Every Life Is a Plan of God: Discovering His Will For Your Life

Sanders is a great man of God and as with most men of God when they put their heart and mind to studying a subject what they come up with is both profound and practical, biblical and balanced. This is certainly true of Sanders handling of the perennial question: How do find God's will for my life? His title sums of the message of the book: Every life is a plan of God. Sanders strikes that rare balance between the idea of "finding the dot" and the "broad circle of wisdom" best argued by Gary Friesen in his landmark work, Decision Making and the Will of God: A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional View. While Friesen's tome is big and intimidating, this work is brief and accessible. It's God's will for you to buy this book! ;)

"Go to God Himself, and ask for the calling of God; for as certainly as He has a plan or calling for you, He will somehow guide you into it..." with that quote from Horace Bushnell, the theme for the book is set early in this motivational study. We're reminded that Jesus told his followers that not even a sparrow falls to the ground apart from the Father's will and that we are much more significant than birds. Sanders points out that we one of us has unique giftings from God. On the next page he adds, "The circumstances surrounding our lives are not accidental" but are devised by God the Father. He tells us the circumstances are not just to guide us in terms of process, but to increase our knowledge of God Himself. Expect obstacles, he warns. These come for two reasons: to develop our faith and so that our character might be strengthened (p. 13). An element of mystery is included in the process of walking in God's guidance. Proverbs 3:5 is quoted. "The disposition of events is not in our hands, but in God's" Sanders reminds us on page 19. This book is a powerful tool of encouragement for Christians. I strongly recommend it. It will reassure its readers that God has a plan and as we trust Him, He will bring it to fruitition.