Called To Reign: Living and Loving from a Place of Rest

by Leif Hetland

Like most Christians, you long to fulfill your calling. You seek the inheritance God has promised you. And you work hard to serve Him well and enter into His rest.But what if your destiny is already within reach? What if you already have access to all the things He has promised? What if, instead of working for rest, you can actually work from rest?

The world, including most of the church, is working hard in order to find peace and rest. That’s why we see a constant cycle of restlessness around us. But we were designed to work from a place of rest, fully secure in our identity as children of God. This resting place is found in intimacy with the Father, where His family members experience complete acceptance and extravagant love.

The resting place is there, available from God anywhere, anytime

We are sons and daughters of a loving Father, not orphans trying to figure out who we are. We are called to reveal the true nature of God, and we cannot do that with an orphan mindset. When sons and daughters arise in the church, the world will begin to see the true nature of the Father and His family—a family that sees promises, not problems, and that reigns with Him!

Using his well-known illustration of the three chairs, Leif Hetland explores the four pillars of this resting place, addressing four crucial The key to fulfilling your destiny is realizing the answers to each of these questions—in the order God designed for us.

This book is will help you experience everything God wants for you by finding a resting place for yourself and becoming a resting place for Him. It is about an entirely different way to see and live, a way that refreshes, restores, and brings life. It is an invitation into the fullness and abundance that empowers you to do what you were called to do—to reign with Him!

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction

320 pages, Paperback

Published February 26, 2019

Reviews

[Daunavan Buyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical Reminder of Who we are in Christ

This book is a powerful reminder of who we are called t be when we live from a place of our identity as sons and daughters of God rather than a place of self-centeredness. This book gives practical tips, activation exercises, reflection questions, stories, and lays a Biblical foundation for what it looks like to embody sonship.

[Nate Turner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an amazing book

This book put into words what I have been feeling in the spirit and been speaking about. A place of resting in the King and not feeling like we have to fight the battles!

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this was one of my favorite books about identity and how we can live our life from the position of sons and daughters of the King, rather than as orphans. The illustration of the 3 chairs is great and easy to understand. You should read this book!

[Shane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book! Leif brings a unique and empowering perspective on what it means to receive God's baptism of love, receive rather than achieve, and work from rest instead of for it. I'm so thankful for this man of God and what he is imparting to the world.

[Kensey McCullock · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book changed my faith for the better. It is very thorough about putting handles to having our identity and authority in Christ. It seems rather repetitive and some chapters seem to just be rephrasing earlier chapters, which is why I did not give it 5 stars, but overall it is very powerful!

[Nicole · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book on our identities as sons and daughters.

[Ryan Rainey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Incredible power and insight comes from this pastor. His writing is very stream-of-thought which can be frustrating. There are phrases and idioms that were foreign to me but once I welcomed the chance to grow I found myself learning so much. There are many lessons in this book, but they are not presented as such. Relax, rest and enjoy some hopeful time with God. Don’t try to be educated with this book. Try to experience what is presented. You will be blessed.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️Such a wonderful book. He challenges Christians to break their religious cycle of doing things, to have something so they can be someone. (Aka religious mindset of works operating from an orphan spirit that doesn’t recognize who they have as a Heavenly Father)

Instead we recognize that we Are someone (be) & our identity is established from the beginning in who God says we are. As Sons and daughters were part of His family and this we (Have) a heavenly inheritance already, one freely given and purchased by Jesus. And from this place (in Heavenly Fathers living room) we do things. Not working or striving for meaning or identity but from a place of rest and motivated by Love.

[Shannon Bray Patrick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book calling you into greater intimacy with the Father. Explains the difference in between sons and daughters, believers and the world. It challenged me to take my relationship into fully trusting my Father as father.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book with others as part of my Healing Team ministry. Excellent points that I have not heard before. The analogy of the three chairs is one that I will never forget. Inspiring.

[Elisa Onstott · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some really good points in this book that made me think about how I view some things. There are also some points that made me cringe; some elements that don’t line up with scripture (eg, calling Joseph Jesus’ natural father) and he seemed to be a bit of a braggart in various places throughout the book. The book starts to get VERY repetitive and honestly, if I hadn’t been reading this as a small group assignment I would not have finished.

[Grace Bellomy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent perspective on Christians' misperception that they are orphans; and moving from "being to having to doing."

[Chuck Ammons · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely brilliant! Deep wisdom about what living like a son or daughter of God looks like! Highly recommended!!!

[Erin]

Didn’t finish...

[Matthew Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Leif's illustration of the three chairs. I also really like how each chapter has key points at the end and some activation tips.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book had some good points worth thinking about, but it felt like it started as a sermon that had to be stretched to achieve a specific page count.

[Grizelda]

3 chairs: world-self-kingdom. Where are you sitting?