The Principle of the Path – Book Review

June 26, 2009 at 3:01 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Andy Stanley has done it again.   Perhaps the most trusted pastor on the planet.   Integrity, Communication, Leadership and Great Teaching have been his trademark.   A proven pastor and an incredible author.

The Principle of the Path is a book that typifies Andy.   Simply Strategic.   So simple that you can some up his greatest take aways in a few quotes.  “Lord, help us to see trouble coming long before it gets here.  And give us the wisdom to know that to do and the courage to do it.”    “What gets our attention determines our direction and, ultimately, our destination.”  

Of course he sets his book apart by letting us know the information in this book is not “self-help.”   The applications and implications are seen by us as we flesh out our lives.   The startling truth is summed up in his end;  “I hope you have a better idea of how to get from where you are to where you want to be.   But…as this book is closed, everything in your world will be exactly as you left it.   Knowing doesn’t make the difference.  Doing does.”  The decisions you make will determine the direction and the destination of your life.  Choose wisely.

THIS IS A MUST READ for EVERYONE!

Why do we RESIST God?

June 18, 2009 at 4:03 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

I am reading through Naaman’s account in 2 Kings 5.  Naaman is frustrated because he has this awful disease.   He is hoping that God might heal him.   Of course he also wanted to hear directly from God.  But God, chooses to send the potential gift of healing through a messenger.   

Naaman had expectations and failed to keep his eye on the real need and instead focused more on “how” he wanted to see it come to realization.  He either expected God’s abra-cadabra or something a bit complicated.  He certainly was not looking for a ‘trivial’ request to go dip yourself 7 times in foreign water.

And then there is the wisdom of one of Naaman’s officers.   He says, “Sir, if the prophet had told you to do something very difficult, wouldn’t you have done it?  So you should certainly obey him when he says simply, ‘Go and wash and be cured!'”  

Often times God’s message is far more simple than we expect.  It equally often comes through a human messenger.  Are we open to hear from God through the people God has placed in our lives?  Are our eyes open?   When we hear and see the hand and direction of the Lord, will we be ready to obey?

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