#Exodus 13:9; None#
Cody's central point is how individuals can apply the Bible to their lives in a transformative way. He proposes four key actions: know the biblical story, surrender to it, find the pathway to life and flourishing within it, and embody it. Knowing the story requires engaging with the scriptures and recognizing its unified narrative about God, humanity, meaning, identity and purpose. Surrender involves letting go of false narratives and cultural distortions to discover one's true self in God. Seeking surrender before obedience. Finding the pathway to life entails trusting that God's story is designed for one's best, leading to wholeness. Embodying the story means allowing it to transform one's thinking and actions, enabling individuals to participate in God's ongoing work in the world. Cody emphasizes that true transformation comes not from simply reading the Bible, but from allowing the Bible to read us, challenging and convicting us, to encounter the God it reveals. He closes by inviting those who haven't surrendered to God's story to do so and encouraging existing followers of Jesus to recommit themselves to knowing, surrendering, embodying and finding life in God's story.