Louie Giglio says, “Worship is our response to what we value most,” and then goes on to demonstrate his statement by highlighting where we spend our time and energy. Is it possible to separate our everyday activities from a life of worship? He says, “No,” and backs it up with illustrations that capture the essence of worship, in his book, The Air I Breathe.
Louie Giglio is Pastor of Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia and the Founder of the Passion movement. He is the author of national-bestseller Goliath Must Fall, The Comeback, I Am Not But I Know I Am, and Indescribable: 100 Devotions About God & Science. In The Air I Breathe, Louie turns a complacent view of worship upside down with a call to relationship with the One we adore.
Louie asks, “Why do we crave something to worship?”
He lands on the response: we are designed that way. He explains that design as an internal homing device that perpetually longs for our Maker. We’re seeking Him, but He is seeking us, too. And that’s the beauty of a personal connection to the Lord, we aren’t battling out a way to get to Him, He is in it with us.
Louie says worship happens because we trust God to be who He is, even when our circumstances don’t agree with what we know of God’s character. It’s because our attention is on Him, rather than our own importance. We can still praise Him when we can’t see Him. And when our worship turns into service to God, it becomes a way of life.
Louie Giglio’s writing style is like an easy conversation; you want to hear more because you can relate to the speaker. Discussion questions enable a group setting to dig in further, and short chapters are packed with meat to digest. I’m already thinking about ways to use this book with the women of our church!
Sally
FTC disclaimer: “I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review.”
