Furious Pursuit: Why God Will Never Let You Go

Tim King and Frank Martin
WaterBrook Press (2006)
ISBN 1400071496
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (07/06)


Are you tired of chasing after God with endless lists of rules and impossible tasks?  There’s Good News!!!  “Furious Pursuit: Why God Will Never Let You Go” is a book written for those of you like me who have been searching for God, but always seem to end up feeling hopeless, alone and tired.  This book carefully lays out God’s larger story of love as the greatest love story ever told. 

“Furious Pursuit” simplifies what I always thought was the most daunting task in my life – finding God. So many of the theological approaches today end up making us feel totally worthless, with the path to finding God an impossible task.  King and Martin lay out a very simple approach to this – recognizing that God is already pursuing us and letting it happen.  We are wooed by God through initial courtship, dating and finally the long-term commitment of marriage. And the best part is? The happy ending in this divine romance is about us.

This well-written and thoughtful approach to God works so well because the authors organize and describe God’s relationship with us by using examples of everyday relationships; oftentimes using personal and painful experiences to make a point.  So much of the time we are so busy living our lives of quiet desperation that we fail to see that we are part of a much larger picture.  It is such a relief to realize that we are an important part of God’s story and that his love for us is completely unconditional.                

The most poignant section for me was the chapter “Living in the Eternal Moment – Knowing God in the present tense”.  So many of us spend the majority of our time thinking about past failures or planning how to do well in the future that we lose the wonderful things that the moment offers.  After reading this chapter I spent a whole day consciously living in the present and it was tough.  Every time I started thinking about past or future situations I brought myself back to the present to be fully conscious of what I was experiencing.  You know what I found?  I have so many wonderful moments everyday if I take the time to notice them.  And if I really think about all the time I spend feeling badly about past mistakes there is nothing I can do to change them except to make better decisions in present situations.  And, as for worrying about future situations?  I have always been provided with the things that I have needed. 

“Furious Pursuit” helped me to see God in a whole new light and to look forward to my everyday relationship with God instead of being overwhelmed and lost.  King and Martin have also written a companion workbook to go along with this book and I am looking forward to getting it and following the ninety-one day program. 

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