Sermon Replay | Rewired From Wandering

Aug 13, 2026    Rev. Austin J. Young

What if the very same repair system God built into your physical body is a picture of how he pursues your soul? In this powerful exploration of Psalm 23 verse 3, we discover that wandering is not the end of our story. Scientists tell us that our DNA takes thousands of hits every single day, and yet God designed repair proteins whose entire purpose is to find the damage, compare it against the original design, and restore it back to what it was always meant to be. That is not just biology. That is a portrait of grace. The message draws a stunning parallel between this DNA Damage Response and the way God pursues us when we drift from him. And the truth is, most of us do not wander dramatically. We wander quietly, with our heads down, one skipped moment of prayer at a time, one distracted hour at a time, until we look up and do not recognize where we are standing. But the shepherd never stopped looking. He restores us, not because we earned it, not because we asked for it, but because his name is on us. Our testimony was never just about us. It was always about the God who came to find us. If you have ever felt too far gone, too damaged, or too lost to find your way back, this message is a reminder that the shepherd is already on his way.