miserable in their souls. And I have seen people discover tremendous freedom by finding the courage to respond to what God has called them to and put in their hearts, even though moving into their call was hard.
Have you fallen into this trap? Are you burdened by someone else’ s call or expectations rather than God’ s? What whispers in your soul have you been silencing out of fear or shame or pressure or expectation? What would happen if you amplified rather than silenced that call and embraced it with reckless abandon? Thomas Merton reminds us,“ Each one of us has some kind of vocation. We are all called by God to share in His life and in His Kingdom. Each one of us is called to a special place in the Kingdom. If we find that place we will be happy. If we do not find it, we can never be completely happy. For each one of us, there is only one thing necessary: to fulfill our own destiny, according to God’ s will, to be what God wants us to be.”
Excerpted from The Burden Is Light by Jon Tyson. Copyright © 2018 by Jon Tyson. Excerpted by permission of Multnomah, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
Jon Tyson
Jon Tyson is the author of The Burden is Light: Liberating Your Life from the Tyranny of Performance and Success( Multnomah) and a widely respected church planter and leader in New York City. Originally from Australia, Jon moved to the United States two decades ago with a passion to cultivate renewal in the Western Church. Jon has spoken at the Q Conference, Catalyst, and other key venues around the world. Jon’ s preaching addresses culture and faith with a rare fusion of passion and depth. Jon lives in the Hell’ s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan with his wife and two children. Visit him at churchofthecity. com and @ jontyson.
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