God’s Reputation vs. Yours

Dad Tired

Jerrad Lopes

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever noticed that when life gets hard you tend to pull away from God ; numb out, isolate, distract, or try to fix everything on your own, this episode is for you.

As we head into a new year, Jerrad shares a personal story from a father-son race that turned into a moment of crisis… and how it revealed something deeply true about all of us: pressure exposes our reputation.

In this episode, we contrast our instinct to hide with God’s consistent reputation throughout Scripture; a God who keeps drawing near to broken, messy people again and again. From the garden of Eden to the life of Jesus to the promise of God’s Spirit within us, the story is clear:

When chaos hits, God doesn’t withdraw. He comes closer.

This is an invitation to stop hiding, and start trusting God’s reputation more than your instincts.

What You’ll Learn

Why crisis and hardship reveal who we really are
How shame, fear, and even success cause men to hide from God
What Scripture shows us about God’s reputation from Genesis to Revelation
Why men often turn away from God when they need Him most
A simple, embodied practice to help you turn toward God instead of numbing out
What it looks like to come out of hiding as a husband, father, and disciple

Key Takeaways

• Pressure reveals reputation.
You don’t really know what’s inside until life turns up the heat.

• Our instinct is to hide.
From fig leaves to distraction to self-reliance, men tend to pull away when things get hard.

• God’s reputation is nearness.
Again and again in Scripture, God draws closer — even in rebellion, failure, and fear.

• Healing begins with turning toward God.
Not after you fix yourself. Not after you “do better.” Right where you are.

• Strong families begin with healed men.
Men who stop hiding and learn to trust God’s presence change everything downstream.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Today's episode of the Dad Tired podcast is brought to you by Dwell Bible app.
0:04.0	Most guys I know want to read the Bible more.
0:06.3	They really do.
0:07.4	But January comes, they start strong, and then life does what life does.
0:11.1	Kids, work, exhaustion, noise.
0:13.8	Suddenly your Bible plan reading is somewhere back in Leviticus.
0:17.6	And that's why I love Dwell.
0:19.0	Dwell is an audio Bible app that lets Scripture
0:22.1	move with you instead of competing with your schedule. You can listen while you're driving,
0:26.9	while you're doing yard work, folding laundry, walking the dog. No perfect quiet time required.
0:32.4	And the thing I really appreciate about Dwell is it doesn't just help you start the Bible.
0:36.2	It helps you actually finish it.
0:38.2	They have very popular Bible in a year plans, all kinds of plans, which walk you through the Bible
0:44.1	chronologically with short daily reflections that help you understand what you just heard and how it all
0:49.4	fits together. It's very thoughtful. It's accessible. And it's honestly like having a wise friend walk alongside
0:56.1	of you.
0:56.5	If you've ever felt discouraged by reading the Bible or you're just tired of feeling behind,
1:01.0	this is a simple, grace-filled way to stay connected to God's word in the middle of real life.
1:07.4	Make sure to go to dwellbibble.com for forward slash dad tired to get started. They have a special
1:11.8	promo code just for you over there. Again, that's dwellbible.com forward slash dad tired.
1:19.3	Well, Merry Christmas, everyone. I hope you guys had a great Christmas. I took last week off to
1:24.3	spend time with the family. It was great. I was in Oregon. We went back to the West Coast to visit some family. I live now on the East Coast, but grew up on the West Coast. And so we went back there to spend some time with the family and celebrate early Christmas. It was great. I got sick, as you can tell, traveling in the airplane and all that good stuff. So I apologize in advance for you having to listen to this terrible cold, head cold.
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