Description
Because he doesn’t intend to... So says Kevin DeYoung in this punchy book about making decisions the godly way.
Many of us are listening for the still small voice to tell us what’s next instead of listening to the clear voice in Scripture telling us what’s now. God does have a will for your life, but it is the same as everyone else’s: Seek first the kingdom of God. And quit floundering.
With pastoral wisdom and tasteful wit, DeYoung debunks unbiblical ways of understanding God’s will and constructs a simple but biblical alternative: live like Christ. He exposes the frustrations of our waiting games and unfolds the freedom of finding God’s will in Scripture and then simply doing it.
This book is a call to put down our Magic 8-Balls and pick up God’s Word. It’s a call to get wisdom, follow Christ, be holy, and live freely. To just do something.
Contents
Introduction
- The Long Road to Nowhere
- The Will of God in Christianese
- Directionally Challenged
- Our Magic 8-Ball God
- A Better Way
- Ordinary Guidance and Supernatural
- Surprises
- Tools of the Trade
- The Way of Wisdom
- Work, Wedlock, and God's Will
- The End of the Matter
Acknowledgements
Notes
Study Guide
Endorsements
"One of the best books on guidance I've read."
—Mark Dever, Senior Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church
"DeYoung explains so well what Oswald Chambers wrote a century ago, 'Trust God and do the next thing.' Sadly, our wrongheaded search for the elusive 'will of God' often prevents us from doing both. This book will help correct the problem."
—Gerald L. Sittser, Professor of Theology, Whitworth University
About the Author
Kevin DeYoung is the senior pastor of Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. He has been preaching full time since the age of 25, including thirteen years at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, Michigan. He also serves as an associate professor of systematic theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte.
