Ginnie S. (gratefulgrama) reviewed Go Small: Because God Doesn't Care About Your Status, Size, or Success on + 9 more book reviews
In Go Small: Because God Doesn't Care about Your Status, Size, or Success, Craig Gross counters the nessage many of us have heard, telling us that we should "go forth and do big things for God". Instead, he says, unless God specifically gives us big things to do (which is possible, but not likely), we should joyfully and intentionally do the small things and allow God to manage the big ones. God appreciates us as coworkers but doesn't need us to accomplish His will. (I wonder how Gross would respond to those who say sometimes God waits for our prayers to "release Him to do His will").
Gross may be best known as the Porn Pastor, founder of a ministry that encourages churches to have conversations about pornography and provides support to those who are battling an addiction to porn.
Throughout this book, he shares many personal anecdotes to explain his thoughts on the importance of smallness. He shows how going small can reap many benefits for the kingdom and for us as individuals. He stresses the dangers of allowing ourselves to become central in ministry, stealing the focus from God.
"(God) doesn't want your actions or your efforts or your supposed bigness. He just wants you. All of you.
He wants to take every single action, every interaction, every positive word spoken, every negative word held back, every kind gesture, every diligent workday, every soccer practice, every evening spent over a hot stove preparing a meal for your family, every quiet moment in between waking up and getting out of bed--all of it. He wants to take all of it and turn it into something extraordinary for His glory, defined by His terms.
When you truly allow this truth to wash over you, it's very liberating. It takes the pressure off of always doing, doing, doing for God."
Refreshing perspective and worthy of consideration.
Gross may be best known as the Porn Pastor, founder of a ministry that encourages churches to have conversations about pornography and provides support to those who are battling an addiction to porn.
Throughout this book, he shares many personal anecdotes to explain his thoughts on the importance of smallness. He shows how going small can reap many benefits for the kingdom and for us as individuals. He stresses the dangers of allowing ourselves to become central in ministry, stealing the focus from God.
"(God) doesn't want your actions or your efforts or your supposed bigness. He just wants you. All of you.
He wants to take every single action, every interaction, every positive word spoken, every negative word held back, every kind gesture, every diligent workday, every soccer practice, every evening spent over a hot stove preparing a meal for your family, every quiet moment in between waking up and getting out of bed--all of it. He wants to take all of it and turn it into something extraordinary for His glory, defined by His terms.
When you truly allow this truth to wash over you, it's very liberating. It takes the pressure off of always doing, doing, doing for God."
Refreshing perspective and worthy of consideration.
