| This pleasant little volume shouldn't knock your socks off with inspiration if you've been a Christian for any length of time; but it's full of practical advice, great stories, and well-grounded encouragement for believers. I found it encouraging, witty, and thoughtful. Wiersbe has been a wonderful pastor and Bible teacher for a long time, and it shows in his writing. The whole book comes across as an enjoyable sermon from a fatherly man who loves you and wants you to succeed. The theme of the book, "learning to slow down and live," may be the thing you need to hear most as a modern believer. Don't let your job, the television, or your neighbors set the pace of your life. Slow down. Be patient, because God isn't in a hurry to accomplish His plans. He wants you to enjoy Him, glorify Him, and rest in Him through normal Christian living. Of course, Wiersbe describes what "normal" is. Here are just a few of his insights:
1. "We're prone to walk by sight, not by faith."
2. "In whatever man does without God, he must either fail miserably or succeed more miserably."
3. Four fallacies about God's Will are that it is dangerous, difficult to discover, distant, and divided.
4. We must be open-minded enough to consider other thoughts which may conflict with our own without feeling the need to "correct" them.
5. The File-Card Mentality: Avoid "categorizing everything" so that you no longer think about it. In short, this is good, solid teaching which could be valuable to a young Christian and help guard him against heresy. Enjoy! |
