Bryce Crawford

That when we feel like God has gone silent, we decide to use things that God has graciously given us and rebel against him.

As a matter of fact, the Israelites deemed that this golden calf that they built out of the gold that God gave them, that was the God that set them free out of Egypt.

Let's substitute it this way.

God's becoming impatient, so I'm going to turn back to the porn.

Then you get this immediate dopamine hit for a moment, and you think, oh, man, that's the relief I was looking for.

That's where I got it from.

That porn, it really set me free.

Then the shame and the guilt hits.

Reality hits.

I need a girlfriend or a boyfriend.

Getting that relationship, immediate dopamine hit.

Wow.

Man, you changed my life.

You're the only reason why I'm alive today.

Man, I believe this isn't that.

And then you realize that they're a finite human being and you can't put God-sized expectations on a limited human being and then they fail you once and then you go, wow, I'm back into this place.

There's a couple of reasons that you might not be able to hear God.

The first reason is maybe because God's voice is described as a still, calm voice, just like the waters.

And you can't hear because you've got a lot going on in your brain.

It's crowded.