🎙️ Crumb Confessional — Episode 43c

Title: Does God want me to chill bro… or hustle hard?

Description:

It’s a breezy morning and I’m multitasking—recording and asking ChatGPT if Scripture backs rest or hustle. This episode is me live-processing a tension I constantly face: when to grind for the Kingdom and when to wait on God. I pull up verses, reflect on rhythms of Jesus, and try to answer the question honestly. I end by choosing stillness over striving—at least for today.

I talk about:

• Whether Scripture supports “just chill bro” or “holy hustle”
• Biblical patterns of rest, waiting, and stillness
• Kingdom grind: diligence and obedience vs. self-glorifying busyness
• When hustle becomes idolatry and when rest becomes disobedience
• The difference between moving from sonship vs. hustling for worth
• Using seasons and spiritual discernment to choose the right pace
• Why I think God is telling me to slow down right now

00:00 – Recording while chatting with ChatGPT about rest vs. hustle

02:40 – “Be still and know…” vs. “Whatever you do, work heartily…”

06:15 – Biblical examples of both rhythms: Paul’s hustle, Jesus’s rest

09:20 – “Rest recalibrates your identity. Hustle applies your obedience.”

13:00 – How to discern your season: planting, pruning, or harvest?

16:20 – The test: am I escaping obedience or embodying trust?

18:45 – Wrapping with a personal confession: I need to slow down today

📖 Scriptures Referenced:

• Exodus 20:10 – “Remember the Sabbath day…”
• Psalm 46:10 – “Be still and know that I am God”
• Isaiah 30:15 – “In quietness and trust is your strength…”
• Mark 6:31 – “Come away by yourselves and rest a while”
• Hebrews 4:10–11 – “Anyone who enters God’s rest…”
• Colossians 3:23 – “Work heartily as for the Lord…”
• 1 Corinthians 15:10 – “I worked harder than all of them…”
• 2 Thessalonians 3:10–12 – “If anyone is not willing to work…”
• Galatians 6:9 – “Do not grow weary in doing good…”
• Luke 5:16 – “Jesus often withdrew…”
• Matthew 3:17 – “This is my Son, whom I love…”
• John 5:19 – “The Son can do nothing by Himself…”

Rest without mission becomes passivity. Hustle without rest becomes idolatry. Rhythm is the key.

🙏 Closing Line:

Crumb Confessional #43c — If I’m hustling for worth, I need to rest… if I’m moving from worth, let’s go.