In You Were Born
for More, Harry R. Jackson Jr. has written this book to remind readers that
they were born for more than the life they are currently living. In the book,
he teaches readers about the four different classifications of grace and the transformation
that is available through Christ. The four types of grace are, “survival, visionary,
transitional, and establishment. His book included six principles on finding
favor with the Lord and how to live fully in your destiny. The six principles
was, “humility, trust, love, faithfulness, endurance, and purity”.
On February 4, 2006, Harry R. Jackson had major surgery to
remove a golf-ball-sized cancerous tumor located in his esophagus. He
encountered some critical problems during his surgery and had suffered from a
heart arrhythmia. He explained that his heartbeat would drop as low as 80 beats
per minute and then rise as high as 180 beats per minute. The doctors were
extremely concerned and was monitoring him closely. He also had a stroke a few months
before the treatment and the doctors declared that people in his condition only
had a 10 percent chance of survival. Before even having the surgery, Harry was prepared
for what ever happened and he knew that he was a winner either way. He had faith
in Jehovah and he knew that God wouldn’t leave his side. God sent him a
confirmation on the day of his surgery in a newspaper article in the Baltimore Sun. The article was an interview
about his new book which featured research on African Churches. He was deeply
encouraged by the article and he knew that God hadn’t forgotten about him. He
stated that it was the grace of God that healed his body from cancer.
One of my favorite chapters was entitled, “When
Everything Changes” and it was about having endurance when life suddenly
changes beyond our control. Harry went into vast details about the story of
Abraham and Sarah and referred this back to visionary grace. God called Abraham
to leave the land of Ur and he gave him a promise that if he obey he would have
a great nation and his name would be great and be blessing to all. He also said
he would have many descendants. God declared that he would curse anyone who
cursed him. Harry reiterates that believers nowadays can’t simply move away
from idol worship and evil filled countries. What we must do is guard ourselves
against the lures of satan and distance ourselves away from bad friends who
negative influence us and try and draw us away from Christ. We also can protect
what we allow to dictate our thoughts and behaviors. I immensely liked how
Harry portrayed and demonstrated the illustration that when a woman becomes
pregnant, her body begins to undergo changes and she first goes through morning
sickness. He compares this to believers surrendering their own personal will
for the will of the Lord. When you receive Christ into your life as your
personal Savior, you become a new creature in Christ. God will began to birth a
new thing in your life and we will have to go through growing pains but all of
this is necessity in the grand schemes of things. God has a specific vision for
your life and it’s imperative to remember that only God will bless what he has
decreed. Back to Abraham’s story, Sarah was getting older in age and she still
wasn’t pregnant. They both saw no sign that God’s promise would ever come to
pass. Sarah decided to let Abraham have a child with her maidservant, Hagar.
Hagar and Abraham had a son named Ishmael. God wouldn’t bless Ishmael because
it wasn’t what God’s told them to do. God would only bless them when they were
in the ultimate will for their lives. This chapter taught me a lot about
staying in the will of God and not rushing to go ahead and trying to make
things happen in my own strength and settling for Ishmael.
I would recommend this fantastic
book to anyone who is wanting to rise higher in their walk with God and they
are tired of being stuck in the past. This book is a prodigious book for
teenagers and adults to assist readers into knowing that they are more than conquers
and that God has so much more in store for His children. This book has imparted
me with so much wisdom about understanding the grace of God and the process of transformation
to being all that we can be and reaching our God given destiny. I loved how the
book covered countless examples of circumstances that readers may be going
through. Some of these included, financial problems, sickness, relationships
issues, marriage problems, and many other obstacles. One of my favorite types
of grace is survival grace because God has protected me and saved me from some
unpleasant obstacles and he has also provided for my needs time and time again.
This has the potential to help you activate your spiritual breakthrough and to release
everything that God has just for you! If you’re looking for a book on
experiencing the favor of God in your life, then read this book!
“I received this book free from the publisher
through the Bethany House Publishers/ Chosen book review bloggers program.”
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