Just Do Something

Witwiwo:

What: Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will
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How to Make a Decision Without Dreams, Visions, Fleeces, Open Doors, Random Bible Verses, Casting Lots, Liver Shivers, Writing in the Sky, etc.

Author: Kevin DeYoung

When: Last week.

How Long: 122 pages, 6 days (gimme a break, a chapter or two a night!)

Why (/Expectations): I'd heard about the book through Josh Harris, and his intro made it sound great. Plus the concept of God's Will is always interesting to everyone, so I was expecting a lot from it.

What I used as a Bookmark: A direct deposit notification from Winthrop.

Two Sentence Synopsis: Keving DeYoung explains how we often go about looking for God's will in the wrong way. Then, he illustrates how the Bible demonstrates we should search for God's Will, by just doing something.

My Favorite Part or Quote was: "Men, if you want to be married, find a godly gal, treat her right, talk to her parents, pop the question, tie the knot, and start making babies." (pg. 108)

How Fun It Was: Eh, he had a good bit of humor throughout, enough to keep the book from being dry, but it was by no means a "funny" book.

The Positives: Kevin does a good job of clearly and kindly poking holes in our notions about God's will and how we need to be looking for it. He uses a fair number of passages to illustrate it as well. And on of the biggest positives is it's short!

The Negatives: While he does use a good number of passages and stories from the Bible, I think he could always benefit from more. Not that he needs to explain every example, but maybe provide a list in the notes or something like that.

The Theology, Philosophy, Morality or Application: Excellent. Each of the verses/stories he used were well explained and exposited. Someone could say he used just random verses, but a general knowledge of the Bible (I think) makes it clear that what he is saying is accurate.

One thing I learned: Endnotes are often annoying to look back at. Also, God's will is surprisingly easier to follow than I previously thought.

The ending: Actually pretty interesting. He interviewed his grandfather to show how his long life followed God's will without being worried if he was following God's will.

Go/Borrow/Buy/Don't: I'd say buy it for sure, read it, and then let a friend borrow it. It's definitely worth the purchase.