Just Do Something: Book Review

Title: Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will
Author: Kevin DeYoung
(Forward by Joshua Harris)
My Rating: 5 Stars
Buy the Book -HERE-

"Pastor and author Kevin DeYoung counsels Christians to settle down, make choices, and do the hard work of seeing those choices through.
Too often, he writes, God's people tinker around with churches, jobs, and relationships, worrying that they haven't found God's perfect will for their lives. Or--even worse--they do absolutely nothing, stuck in a frustrated state of paralyzed indecision...waiting...waiting...waiting for clear, direct, unmistakable direction.
But God doesn't need to tell us what to do at each fork in the road. He's already revealed His plan for our lives: to love Him with our whole hearts, to obey His Word, and after that, to do what we like."

After becoming increasingly stressed with an assignment I was given for college homework, my mom picked up this book from my Aunt. This went along very well with the theme of some the assignments put forth in my college book where I would find myself constantly running around trying to come up with an answer to what the Lord's will was for that area of my life. As soon as I sat down in the car, I began to read. Through the entire journey of the book, my anxieties over what God's will could possibly be in my life were put to rest.

"God is not a magic 8-ball God we shake up and peer
into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a
good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of
obedience, and invites us to take risks for Him."

So what exactly is the will of God? As Kevin DeYoung so cleverly points out, the will of God is that you love Him with all your heart, soul, strength, and mind. As His Word says in Matthew 6:31-33: "Therefore do not worry saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'. For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (NKJV)

"We can stop pleading with God to show us the future
[being] confident that He holds the future."

"Our search for the will of God," Kevin DeYoung says, "has become an accomplice in the postponement of growing up, a convenient way out for the young (or old) Christian floating through life without direction or purpose. Too many of us have passed off our instability, inconsistency, and endless self-exploration as "looking for God's will," as if not making up our minds and meandering through life were marks of spiritual sensitivity."

"Let's not spiritualize our inability to make
decisions in the quest to discover God's will."

To follow up with the previous paragraph, Kevin DeYoung says that, "As a result, we are full of passivity and empty on following through. We're tinkering around with everyone and everything."

So what should we do about this?

"When it comes to our future, we should take some responsibility, make a decision and just do something."

I highly, highly recommend this book to everyone. Especially those who are confused as to just what God's will is in their life. I came out of reading this with a whole new outlook on just what God's will really is.

"Wisdom is what we need to live a godly life. God does not tell us the future, nor does He expect us to figure it out. When we don't know which way to turn and are faced with tough decisions in life, God doesn't expect us to grope in the dark for some hidden will of direction. He expects us to trust Him and be wise."

What's Coming Up Next?

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