WEBVTT 00:00:08.589 --> 00:00:11.509 What's going on, Pursuers? Welcome to The Pursuit 00:00:11.509 --> 00:00:14.710 of Calling, the podcast that provides you with 00:00:14.710 --> 00:00:17.629 the strategies and tools needed to successfully 00:00:17.629 --> 00:00:21.190 discover and pursue your calling. Whether it's 00:00:21.190 --> 00:00:23.609 through inspiring stories, thought -provoking 00:00:23.609 --> 00:00:26.530 interviews, or quick, insightful episodes on 00:00:26.530 --> 00:00:28.929 personal growth and development, we've got you 00:00:28.929 --> 00:00:32.729 covered. I'm your host, Thomas Carney. Enjoy 00:00:32.729 --> 00:00:44.429 the episode. All right. Guys, it's been a week. 00:00:45.570 --> 00:00:51.109 It's been rough. My pain has been high. It's 00:00:51.109 --> 00:00:59.750 been some work stress. And. I mean, that's I 00:00:59.750 --> 00:01:05.409 mean, understatement of the year there. And. 00:01:10.670 --> 00:01:12.069 I didn't know what I was going to talk about 00:01:12.069 --> 00:01:16.010 today. I just told Ian that the guy who, you 00:01:16.010 --> 00:01:18.109 know, you probably know him if you listen, he 00:01:18.109 --> 00:01:21.129 edits the audio. He asked me if there was a podcast 00:01:21.129 --> 00:01:23.170 today, like maybe like 20 minutes ago. And I 00:01:23.170 --> 00:01:25.349 was like, there is, but I don't know what it's 00:01:25.349 --> 00:01:35.030 about yet. And I decided to make it about this, 00:01:35.109 --> 00:01:40.269 make it about my life. I haven't given them an 00:01:40.269 --> 00:01:42.609 update in a while. And this is not going to be 00:01:42.609 --> 00:01:45.829 a full update because I'm kind of still keeping 00:01:45.829 --> 00:01:50.950 some things close to my chest. And just sharing 00:01:50.950 --> 00:01:53.209 it with a few of my trusted friends and family. 00:01:54.109 --> 00:01:59.609 But for now, I want to dive in a little bit into 00:01:59.609 --> 00:02:07.099 what I'm thankful for in this season. There's 00:02:07.099 --> 00:02:10.659 been some uncertainty about my future. I'm not 00:02:10.659 --> 00:02:14.080 trying to scare anybody. I'm not losing my job 00:02:14.080 --> 00:02:19.080 or anything like that. I know I said work stress. 00:02:20.060 --> 00:02:25.800 I have this question in my head. Do I go right 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:32.300 or left? What do I do? It sounds like a simple 00:02:32.300 --> 00:02:34.319 question, but when you apply it to a situation 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:42.469 that is big. It gets a little bigger. What's 00:02:42.469 --> 00:02:45.409 God saying? I'm wondering sometimes, what is 00:02:45.409 --> 00:02:48.030 God saying to me? What does he want me to do? 00:02:50.430 --> 00:02:52.409 Living with chronic pain isn't any joke either. 00:02:52.710 --> 00:03:00.550 Like I said, my pain has been high. What I'm 00:03:00.550 --> 00:03:03.810 thankful for, though, in this season is I have 00:03:03.810 --> 00:03:09.169 mentors and I have friends and I have God. Not 00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:14.069 particularly in any certain order. God is first. 00:03:15.550 --> 00:03:17.969 I'm thankful for my mentors because I'm able 00:03:17.969 --> 00:03:19.830 to go to them. I've been going to my mentors 00:03:19.830 --> 00:03:26.129 and just asking advice. Being able to say like, 00:03:26.189 --> 00:03:27.949 this is what I'm going through. I know I'm being 00:03:27.949 --> 00:03:30.129 vague and I apologize. It's just not time to 00:03:30.129 --> 00:03:38.590 share yet. This is what's happening. This is 00:03:38.590 --> 00:03:41.349 what's going on in my head. I need help thinking 00:03:41.349 --> 00:03:48.669 through this. And my mentors, my dad is one, 00:03:48.849 --> 00:03:57.330 and my good spiritual mentor, Jim Fink, they 00:03:57.330 --> 00:03:59.370 both gave me some really good advice, very similar 00:03:59.370 --> 00:04:05.129 advice. And when I go to God, one of the things 00:04:05.129 --> 00:04:10.259 I decided to do Over the weekend is pray and 00:04:10.259 --> 00:04:17.759 fast. And. Because I really just wanted to go 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.439 to him. With all of who I am. I wanted to give 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:28.920 him. Everything. I wanted to deny my flesh. So 00:04:28.920 --> 00:04:40.900 that. Because I'm seeking answers. When I. And 00:04:40.900 --> 00:04:43.660 there's been a lot of times in this season that, 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:47.600 and I'm just in the beginning of it, mind you, 00:04:47.680 --> 00:04:51.759 when I've been curious, like, what is God saying? 00:04:51.839 --> 00:04:55.839 Because I don't know. I'm starting to think I 00:04:55.839 --> 00:05:02.379 do now, but I was told once by a mentor of mine, 00:05:02.480 --> 00:05:07.509 when I'm not sure what God is saying, I listen 00:05:07.509 --> 00:05:11.230 to my gut. Because if I'm truly aligned with 00:05:11.230 --> 00:05:15.910 the Holy Spirit, my gut is too. That's from Pastor 00:05:15.910 --> 00:05:19.490 Ed Noll. One time when he was mentoring me around 00:05:19.490 --> 00:05:22.310 a different situation. And I've kept that. I've 00:05:22.310 --> 00:05:25.490 never forgotten that. I keep it close to my chest 00:05:25.490 --> 00:05:27.790 because I want to be as aligned with the Holy 00:05:27.790 --> 00:05:32.050 Spirit as possible. This is a tangent, but... 00:05:32.790 --> 00:05:34.810 It's crazy that I used to say that this wasn't 00:05:34.810 --> 00:05:36.389 a Christian podcast and I'm just a Christian 00:05:36.389 --> 00:05:39.689 with a podcast. I don't think that's a bad thing. 00:05:40.250 --> 00:05:42.069 I honestly think that can be a really good thing. 00:05:42.310 --> 00:05:46.970 But whenever I'm so enthralled with the Father, 00:05:47.189 --> 00:05:54.810 I just can't help but talk about him. So, I don't 00:05:54.810 --> 00:05:56.889 know, it just hit me. This is kind of more of 00:05:56.889 --> 00:05:59.730 a Christian podcast than it used to be, and I'm 00:05:59.730 --> 00:06:02.740 really happy about that. But I want to ask you, 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:07.180 shorter episode, shorter episode, because I didn't 00:06:07.180 --> 00:06:12.079 have much prepared. When you have big decisions 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:20.620 to make, like I do, how do you make them? Do 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:23.160 you try to do it on your own, through your own 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:28.160 strength? If maybe you're worried that you're 00:06:28.160 --> 00:06:33.319 wrong, Who do you go to for advice? If maybe 00:06:33.319 --> 00:06:37.000 you're wondering, maybe you're right. Who do 00:06:37.000 --> 00:06:40.879 you go to? I'm assuming those are the same people. 00:06:41.740 --> 00:06:49.800 But they might not be. And if you're just going 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:55.060 to people to try and convince them that your 00:06:55.060 --> 00:07:00.230 decision is accurate, maybe And this is off the 00:07:00.230 --> 00:07:06.290 cuff, so don't come at me. But maybe in that 00:07:06.290 --> 00:07:08.029 situation, if you're trying to convince people 00:07:08.029 --> 00:07:11.329 that you're right, maybe there's some insecurity 00:07:11.329 --> 00:07:14.069 there and maybe you're not. Maybe you're not 00:07:14.069 --> 00:07:15.350 aligned to the Holy Spirit in that situation. 00:07:15.589 --> 00:07:17.189 I don't know if that makes any sense to anybody. 00:07:18.290 --> 00:07:22.230 But I want to challenge you. I want to challenge 00:07:22.230 --> 00:07:28.829 you to go to God first for every, every. Hard 00:07:28.829 --> 00:07:32.970 situation. Every big decision that you have to 00:07:32.970 --> 00:07:37.370 make. And even every decision that you don't 00:07:37.370 --> 00:07:41.829 have to make. Especially the big ones. The ones 00:07:41.829 --> 00:07:46.610 that matter the most. Go to God first. Seek out 00:07:46.610 --> 00:07:49.129 your mentors. The ones that are going to help 00:07:49.129 --> 00:07:53.810 you. Help you see what God is saying. Not by 00:07:53.810 --> 00:07:56.670 telling you this is what God is saying. But by 00:07:56.670 --> 00:08:00.990 saying. But by giving you scripturally sound 00:08:00.990 --> 00:08:09.790 advice. So this week, I want you to bring something 00:08:09.790 --> 00:08:15.970 to God that you never thought to pray for. Now 00:08:15.970 --> 00:08:17.730 you might be thinking, how am I supposed to bring 00:08:17.730 --> 00:08:20.269 something to God if I never thought to pray for 00:08:20.269 --> 00:08:24.410 it? I want you to answer this question, okay? 00:08:24.470 --> 00:08:28.279 Is that okay if I ask you a question? What's 00:08:28.279 --> 00:08:30.980 something you thought you had all figured out, 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:37.379 but then realized you're still unsure? Maybe 00:08:37.379 --> 00:08:38.700 that resonates with someone. I'm going to read 00:08:38.700 --> 00:08:40.820 that again. What's something you thought you 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:45.259 had all figured out, but then realized you're 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:54.980 still unsure? Go to God. Go to God. And guys, 00:08:55.019 --> 00:09:00.750 if you're having... And you want to know more 00:09:00.750 --> 00:09:07.830 about your future. Not a psychic. But I am a 00:09:07.830 --> 00:09:12.870 coach. And a coach, what a coach does is sit 00:09:12.870 --> 00:09:14.649 down and you have a thought -provoking conversation. 00:09:16.350 --> 00:09:19.730 And really, we talk about the calling that God 00:09:19.730 --> 00:09:23.669 has in your life. How you can live in it well. 00:09:24.769 --> 00:09:30.080 And how you can actionably And realistically, 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:40.299 live in that calling with excellence. Maybe I 00:09:40.299 --> 00:09:42.259 didn't say that in the most exciting way. Sorry, 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:44.279 I'm a little tired. But I really would love to 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:47.100 coach you. And if you would like more information, 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.519 shoot me a message. Shoot me a message. Click 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:53.000 on the intro link in the show notes because, 00:09:53.100 --> 00:09:56.779 guys, I would love to talk with you and have 00:09:56.779 --> 00:09:59.529 a one -hour discovery call. Because it would 00:09:59.529 --> 00:10:04.610 be so much fun. And, guys, coaching works. Even 00:10:04.610 --> 00:10:05.909 if you don't think you have anything to be coached 00:10:05.909 --> 00:10:09.049 on, but you know that God has made you for more, 00:10:09.289 --> 00:10:15.090 that's enough to coach you on. I promise. I will 00:10:15.090 --> 00:10:20.370 dig and we will find out what you truly were 00:10:20.370 --> 00:10:26.669 made for. That's a big claim. That is a big claim. 00:10:27.810 --> 00:10:32.490 One way to find out if it's true. You guys, thank 00:10:32.490 --> 00:10:34.350 you for listening to this episode of the Pursuit 00:10:34.350 --> 00:10:36.710 of Calling podcast. If you liked this episode, 00:10:36.950 --> 00:10:40.870 go ahead and share it out on app, on Instagram 00:10:40.870 --> 00:10:44.149 and Facebook and on social media. And don't forget 00:10:44.149 --> 00:10:48.710 to like it, share it, and give a five -star review 00:10:48.710 --> 00:10:50.789 on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, wherever you listen 00:10:50.789 --> 00:10:56.110 to your podcasts. Thank you for listening, guys. 00:10:56.809 --> 00:10:59.090 Keep pursuing your calling. Do its excellence. 00:10:59.509 --> 00:11:02.769 And I'll see you next time. Peace. Man, I never 00:11:02.769 --> 00:11:03.629 do peace signs. That's crazy.