God, why don't you make yourself more clear? If you're real, where's the evidence? Why don't we see the same miracles as in pre-Jesus times? Why can't I hear what you want me to do with my life?

Tim Beilharz kicks off Soul Revival's "God, Why?" series by tackling divine clarity and hiddenness. But first, three ground rules: God is a person, not a concept. Discipleship is about faith, not Bible trivia. And faith formation is intentionally inefficient—we live in a world of instant answers, but God doesn't work like ChatGPT.

Tim explores what God has already done: the heavens declare his glory, the scriptures tell his story, and Jesus is the exact representation of God's being. But then he challenges faulty assumptions. Do signs make believers? The feeding of the 5,000 proves otherwise—thousands saw the miracle and walked away. Does God have a specific plan for every decision? No—God's plan is simpler: love God, love others, grow in the fruits of the Spirit.

Is God really hidden? Tim flips it: God is not hiding—we're distracted. We're chasing promotions, scrolling screens, seeking to be known rather than seeking him. The Son of Man came to seek and save the lost. God wants to know you more than you want to know him. He's not far—we're just caught up in smaller things.

The challenge? Study the world. Read the scriptures. Consider Jesus. Live by the Spirit. Ask, search, knock.

What does it look like to live as a Christian in a world that's beautiful but hostile? Stu wraps up our series through 1 Peter with a challenging message about standing firm while we wait for Jesus to return.

Using the metaphor of traveling through Queensland in a Kombi van—encountering cassowaries, platypuses, and everything else trying to kill them—Stu paints a picture of our world: gorgeous, but fallen. Dangerous, but not without hope.

Peter's final instructions in his letter come down to this: because the end is near and Jesus could return any day, live with clarity and love. Pray with sober minds. Serve with your gifts. Lead humbly. Resist the devil. Don't let pride cloud your humility. Don't become spiritually sedentary.

Stu asks:

• What are the things you're proud of that you couldn't exist without?
• How often do you check your spiritual health compared to your bank account?
• Are you talking to the Lord?

It isn't about religious performance or spiritual anxiety. It's about living with an eternal perspective that changes how we treat others, how we handle attacks, and how we invest our time. It's about urgency, not anxiety. It's about being active Christians, not sedentary ones.

In this message from our Living Well on the Way Home series, Tim Anderson explores what it means to suffer for good as followers of Jesus. Drawing from 1 Peter 3:8–4:6, Tim reminds us that when we face hardship with faith, we reflect the heart of Christ — responding to evil with good and trusting that God is refining us for His glory.

As we look to Jesus, our ultimate example of righteous suffering, we’re encouraged to live with hope and courage in a world that often misunderstands the gospel. True freedom and transformation come not from avoiding suffering, but from walking through it with the assurance that God is at work in us and through us.