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Midweek Spotlight: Jason Clark

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I would like to feature a mid-week spotlight on one of you - Subscribers to The Salt & Light Daily.

This week I want to share one of our subscribers work in Jason Clark.

Jason is passionate about history, theology, writing, and his faith in Christ along with his family. Jason’s Substack is called, This is the Day. Give Jason a look and encourage his faith work on Substack.

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Obedient Faith: The Remarkable Slave Who Embodied Christ’s Teachings

They called her Moses. She couldn’t read a word, but she knew the Scriptures by heart. She never stepped behind a pulpit, but she preached with her footsteps. Harriet Tubman, a woman born into slavery, became one of the boldest liberators in American history, guiding more than seventy people to freedom and stirring generations with her courage.

Her strength didn’t come from status, strategy, or even survival instinct. It came from a quiet, unwavering confidence in God’s guidance. A faith rooted not in what she saw, but in whom she followed.

She believed she heard the voice of God, and she obeyed.

Born into bondage in Maryland around 1822, Tubman escaped to freedom in 1849. But freedom wasn’t enough for her. Over the next decade, she returned to the South nineteen times, leading enslaved people north through the Underground Railroad. She never lost a single person. Bounty hunters placed a $40,000 reward on her head. Former masters called her a thief. Fellow abolitionists called her reckless.

But Tubman had a different compass. She said God spoke to her in visions and dreams, showing her safe routes and warning her of danger. When others urged caution, she moved forward.

When fear whispered retreat, she pressed on.

Tubman’ s trust wasn’t passive. She didn’t merely rest in God’s presence; she responded to His promptings.

Her courage was more than a personal trait; it echoed something ancient, something deeply scriptural. Her life, in all its defiant obedience, illustrated what Jesus Himself taught about spiritual family.

That’s the very heart of what Jesus taught us in Luke 8:21 (NIV). When Jesus is told His mother and brothers are waiting outside, He doesn’t minimize their place. He redefines what true belonging looks like in the kingdom: My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.

It’s one of the most radical things Jesus ever said. Not because it was dismissive, but because it was inclusive. Not bloodlines, not background, not reputation. In His family, obedience is the genealogy.

Tubman understood this concept. She wasn’t born into freedom, but she lived like someone who already carried Heavens passport. After escaping slavery, she could’ve stopped. She could’ve stayed in the North, built a quiet life, prayed for others from a distance. Instead, she returned again and again, walking straight back into enemy territory to lead others out. Why?

Because she believed God was guiding her. She said, “I always told God, I’m going to hold steady on you, and you’ve got to see me through. That wasn’t a superstition. It was a scripturally grounded trust. The kind of trust we see in Abraham setting out without knowing where he was going, or in Paul moving city to city, bound by the Spirit’s call. She didn’t just trust in God presence. She trusted His leading. And she moved with it.

That’s where this passage in Luke becomes more than history or theology. It becomes personal. Because in a world full of sermons, books, podcasts, and plans, Jesus still separates the crowd from the core with one question: Are you hearing and doing? Not just appreciating the Word.

Not just studying it. Not even defending it. Obeying it.

Harriet didn’t wait for ideal conditions. She didn’t ask for consensus. She didn’t need her fears to go away before she moved.

She just listened and walked. She obeyed when it was dangerous. She obeyed when she was alone. She obeyed when the path forward was foggy and the cost was high.

And in doing so, she didn’t just change history. She revealed what true faith looks like. A woman born into chains became a living sermon. Not because of what she said. But because of what she did with what she heard.

Jesus’s words in Luke 8 weren’t about theology class. They were about family resemblance. The people closest to Him will always be those who trust His voice more than their own comfort.

Harriet Tubman didn’t look like a preacher. But the kingdom of God doesn’t run on appearances—it runs on obedience. That means her legacy isn’t just historical. Its instructional.

We live in a time where hearing is easy and obedience is rare. Where we confuse access to truth with alignment to it. Where conviction gets confused with commitment. And where discerning God’s voice can feel complicated in the noise of modern life.

But the test of belonging remains the same. Not whether we have figured everything out, but whether were willing to move in faith on what we already know to be true. The people who actually belong to Jesus, the ones Heaven calls are those who don’t just hear the Word. They get up and walk it out.

So, if you’re wondering what it looks like to belong to Jesus, maybe you don’t need more answers. Maybe you need to say yes. The invitation into the family of God is still wide open, but it is not passive.

If a woman who had every reason to remain silent and hidden could shake the gates of hell simply by obeying the voice of her Savior, then what might happen if we did the same?

Check out this resource for more information on Harriet Tubman.

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More about Jason:

I’m a writer who loves history and practical theology, living just outside Austin, Texas, with my wife and our two kids. I started my Substack at the beginning of 2024 to launch This Is the Day, a daily devotional that pairs historical events with Scripture to draw out timely, often unexpected spiritual insights. My goal is to bridge history and faith—helping readers see how God’s truth echoes through real stories and real lives. I write to stir faith, invite reflection, and help believers (and the spiritually curious) connect the dots between what happened then and what it means now.

I’m also working on my first book, Why Jesus?, a short, honest guide to faith, salvation, and the Christian story—written especially for people who are curious about Christianity and salvation but unsure where to begin. The book walks through the story the Bible tells: why humanity was created, how we fell, and why that fall left us in need of a Savior. It follows the arc from Eden to the cross to the empty tomb, helping readers understand not just who Jesus is, but why His life, death, and resurrection had to happen—and what it all means for us today. It’s gospel-centered, emotionally honest, and designed to be understood even without a church background.