The Intentional Year | Discernment

Psalm 25 and 1 Kings 17-19 with Matt Chin. Many of us approach discernment like a test. We want the right answer, the clear sign, the certainty that we won’t mess things up. In this message from our series The Intentional Year, Matt explores a different vision of discernment through Psalm 25, the story of Elijah, and his own experience of waiting through disappointment and loss.This teaching reframes discernment not as getting a map from God, but learning to trust a guide. It looks at how trust is formed in seasons of confusion, why silence does not mean God is absent, and how familiarity with God’s heart shapes us long before clarity ever arrives. If you are standing at a crossroads, living in a long in-between, or wondering if you heard God wrong, this message offers a steady reminder. Discernment grows out of relationship, not answers, and God is closer than you think.