A Review of Greater by Steven Furtick

Tired of the ho-hum of everyday life? Dream bigger.

Where do I start? Smaller.

How? Ignite God's vision for your life.

So we begin with three lofty ideals, right? Sounds great doesn't it? Steven Furtick goes beyond the pumping and priming to motivate us with another self-help book. He issues a direct challenge in his book simply entitled Greater.

BURNING YOUR PLOW

The author develops the entire thesis of Greater around the story of the life of the ancient Israelite prophet, Elisha. Elisha is the lesser known ancient prophet. Everyone knows Elijah. Yet Elisha does twice the miracles of Elijah, some of them simply mind-blowing and it all starts with burning a plow.

Steven Furtick begins with the calling of Elisha, the everyday plowboy. He concludes with a life being restored when it touches this plowboy's dead bones. He points out how many of the miracles of this transformed plowboy began with the lesser, the small and sometimes strange reasoning. God turns them into the greater not only in the life of Elisha but in the lives he affected. And you have access to this God of the greater.

IGNITING GREATER

Greater is well-written by Steven Furtick. It's light and easy to read. It's easy to grasp the message the author intends as he traces the transformation of the plowboy into the powerful, blessed with the double portion prophet. The author goes deeper than the make-you-feel-good cliches offering the reader a challenge to step into a life of greater, not lesser, not more of the same.

Jesus makes the statement in John 14:12 that not only would we do the works that he did, but we would do greater works. This statement has always intrigued me. It is this promise, as I take it from the scriptures, that drew me to the book Greater by Steven Furtick when I saw the title and the dream bigger, start smaller, and ignite God's vision for your life on its cover.

The book lives up to its title. It inspires me to dream bigger though I must start at small and what seems to be the boring normal. I am challenged to seek God even deeper for the vision he has for the greater in my life. This is one of those books I will read more than once. I recommend it highly.

I received this book free from Multinomah Books as part of their BloggingForBooks.org book review program. I wasn't required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."