I Am Here || From The Archives

Mosaic - Erwin McManus

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this powerful episode from the archives, we journey through one of the most human and raw moments in Scripture—1 Kings 19—where the prophet Elijah, fresh off a mountaintop victory, finds himself in the depths of despair. We explore the tension between spiritual triumph and emotional exhaustion, between miraculous faith and crushing fear.

As Elijah flees for his life, we witness a deeply personal encounter with God—not in fire, wind, or earthquake, but in a gentle whisper. The episode challenges us to reflect on a haunting and transformative question: “What are you doing here?”

This message invites us to consider if we’re truly living where God is moving, or simply drifting on the momentum of past moments. It’s a call to slow down, care for our souls, and re-anchor our lives in the presence of God—so we can say with confidence and conviction: I am here.

Whether you’re in a chapter 18 mountaintop or a chapter 19 wilderness, this episode is for anyone walking through seasons of doubt, fatigue, or longing for renewed purpose. Let’s make this a year where we walk when God walks, stay when He stays, and never settle for being anywhere He’s not.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, I'm Erwin McManus, and this is the Mosaic podcast.
0:10.0	I want to thank you so much for joining us today.
0:13.0	And if you're one of our regular listeners, we love the fact that you journey with us, and we pray
0:18.0	that every single message inspires you and helps you become the person that God
0:21.8	created you to be. Every single week, we send a new message across the world. And everything we do
0:26.9	here at Mosaic is made available to everyone in the world for absolutely free. The reason we can do
0:32.3	that is that we have incredible people who give generously and sacrificially to make this possible.
0:37.4	And I want to invite you to join us.
0:39.0	If you're already a giver, thank you so much.
0:41.8	If this is something you've not yet done, I want to invite you to start doing that now.
0:45.6	Go to mosaic.org slash give and give a one-time gift or even beyond that, become a recurring giver here at Mosaic.
0:52.5	And if you're one of those individuals who God
0:54.5	has blessed in an amazing way financially, I want to invite you to become one of our partners
0:59.0	here at Mosaic. What's really beautiful about Mosaic is that our biggest givers, our families,
1:04.2	who do not live here in Los Angeles, but they are so committed to the message of Jesus going
1:08.3	to the world that they support the work here from Los Angeles to the ends of the earth. And so I want to invite you again, go to mosaic.org
1:14.5	slash give, become a part of our support system, become one of our partners. And more than anything else,
1:19.5	I want you to listen to the message and allow Jesus to speak to you in a way that will change your
1:23.9	life.
1:42.4	If you have your scriptures, will you open with me to First Kings chapter 19.
1:48.6	First Kings chapter 19. And if you don't,
1:55.1	you can read them on the screen. This is one of my favorite passages in the scriptures, or at least one of the most beautiful moments I think, recorded.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 0 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Mosaic - Erwin McManus, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Mosaic - Erwin McManus and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.