Come Follow Me Meditations

Come Follow Me Meditations Weekly Meditations and Bedtime Stories Based on the Come Follow Me curriculum.

05/21/2026

Come Follow Me | Joshua 1–8; 23–24 | Save & share this insight:

What if the miracle comes after the first step?

This week in Come, Follow Me (May 18–24), Joshua leads Israel to a river at flood stage.

And God gives an unusual instruction:

Step in first.

Then watch the water move.

“Sanctify yourselves: for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” (Joshua 3:5)

We often want reassurance before obedience.

Clarity before action.
Confidence before movement.
Proof before trust.

But scripture suggests something harder.

Sometimes faith looks like movement before evidence.

A prayer before the answer.
Obedience before understanding.
Courage before certainty.
A foot in the water before the river parts.

Maybe the miracle you’re waiting for…

begins the moment you stop waiting at the shore.

🎙️ Audio excerpt from and one of my favorite insights from this week’s lesson.

What river are you standing in front of right now?

🤍 Save this for the moment you need courage to take the next step.

05/15/2026

Come Follow Me | Deuteronomy 6-34 | Save & share this insight:

What if the biggest spiritual choice in your life… isn’t hidden?

This week in Come, Follow Me (May 11–17), Moses says something startlingly simple:

“I have set before thee life and death…”

Not someday.
Not symbolically.
Not after you have everything figured out.

Before you. Today.

We often imagine discipleship as one giant defining moment.

But scripture suggests something quieter.

A thought you entertain.
A voice you trust.
A habit you repeat.
A place you turn when life feels heavy.

Little choices, repeated long enough, become direction.

And direction becomes destination.

Moses places two paths in front of Israel: blessing or cursing, light or darkness, Zion or Babylon, life or death.

Then he pleads:

Choose life.

And centuries later, Christ reveals something profound:

He is not merely showing the way to life.

He is the way.

“I am the way, the truth, and the life.” — John 14:6

Maybe the question isn’t only What am I choosing?

Maybe it’s:

Who am I becoming by what I choose every day?

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05/12/2026

✨ What if bedtime could help your child remember that God never forgets them?

This week’s Come, Follow Me bedtime story gently follows Moses to Mount Nebo—a peaceful story about remembering God, trusting His timing, and resting in His promises. 🌙

Perfect for bedtime, winding down, or helping little hearts feel safe in God’s love.

Comment BEDTIME and I’ll send the link to your inbox 🤍

05/08/2026

Come Follow Me Numbers 21 | Save & share this insight:

What if the healing feels too simple?

This week in Come, Follow Me, we read one of the strangest stories in scripture.

The very thing associated with the suffering…
became the symbol God used to heal them.

Many Israelites could not understand it.
Why would looking at a brass serpent bring healing?

It felt foolish.
Too easy.
Too simple.

But the miracle was never about the serpent.

It was about where they chose to look.

And maybe that’s still true for us.

Sometimes healing begins the moment we stop staring at the poison, the fear, the shame, or the impossible odds… and finally look toward Christ.

As Jared Halverson teaches in this week’s Saints episode, serpents can also symbolize resurrection — shedding an old life and becoming something new.

The God who could heal Israel in the wilderness is still the God who can help us leave behind old versions of ourselves and walk forward with newness of life.

Some looked.
Some refused.

And that’s still true today.

04/30/2026

Come Follow Me Leviticus | Save & share this insight:
What is engraved upon your soul?

This week in Come, Follow Me (April 27–May 3), we read in Leviticus—
where the Lord invites His people into something deeper than deliverance.

Not just freedom from Egypt…
but transformation into holiness.

They were asked to build a sacred space.
But first… they had to become a people He could dwell with.

As Jared Halverson teaches this week’s Unshaken Saints podcast,
the message of Leviticus can be captured in a single phrase:
“Holiness to the Lord.”

Not written on stone.
Not kept at a distance.

But engraved… and bound to who we are.

Because what we engrave into our lives—
slowly becomes what shapes us.

The quiet truth is this:
we are always becoming something.

The question is… what are we letting form us?

What we choose, return to, and hold onto—
that is what stays written.

And over time…
it becomes who we are.

Let it shape who you become.

04/23/2026

Come Follow Me Exodus 19–34 | Save & share this insight:
What if the question isn’t just what rules you follow…
but what you’ve chosen to put first?

This week in Come, Follow Me (April 20–26), we step into Exodus 19–34—
a story of covenant, commandments, and a people standing at the base of a mountain.

They had seen miracles.
They had been delivered.
They had entered into covenant with God, saying—
“All that the Lord hath spoken we will do.”

And yet… not long after,
they turned to something else.

As Jared Halverson teaches in this week’s Unshaken Saints Podcast episode,
the deeper question isn’t just whether Israel would keep the commandments—

it’s who they would trust…
and what they would place first.

Because either way,
we are all following something.

The world offers its own rules.
Its own priorities.
Its own promises.

But not all “gods” are equal.
Some are just… lesser things
we’ve given too much weight.

Success.
Approval.
Comfort.
Control.

Things that can never become
what only God can.

The first commandment was never just about obedience—
it was about priority.

Because if God is not first,
in the end…
it won’t matter what is.

So maybe this week, the question isn’t just:
Which rules are you following?

But more honestly—
What are you putting first?

04/17/2026

Come Follow Me Exodus 14–18 | Save & share this insight:
What if the Red Sea isn’t blocking you… but saving you?

This week in Come, Follow Me (April 13–19), we read Exodus 14–18—
a story of impossible odds, deep fear, and a God who makes a way.

The Israelites stood trapped.
The sea in front of them.
The army behind them.

No path forward.
No way back.

And then God says something unexpected:
“Stand still… and see the salvation of the Lord.”

But the story doesn’t end with standing still.

Because moments later, God tells them to go forward.

As Jared Halverson teaches in this week’s Unshaken Saints episode,
the miracle wasn’t just that the sea parted—
it’s what the sea became.

At first, it was the obstacle.
The thing they could not cross.

But on the other side…
it became the thing that ensured their past could not follow them.

The same sea that stood in their way…
became the thing that set them free.

How often do we see our struggles the same way?

As barriers.
As endings.
As proof that we’re stuck.

But what if…
God is using the very thing in front of you
to do something deeper than just “get you through it”?

What if it’s not just about escape—
but transformation?

Through Jesus Christ,
the past doesn’t just stay behind us…

It’s washed away.

Completely.

Maybe the thing you’re facing
isn’t just an obstacle to survive—

Maybe it’s the place where God is making you new.

04/11/2026

Come Follow Me Exodus 7–13 | Save & share this insight
What if Pharaoh isn’t in the story… but in us?

This week in Come, Follow Me (April 6–12), we read Exodus 7–13—
a story of deliverance, power, and a heart that refuses to let go.

Pharaoh saw the signs.
He witnessed the miracles.
He was warned, again and again.

And still… he hardened his heart.

As Jared Halverson teaches in this week’s Unshaken Saints episode,
the real question isn’t just whether Pharaoh would let Israel go—
it’s whether we are willing to let go of our own “Egypt.”

What are we holding onto,
that God is asking us to release?

Sometimes the real bo***ge isn’t around us—
it’s within us.

Pride.
Fear.
Habits we justify.
Things we keep gripping, even when God is inviting us into freedom.

“Let my people go” wasn’t just a command to Pharaoh.
It’s an invitation to us.

An invitation to loosen our grip.
To trust God more than what we’re holding onto.
To finally step into the freedom He’s already prepared.

Maybe this week, the story changes…
when we do.

04/05/2026

Holy Week | Easter Sunday

This is the moment everything changed.

What began in sorrow…
what passed through suffering…
what seemed to end in silence—

did not end at all.

The stone was rolled away.
The tomb was empty.
And Jesus Christ rose.

Not untouched by what He endured…
but carrying the marks of it.

He lives—
with wounded feet,
with pierced hands,
with scars that did not disappear…
but became a witness.

A witness that love did not fail.
That sacrifice was not in vain.
That nothing is beyond His reach.

And because He lives…
hope did not stay in the tomb.

It reaches.
It restores.
It still comes.

Even now.
Even here.
Even to you.

His hope extends to you.

Where in your life do you need that hope today?

04/04/2026

Holy Week | Saturday: The Silent Day

There is no miracle recorded today.
No crowd.
No teaching.
No visible answer.

Only a sealed tomb…
and hearts that didn’t understand what had just happened.

The One they trusted…
the One they believed would save them…
now lay still.

And heaven… felt quiet.
Hope… felt almost lost.

All they could do… was wait.

But this day was never empty.

While the world sat in silence…
Jesus Christ was still working.
Reaching beyond the veil.
Lifting the forgotten.
Preparing a victory no one could yet see.

And maybe you’ve felt that kind of silence too.

A prayer that hasn’t been answered.
A promise that feels delayed.
A moment where heaven seems… quiet.

But Silent Saturday teaches something sacred:

God is still working…
even when you cannot see it.

Nothing is forgotten.
Nothing is wasted.
And you… are never alone.

Even in the silence.





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