How god speaks to us, Faith Often Begins in Small Moments

How God speaks to us and what is the meaning to life? These are tough questions.

For many people, that question eventually becomes spiritual whether they expect it to or not.

Because sooner or later, life confronts us with things we cannot fully control:
loss
failure
regret
uncertainty
grief
human suffering

And somewhere inside those experiences, many people begin searching for God. But we don’t always realize how God speaks to us.

Not always loudly.
Not always publicly.
But quietly.

A recent Grandpa Channel episode explores that kind of quiet faith through a story that begins at a stoplight.

A man holding a cardboard sign.
A small prompting.
A decision that seemed inconvenient.
And a moment that unexpectedly carried spiritual weight.

How God Speaks to Us

People often expect God to speak through dramatic experiences. We often are looking for our own “part the red sea moment”.

But more often, faith grows through subtle impressions that ask something uncomfortable from us:
slow down
pay attention
be generous
forgive someone
call someone
stop avoiding what matters

In this story, Rivers describes feeling prompted twice to help someone sitting beside the road.

But in reality, the second prompting stayed with him strongly enough that he turned the car around.

That moment matters because faith is often less about certainty and more about responsiveness.

Trust in God Looks Ordinary Most of the Time

A lot of people searching for faith imagine spiritual life should feel dramatic or emotionally overwhelming.

But trust in God usually develops through ordinary decisions repeated over time.

Small obediences.
Small kindnesses.
Small moments where we choose compassion over convenience.

The surprising thing about this episode is that the emotional turning point arrives through two simple words:
“Thanks, family.”

At this instant this stranger didn’t seem like a stranger any longer. He became, drum roll please, family.

A reminder that we are all God’s children.

That we matter to him.

And that often times, through another person he takes care of us.

At the same time, teaching and taking care of us.

Where Can I Find God?

People ask this question constantly:
Where can I find God?

Sometimes the answer is uncomfortable.

After all, often God appears in places we would rather move past quickly:
human need
interruption
humility
compassion
forgiveness
service

Not polished perfection.
Not performance.
Not superiority.

This episode quietly points toward the possibility that God may be found in the moments where our hearts soften toward people we previously kept distance from.

Purpose in God

Faith changes the way people think about purpose.

Instead of asking:
“How do I become important?”
the question slowly becomes:
“How do I become more loving?”
“How do I become more honest?”
“How do I see people more clearly?”

That shift may not sound dramatic.
But over a lifetime, it changes everything.

Listen to the full episode here.