I recently finished reading Greater by Steven Furtick. I
really enjoyed reading his first book Sun
Stand Still, and was really looking forward to reading this work. After I read
the work I was a little disappointed. I did not take away as much from this
book as I did his first. I guess that if I had never read his previous work I would
have enjoyed this one much more.
Furtick’s book was not difficult to
read by any stretch of the imagination, as a seminary student I do a ton of
reading, and I was able to read his work at a slow leisurely pace in a few
days, (if I had wanted to I could have read it in a day). He is trying to stretch
your faith and get you to put in to practice trusting God for your life. There
is more than one occasion that as I read the book he came across as a self help
guru more than a mega-church pastor. He based the majority of this work off of
the life of Elisha the young up and comer following Elijah.
Through out certain parts of the
book Furtick’s battle cry is burn the plows, meaning leave your escape plan in
ashes; move onto what God has in store for you and leave no way to go back to your old life. He
exhorts us to trust God that faith is never wasted; even at times it seems our
prayers go unanswered. I would recommend this book as an encouragement to those
looking to strive for something more, but it was not my favorite work I have
read this year. Per federal law I received a copy of this book in exchange for
my review. If you would like to read the first chapter for free follow this
link: http://waterbrookmultnomah.com/blog/2012/04/01/sneak-peek-greater-by-steven-furtick/.
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