Rooted by Banning Liebscher – Book Review
Every now and then you come across an author whose message is so vital to those who are trying to live for God and do the things that He called them to do, that you wish you could put it in the hands of each person who needs to hear it.
Rooted – The Hidden Places Where God Develops You by Banning Liebscher contains one of those timely yet timeless messages that every Christian needs to hear:
God is not interested in developing your vision first.
He is interested in developing you.
Have you ever felt like God has called you to do something and then felt frustrated, confused, angry or defeated when it did not come to pass in the time, place and way that you thought it should? If so, you need this book!
Rooted takes us through the life of David – the shepherd boy that God chose to be the King of Israel. Through the study, Banning shows us how God calls us to bear fruit for his Kingdom, but first, He takes us through a season of spiritual growth and preparation so that He can use us.
Banning shows us how this principle is repeated time and time again throughout the Bible through the lives of the great leaders that God used to impact the world. God calls us to bear fruit for Him – much fruit. fruit that will last – but before we can bear abundant, enduring fruit, God needs to make us bigger on the inside than we are on the outside.
We live in a culture that demands instant results – but God is not interested in temporal things. God sees the end from the beginning and is interested in developing deep roots within each of us so that we are grounded in Him and can withstand the storms of life that inevitably will come our way.
Here are a few words of wisdom from Rooted:
The most strategic thing you can do with your life is to plant it in the secret place with God.
We can trust Him with the deep things of our hearts because they are also the deep things of His heart for us.
Trust God to get you there in His time.
As of this writing, there are 41 reviews on Amazon – all of them 5 stars! I concur with those ratings and highly recommend this book to you.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.
About Banning Liebscher
Banning Liebscher is the Director of Jesus Culture, a ministry mobilizing a generation of revivalists and reformers who will shape culture and transform nations. He is also the Senior Leader of Jesus Culture Sacramento located in the capital of California. His passion is to see nations awakened to the love and power of God and for a generation to fully give themselves for the cause of Christ in the earth. Banning is married to SeaJay. Their greatest joy in life is being parents to Ellianna, Raya, and Lake.
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- Visit Banning’s Website.
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- Rooted is available on Amazon on May 3, 2016.
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I have definitely felt this way! Adding this book to my TBR list. Thanks for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com!
Tina