What Faith Feels Like - Keep Walking // Aaron Shaw

What Faith Feels Like - Keep Walking // Aaron Shaw

What drives someone to seek a life without numbing out or giving up when everything feels too heavy? This Cedar Point Recovery message with Pastor Aaron Shaw speaks straight to people who are worn out in their faith, their recovery, or both.

Aimed at those who started strong with God but now feel like they’re barely hanging on, this talk keeps circling back to one simple challenge: “Will we keep walking?” Aaron shares with brutal honesty that faith isn’t tested when bills are paid and life is smooth; “faith is tested when everything in you wants to quit.” If you’ve ever bailed on a Bible-in-a-year plan or drifted from church when life got messy, you’ll feel seen here.

Drawing from Hebrews 11, he points to flawed “champions of faith” like David, Samson, Peter and Paul to show that God uses people who keep moving towards Him in the middle of their mess, not people who never fall. As he puts it, “Faith isn’t clean. It’s just consistent.” There’s plenty of humour, a few playful jabs at the crowd, and very real talk about addiction, relapse, marriage tension, and spiritual burnout. This message also faces suffering head-on.

Some heroes of faith saw big miracles; others were “beaten, tortured, executed” — and both groups still had faith. That’s a sobering reminder for anyone who thought following Jesus guaranteed an easy road.

Instead, Aaron urges people in recovery to stop chasing comfort, bring their pain and temptation to God daily, and take just “one step towards the better God is calling you to.” If you’re tired, tempted to back off your recovery, or wondering whether it’s worth staying committed, this is a grounded, faith-focused push to keep walking — so where have you been tempted to stop?