Fearless by Max Lucado

Can you imagine a life – your life – without fear?  Especially in these times where fear is pervasive and seemingly inescapable, Max Lucado, in his new book Fearless, brings an offering that inspires us to TRUST MORE and fear less.  This book may be the best book I have read in a long time, and I believe that your life will be enriched by reading it.

From the beginning of the book, Lucado builds on a question that Jesus asked of his disciples in the midst of a furious storm: “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” (Matthew 8:26, NIV).  Chapter by chapter and page by page, he relates this piercing question to the different trials and storms that we face in life.  The key learning points that I gained from this book are:

• Focusing on our fears only increases their perceived size and diminishes our trust in God.
• What we choose to gaze at determines our outlook and ultimately, our outcome.
• God has not given us the spirit of fear; He offers us power, love, and a sound mind.
  
• When we take our eyes off of our fears and focus on Jesus, we discover a person of great courage that can help us navigate the storms of this life.

“Why are you so afraid?”  Jesus is asking this question of us even today.  It is not that He is oblivious to the reality of fear in our lives.  He totally gets it!  And that is why He is asking us this question, and why Max Lucado wrote this book.  The question for us is: Do we get it and do we understand who can help us face our fears with courage, trust, and belief?

One of my favorite quotes (and there are many) from this book is: “The longer we live in Him, the greater He becomes in us.  It’s not that He changes but that we do; we see more of Him.  We see dimensions, aspects, and characteristics we never saw before, increasing and astonishing increments of His purity, power, and uniqueness.” (pg 170)

I highly recommend this book!  To order the book, click here.

For additional resources related to this book, check out: Fearless

Comments

[Angela Fernandes Guerrato]

"Do we get it and do we understand who can help us face our fears with courage, trust, and belief?" I think this is the question that justifies one more book on faith! Is not God always greater than our weaknesses? Do we not get that we have been perfected into power inspite of our condition? Why, then, do we know it, and not tend to apply it impromptu?

{See definition from Yourdictionary.com:
impromptu definition
im·promptu (im prämp′too′)
adjective, adverb
without preparation or advance thought; offhand
Etymology: Fr < L in promptu, in readiness < in, in + promptu, abl. of promptus, readiness < promptus, brought out, ready, prompt}

Readiness to trust we are loved and sustained in Great Power will require some extra pre-working, maybe even some reposition of the matter that binds us in faith, which is more than just quick awareness - namely, the assurance, safety, constance, strength-building and concrete effect, along a period, of having been forever loved with the abundance of the Father! (Jr 31.1-14) This is what some call ministry of restoration, or recovery.