I have watched over-optioned people struggle with their choices. So many good things to choose from, so little time.We want to say yes to everything. As I witnessed the toll of our yeses in craziness and soul-depleted lives I wanted to say, “It doesn’t have to be like this. You can say yes to God’s invitations and find an antidote to the craziness.”
The subtitle is "Accepting God’s Offer to Rest,Weep, Forgive,Wait, Remember and More." What difference does it make when we say yes to these invitations from God?
God’s invitations slow us down, unmask our idols, root us in reality, deepen our ability to care for others, transforming us into men and women of character. Saying yes to God could change you, your future and the world you live in.
What do you want your readers to take away from Invitations from God?
Saying yes to God is the best and most important thing you can ever do in this life. Saying yes to God is saying yes to life. Saying yes to God lands you smack in the middle of Jesus’ own life—his joys, sorrows and the suffering of this world. Feeling what Jesus feels for this world spring loads us for action. Right action depends on waiting, weeping, following, resting and living life in the “most excellent way.” Saying yes to God’s invitations is the only way out of the maze of cultural imperatives. Saying yes to God is the only way we will look like Jesus and not like everyone else.
What is your hope for Invitations from God?
I long for people to say yes to life. I believe the church and Christ-followers don’t have to look like our culture. We can be the breath of fresh air, the place of freedom and depth and change for the better.
Why did you decide to write Invitations from God?
I have watched over-optioned people struggle with their choices. So many good things to choose from, so little time.We want to say yes to everything. As I witnessed the toll of our yeses in craziness and soul-depleted lives I wanted to say, “It doesn’t have to be like this. You can say yes to God’s invitations and find an antidote to the craziness.”
The subtitle is "Accepting God’s Offer to Rest,Weep, Forgive,Wait, Remember and More." What difference does it make when we say yes to these invitations from God?
God’s invitations slow us down, unmask our idols, root us in reality, deepen our ability to care for others, transforming us into men and women of character. Saying yes to God could change you, your future and the world you live in.
What do you want your readers to take away from Invitations from God?
Saying yes to God is the best and most important thing you can ever do in this life.
Saying yes to God is saying yes to life.
Saying yes to God lands you smack in the middle of Jesus’ own life—his joys, sorrows and the suffering of this world. Feeling what Jesus feels for this world spring loads us for action. Right action depends on waiting, weeping, following, resting and living life in the “most excellent way.”
Saying yes to God’s invitations is the only way out of the maze of cultural imperatives.
Saying yes to God is the only way we will look like Jesus and not like everyone else.
What is your hope for Invitations from God?
I long for people to say yes to life. I believe the church and Christ-followers don’t have to look like our culture. We can be the breath of fresh air, the place of freedom and depth and change for the better.