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During today's conversation on Back Porch theology, we get to continue our conversation with Max Lucado about giving

away our own agendas so that we can lean more fully into God's redemptive plans for our futures.

And as scary as it may sound to loosen your grip on your own

agenda, maybe because you've had to take care of yourself for so long that it's

hard to fully trust in God's faithfulness. Max is going to help all of us believe bigger in God's faithfulness. is going to help all of us believe bigger in God's providence and protection by venturing

into the deep weeds of a colorful Old Testament narrative about a selfish scoundrel named Jacob.

If you feel like much of your life has been an uphill struggle

or you've had to fight for anything good,

maybe as a result you're just flat-worn out and you don't have much more, get up and go left in your

bedraggled heart.

This episode is Taylor made for you because as Max poetically writes,

Our God is the God of those who struggle and scrape,

sometimes barely making it hanging on for dear life.

We don't have to be strong to be saved.

We don't have to be perfect to be saved. We don't have to be perfect to be redeemed. We simply

need to trust in the God of Jacob, believing in a God who sticks with the

unworthy and underachievers until we are safely home. He is the God of second chances and new

beginnings. You can take a deep breath and relax your shoulders y'all because you're about to be

rinsed with genuine encouragement. So please grab a cup of coffee in your Bible

unless you're live streaming a makeup tutorial of course and come relax on the porch with Max and me. Okay, y'all this is like, you know, sometimes at Christmas, there's a present you forgot was under the tree and it's like a double blessing you're like

no stinking well I didn't even know this was under here well that's today that's

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