Feeling Known and Loved

At the end of every podcast, we like to ask our guests to share what God has been teaching them in this season of life. This week’s guest is Max Anderson , an entrepreneur and author. He is the founder of Stagecoach Ventures and author of the The Weekend Reader, a deep thinker's guide to modern culture.

Nahum 1:7

The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him.

My grandfather taught me the second verse I ever learned. It was his kind of life verse, which is Nahum 1:7. And any time your life verse is in Nahum you know you're the real deal person, by the way. So it says the Lord is good. A stronghold in the day of trouble.

And when I went through my most recent episode of feeling anxious and depressed. That was the verse that I clung to quite a bit, because it reminded me of my kinship with my grandfather and also just the message of the verse itself, which is that we are known and we are loved.

And I think when I get anxious often it's because I feel lonely and unknown. And it's because I feel unlovely or unlovable, because maybe what I set out to do, it's not going to succeed the way I wanted it to. And I'm afraid of how that's going to look or what people will think. 

But at the end of the day, the Lord is still there, and he is a stronghold in my day of trouble. He knows me as I trust in him.