Although it came out in 2004, Sarah Young’s devotional has seen a
steady increase in popularity over the last two years. Published by
Thomas Nelson, Jesus Calling has to be one of the more popular devotionals today. While Challies reviewed it
last year, I had not given it much thought until recently, when the
radio station I listen to started reading excerpts from it every
morning. I was understandably startled to hear Jesus
speaking directly to me, through my speakers, on a daily basis.
If you are not familiar with it, Jesus Calling is a
collection of transcribed messages that were given verbatim from Jesus
to Sarah. As such, they are all in the first person from Jesus’
perspective. Here is a typical example (from the day I wrote this
review):
(July 8) “When you seek my face, put aside thoughts of everything else. I am above all, as well as in all; your communion with me transcends both time and circumstances. Be prepared to be blessed bountifully by my Presence, for I am a God of unlimited abundance. Open wide you heart and mind to receive more and more of Me. When your Joy in me meets my Joy in you, there are fireworks of heavenly ecstasy. This is eternal life here and now: a tiny foretaste of what waits you in the life to come.”Most of the book is relatively harmless, content wise. There are some minor issues where I would object to the actual content of the devotionals, but generally the book is so generic and positive that it stays out of serious theological ditches. Continue at Jesse Johnson
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