Life from the Barren Places

Have you ever looked around your life, maybe at your family background, your church attendance, or your moral habits, and secretly thought, “This is why God loves me. I’m doing the right things”? It’s a natural human instinct. We want to point to our traditions or our good choices as the reason we possess spiritual life. But what happens when the religious routines feel dry? What happens when you realize that nearness to a church building doesn't guarantee a heartbeat for God? Today, we’re looking at a moment in Genesis that shatters our religious self-sufficiency and shows us exactly where true, breathing spiritual life comes from.