Welcome to Food for Thought Faithcast, hosted by Be Rob. After 51 years of life’s lessons, challenges, victories, and growing up grounded in the Bible, Be Rob brings a thoughtful and honest approach to exploring Scripture and its relevance for everyday living. Each episode offers short Bible studies, reflections, and practical encouragement designed to help listeners deepen their faith, find perspective, and grow closer to God. It’s simple, real, and rooted in the truth of God’s Word. #getright
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We speak to the person who feels deeply tired and tempted to quit, and we draw a clear line between needing rest and giving up. We name pressure for what it is, remind ourselves that hidden progress is still progress, and choose faith for one more step. • naming the kind of tired that comes from waiting and disappointment • holding onto the message: don’t break before your breakthrough • reframing pressure as part of growth, not a sign you are on the wrong path • using the seed underground as a picture of hidden progress • refusing rash choices by remembering “do not make a permanent decision on a temporary storm” • choosing rest, prayer, and quiet without confusing it with quitting • looking back at what we have already survived to rebuild courage • sharing a real testimony about a delayed process turning into an unexpected busy season • trusting God’s ongoing work and believing the breakthrough is also happening inside us • taking the hump day challenge: strength for one more step, faith for one more prayer • ending in prayer for peace, courage, and focus on Jesus
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It is to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the ones who see the world differently, who don't fit neatly into boxes, and refuse to live by someone else's script. You can quote them, you can disagree with them, you can glorify them or vilify them, you can shake your head at their ideas or be inspired by their courage. But the one thing you cannot do is ignore them. Because they change things. They disrupt what's comfortable, they challenge what's normal, and they push the human race forward. Sometimes with loud revolutions, sometimes with quiet persistence that changes everything over time. They see possibility where others see limits. They dare to dream out loud when the world tells them to be silent. They take risks, they stumble, they rise again, and they keep going. Not because it's easy, but because they can't imagine doing anything else. These are the ones who remind us that every great leap forward was once considered impossible. So here's to them the ones who won't sit down, won't be quiet, and won't stop until the world is different. Because they're the reason it will be.
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Hello, we would like to welcome you to the Food for Thought Face with my husband, your host, B-rob. So without further ado, here's B-Rob.
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Hey guys, it's B-Rob. It is hump day. It is Wednesday. It is August the 26th. And it is a beautiful day outside. It's starting to smell like fall. It's starting to, it's still warm out, but it's it's not too bad. It ain't 100 degrees, which is a good thing. You gotta look at things positive. You gotta look at things mo better. You know what I'm saying. But today, hump day, we're gonna talk about um some things. And we're gonna talk about some things. So uh what's going on, everybody? Happy hump day.
Um today I want to talk to the person who's tired. Maybe not just physically tired. I'm talking about that deep, deep, deep kind of tired, tired of waiting, tired of fighting, tired of the BS, tired of praying about the same thing, tired of getting your hopes up just to watch nothing happen, or a door close. Tired of everybody saying, I'm good, when deep down you're wondering how much more they can take, or how much more you can take, you know. Well, guys, today I come to you, I come to tell you, guys, that you cannot, you cannot break before your breakthrough. So today's title is going to be Don't Break Before Your Breakthrough. And I've said this before many times. But you guys, we've come way too far to allow one small difficult season to convince us that God has forgotten about us. You know? I mean, pressure doesn't mean stop, right? Sometimes we interpretate pressure as a sign that something's wrong, something's not right, but pressure doesn't always mean you're on the wrong path.
I want you to think about something so simple, something so small. Think about a seed from a tree. Before anybody sees the tree, it becomes that seed is buried underground. It's surrounded by darkness. There's pressure from the soil. Nobody is applauding it, nobody can see what is happening. But we all know beneath the surface something is changing. Roots start to grow. Long before, years before the fruit ever even shows up. Well, guys, maybe that's where we're at right now. Maybe that's where you're at right now. Maybe you're at that point where you're thinking to yourself, or you're asking, you're like, God, nothing is happening. And I see people talking about it all the time. Nothing's gonna happen, nothing's gonna happen, nothing is happening. But guess what? God's always working. And God may be doing some of his deepest work where you can't see it. So don't ever confuse hidden progress with no progress. Never.
So you think you're at that breaking point, do you? Well, there comes a point in almost every journey where you start asking things like, is this even worth it? What have I done? You see, those are dangerous questions, especially when you're exhausted. Usually, questions the enemy might ask you infiltrates your head. Exhaustion will have you walking away from things that you prepared so long for. And frustration is another one. It will have you making decisions that faith would have told you to wait on. Rash decisions. So, guys, I'm gonna say something very, very, very plainly. Like you were in kindergarten. Do not make a permanent decision on a temporary storm. I'm gonna say it again. Do not make a permanent decision on a temporary storm. You may need to rest, so rest. You may need to cry, so cry. You may need to get quiet and know that God is God and spend some time with God. Do it. You don't have to confuse needing rest with needing to quit. That's that's dumb. Don't confuse needing rest with needing to quit. You know, sometimes the strongest thing you can say to yourself is something simple, like God, I don't know how I'm going to keep going, but I'm going to keep going. I'm still here because I know you're still here. Something that simple. God help me. But the main thing you need to do, and the main thing you need to do, and this is the only time I'll tell you to revisit, is to learn.
So sit back and take a second and remember what you've already survived. Take a minute and think about everything you thought was going to break you before in your life. Because I know there were nights you didn't know how you were going to make it through, but you made it through, right? There were situations that you thought were going to destroy you, but here we are, and here you are still listening to me, and I'm still talking. There were prayers you thought God was not hearing, and then later realized He was protecting you then, redirecting you then, preparing you then, and changing you then for the person you are to be now. And I'm gonna give you an example. I was crying, whining, complaining the first quarter of this year because I had no clue what I was gonna do. And the insurance licensing thing was taking too long. It almost seemed like a scam. But today I can hardly sit still and get my mind to focus on things that are important because it's so busy and God has thrown me into a season that I never imagined. Now that's a testimony, and he can do that for you. But you do not quit. You cannot quit. You have to keep going, and you cannot break before your breakthrough.
Why do you think he's gonna abandon you now? Look at Philippians 1 6. It says, He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ, Yeshua Messiah. Guys, God is not finished. And if God isn't finished, you don't get to write the story. You don't get to call the story the end. You want to know why? Because there's something very important going on. You see, that breakthrough's you. You're the breakthrough. Be honest, guys. Sometimes we're waiting for our circumstances to change, but God is changing us. You're praying for the breakthrough around you while God is producing that breakthrough inside of you. Patience, young grasshopper. You have to have patience, you have to have discernment. And once this is over with, and once he has he's never finished, actually, what am I talking about? It's a constant work. But you'll learn soon that your patience will be different, your discernment will be different, your boundaries are going to be different, your faith will be stronger for this. Because things that used to destroy your peace don't control you like they used to. The people you used to chase, you can release. The doors you used to beg God to open, you can now look back and understand why He kept them closed. Because the breakthrough isn't the only thing that's coming. You want to know what is coming? Is the way you're gonna change. The way you're gonna change. Document it. Write a journal. Look back a year from now.
And guys, I just want to let you know that you're closer than you think. You have no clue which prayer is about to be answered. You don't know which phone call might come. You don't have a clue which opportunity is being is or you are being prepared for. You have no clue what God is doing behind the scenes. That's why it's important that you you don't let what you see today determine your belief about tomorrow. You have to have faith. You have to have faith. Everybody has a bad day every once in a while. But faith says, I don't see it yet, but I still trust God. Faith says it hurts, but I'm still standing. Faith says, man, I'm disappointed, but I'm still praying. Faith says, I'm tired, but I'm not going to quit. So today, guys, I want your hump day challenge to be. Not next month, not next year, but today. Give me enough strength to take one more step, enough faith to pray one more prayer, enough courage to try one more time, enough peace to make it through today without allowing the fear to write tomorrow's story. I don't know who's listening right now may feel like they're at their breaking point. But I want you to hear me and I want you to hear me closely, okay? Pressure does not get the final word. Fear does not get the final word. Failure does not get the final word. Your past does not get the final word. You know who gets the final word? God. God gets the final word. So I want you to hold on, keep moving, keep praying, keep believing, and whatever you do, don't break before your breakthrough. Because this season, this chapter, this story in the book may be difficult, but the book is not finished.
Let's go to the Lord in prayer. Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you, Lord. We thank you for just carrying us this far, Lord. Lord, I pray for the person on this phone call who feels tired, who feels discouraged, who feels close to giving up, Lord. Just give them strength for today, Lord. Remind them that you are still working even when they don't know it, they don't see it. Lord, just give them peace in whatever it is that is pressuring their faith today. Give them peace in the waiting, Lord, because we know that sometimes the waiting can be very, very, very difficult. Lord, most of all, give them courage to get out of bed and take that one more step. Lord, I'm praying for that one person who's hearing me right now, Lord. Lord, just help us all not to break under the weight of the season that you have prepared for us, Lord, but to trust you through everything that you are doing through that season, Lord. Lord, just keep our hearts focused on Jesus. Keep our hearts focused on you and prepare us for whatever you have that lies ahead, Lord. It's in Jesus' holy heavenly name we pray. Amen and hallelujah.
Well, guys, happy hump day. Keep your faith, keep your head up, keep going. God loves you so much. B Robb loves you, but God loves you more. And if you do not have a relationship with Christ today, you better get right.
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