around people, but for some reason I've become a loner.

I'm aware that I actually avoid people, and yet I complain all

the time about being lonely. I want to be married, but I feel uncomfortable around men. I know they

must pick it up when they're around me, and it must make them feel uncomfortable, too. I feel so stuck.

I don't know how to get myself out of the situation I'm in,

and I simply can't figure out how I got here.

I had clear goals that seemed to be good goals, and yet here I am.

I feel like I'm trapped in the middle of somebody else's story.

Oh, I'm confused.

I don't know how to make sense of it all,

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