I found some portions of the book helpful but most of it was self-help knitted into the story of Elisha-which is weird. I don’t know if Greater deserves either of those extremes. I haven’t read Furtick’s other book but everything I heard was either unbridled praise or scorn. It’s time to ignite God’s Greater vision for your life. If you’re feeling overwhelmed about where to begin, it’s time to start smaller. If you’re tired of being ordinary, it’s time to dream bigger. Make a significant impact with your life starting today, rather than making endless plans for tomorrow that you never get around to.Replace the images of yourself that keep you feeling stuck in the past.Stretch your limited resources and abilities in ways you never thought possible.Take a God-given dream from idea to reality.
In Greater, Pastor Steven Furtick draws on the biblical story of Elisha to empower you to: Greater = The life-altering understanding that God is ready to accomplish a greatness in your life that is entirely out of human reach-beyond anything you see in yourself on your best day, but exactly what God has seen in you all along. Greatness = Vague, unrealistic aspirations of doing better that don’t work in real life and lead to endless frustration. Good enough = Baseline living that is marked by mediocrity, stuck in spiritual survival mode, and controlled by complacency. Unfortunately, most believers have only tried and given up on vague notions of greatness…then settled into a life that’s just good enough. That single promise-“even greater things than these”-should be enough to shatter our acceptance of spiritual mediocrity. “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” -John 14:12 That who we are matters more.Īnd according to one of the most shocking verses in the Bible, Jesus wants the very same thing for every one of us: We all have honest moments when we’re gripped by a desire to feel that what we’re doing matters more. Are you ready to open your imagination to the possibility that God has a vision for your life that is greater?
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