The King Said Occupy (eBook)

Heed The Call and Step into the Adventurous Journey of Purpose

Mthobisi Ndaba (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
200 Seiten
Digital on Demand (Verlag)
978-1-0370-4862-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Every heartbeat should be a reminder that you were born for a purpose, and your life is like a canvas waiting to be painted with the vibrant colours of the gifts, talents, and abilities God has given you. God’s purpose is your WHY of life and the compass that gives you direction. Without it, there would have been no need for God to take His precious time to craft the wonderful and intricate masterpiece you are. The King Said Occupy is a friendly reminder that we are created and saved for God’s purpose, given gifts, and instructed to occupy until King Jesus comes.
Through Dr. Ndaba’s meticulous blend of personal insights, biblical wisdom, and practical guidance, this book will challenge you to align your perception of self to God’s original idea of who you are, silence limiting beliefs, and step into the adventurous journey of purpose.
Through its pages, you will learn what it takes to discover your God-given purpose, how to recognize the seasonal assignments God has set before you, and how to RISE above adversities and step boldly into your purpose with faith, passion, and grace for endurance. The King Said Occupy is a timely and a friendly reminder that we were created and saved for God’s purpose, given gifts, and instructed to occupy until King Jesus comes. To illustrate this idea, Dr Ndaba begins with a inspiring account of a defining moment he experienced in his first year of university which nudged into the adventurous journey of purpose.
His journey of pursuing purpose had to be preceded by a divinely inspired shift in his identity—the idea he had of who he is. He calls this process “identity formation” and unpacks it in chapter one, where he dives deep into the complex and multifaceted nature of identity. He challenges the dominant view of identity as something we discover out there, rather than something we actively form based on what we choose to believe about who we are. He submits that the key to becoming who God destined you to be is ensuring that the influence of your environment and experiences on what you believe about yourself has to pass through the filter of the Word of God.
Dr Ndaba acknowledges that there are various forces, other than one’s idea of who they are, that have implications for living a purpose-driven life. He discusses these in chapter two, where he distinguishes between external motivational forces (envy, pressure, and motivation) and intrinsic motivational forces (inspiration and passion). In this chapter, readers learn that longevity in the pursuit of purpose is largely determined by which of these forces pushes them. The core message of this chapter can be summed up in this one line: “motivation can get you started, but it is passion that will keep you going.” While he emphasizes the power of passion in the pursuit of purpose, he also warns that passion can be hijacked by the enemy for the advancement of his evil agendas. This necessitates that passion be subjected to the authority of God and only yielded to when it leads to the path of purpose.
Both identity formation and yielding to the push of passion require a shift in what happens between a person’s two ears. This idea is explored in chapter three, where Dr Ndaba looks at the baby elephant syndrome and the power of a changed mind. In this chapter, he asks hard questions about what individuals think and say about themselves to challenge readers to think about their thoughts and how those thoughts shape what they believe about themselves and how they show up in the world. He demonstrates, through the story of Hannah Scott, the endless possibilities of transformation when one changes what they feed their mind. This is God’s desire for all of us, to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. It is what enables people to live on purpose.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.2.2025
• Verlagsort: Cape Town
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-0370-4862-8 / 1037048628
• ISBN-13: 978-1-0370-4862-3 / 9781037048623