Just Do Something Quotes

“So go marry someone, provided you're equally yoked and you actually like being with each other. Go get a job, provided it's not wicked. Go live somewhere in something with somebody or nobody. But put aside the passivity and the quest for complete fulfillment and the perfectionism and the preoccupation with the future, and for God's sake start making some decisions in your life. Don't wait for the liver-shiver. If you are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, you will be in God's will, so just go out and do something.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“If you think God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live through the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“The only chains God wants us to wear are the chains of righteousness--not the chains of hopeless subjectivism, not the shackles of risk-free living, not the fetters of horoscope decision making--just the chains befitting a bond servant of Christ Jesus. Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“We walk into the future in God-glorifying confidence, not because the future is known to us but because it is known to God. And that's all we need to know. Worry about the future is not simply a character tic, it is the sin of unbelief, an indication that our hearts are not resting in the promises of God.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Seek first the kingdom of God, and then trust that He will take care of our needs, even before we know what they are and where we're going.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“So the end of the matter is this: Live for God. Obey the Scriptures. Think of others before yourself. Be holy. Love Jesus. And as you do these things, do whatever else you like, with whomever you like, wherever you like, and you’ll be walking in the will of God.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Esther was more man than most men I know, myself included. Many of us—men and women—are extremely passive and cowardly. We don’t take risks for God because we are obsessed with safety, security, and most of all, with the future.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Anxiety is simply living out the future before it gets here.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“My fear is that of all the choices people face today, the one they rarely consider is, "How can I serve most effectively and fruitfully in the local church?" I wonder if the abundance of opportunities to explore today is doing less to help make well-rounded disciples of Christ and more to help Christians avoid long term responsibility and have less long-term impact.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Some Christians need encouragement to think before they act. Others need encouragement to act after they think.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“God's will for your life is not very complicated. Obviously, living a Christlike life is hard work, and what following Jesus entails is not clear in every situation. But as an overarching principle, the will of God for your life is pretty straightforward: Be holy like Jesus, by the power of the Spirit, for the glory of God.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“We're not consistent. We're not stable. We don't stick with anything. Most of the time we can't even make decisions.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“God's will is always your sanctification.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“He calls us to run hard after Him, His commands, and His glory. The decision to be in God's will is not the choice between Memphis or Fargo or engineering or art; it's the daily decision we face to seek God's kingdom or ours, submit to His lordship or not, live according to His rules or our own.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“My point is that we should spend more time trying to figure out how to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with God (as instructed in Micah 6: 8) as a doctor or lawyer and less time worrying about whether God wants us to be a doctor or lawyer.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“We have been stuffed full of praise for mediocrity and had our foibles diagnosed away with hyphenated jargon and pop psychology.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“If God opens the door for you to do something you know is good or necessary, be thankful for the opportunity. But other than that, don’t assume that the relative ease or difficulty of a new situation is God’s way of telling you to do one thing or the other. Remember, God’s will for your life is sanctification, and God tends to use discomfort and trials more than comfort and ease to make us holy.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“If there really is a perfect will of God we are meant to discover, in which we will find tremendous freedom and fulfillment, why does it seem that everyone looking for God’s will is in such bondage and confusion? Christ died to give us freedom from the law (Galatians 5:1), so why turn the will of God into another law leading to slavery?”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“God, don’t let anything unpleasant happen to anyone. Make everything in the world nice for everyone.” And when we aren’t praying this kind of prayer, we are praying for God to tell us that everything will turn out fine. That’s often what we are asking for when we pray to know the will of God. We aren’t asking for holiness, or righteousness, or an awareness of sin. We want God to tell us what to do so everything will turn out pleasant for us.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Many of us have had it so good that we have started looking for heaven on earth. We have lost any sort of pilgrim attitude. It’s all a matter of perspective. If you think that God has promised this world will be a five-star hotel, you will be miserable as you live though the normal struggles of life. But if you remember that God promised we would be pilgrims and this world may feel more like a desert or even a prison, you might find your life surprisingly happy.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“We’re not only living lives of vanity; our passion for God is often nothing more than a passion to have God make our search for vanity a successful one.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“The church needs lifers and those who can be counted on for the long haul.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Perhaps out inactivity is not so much waiting on God as it is an expression of the fear of man, the love of the praise of man, and disbelief in God's providence.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“If you are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, you will be in God's will, so just go out and do something...Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“But what do we pray for if we aren’t asking God to tell us exactly what to do? Well, first of all we pray for illumination. We ask God to open our minds so we can understand the Scriptures and apply them to our lives. Don’t forget about this prayer. God can show you amazingly relevant things in His Word if you ask Him to. Second, pray for wisdom. We have not because we ask not. God wants us to make good decisions that will help us be more like Christ and bring Him glory. Third, pray for things that you already know are God’s will. Pray for good motives in your decision making. Pray for an attitude of trust and faith and obedience. Pray for humility and teachability. Pray for His gospel to spread. You know that He wants these things in the world and for your life. Pray for them. Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, as Jesus asked us to (Matthew 6:33).
And then after you’ve prayed and studied and sought advice, make a decision and don’t hyper-spiritualize it. Do what seems best. Sometimes you won’t have time to pray and read and seek counsel for a month. That’s why the way of wisdom is about more than getting a decisive word about one or two big decisions in life. The way of wisdom is a way of life. And when it’s a way of life, you are freer than you realize. If you are drinking deeply of godliness in the Word and from others and in your prayer life, then you’ll probably make God-honoring decisions. In fact, if you are a person of prayer, full of regular good counsel from others, and steeped in the truth of the Word, you should begin to make many important decisions instinctively, and some of them even quickly. For most Christians, agonizing over decisions is the only sure thing we know to do, the only thing that feels safe and truly spiritual. But sometimes, oftentimes actually, it’s okay to just decide.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“If we had done something—almost anything, really—faithfully and humbly for God’s glory for all that time, we could have made quite an impact. But if we do nothing, because we are always trying to figure out the perfect something, when it comes time to show what we did for the Lord, we will not have anything.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“So here’s the real heart of the matter: Does God have a secret will of direction that He expects us to figure out before we do anything? And the answer is no. Yes, God has a specific plan for our lives. And yes, we can be assured that He works things for our good in Christ Jesus. And yes, looking back we will often be able to trace God’s hand in bringing us to where we are. But while we are free to ask God for wisdom, He does not burden us with the task of divining His will of direction for our lives ahead of time.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Simply put, God’s will is your growth in Christlikeness. God promises to work all things together for our good that we might be conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8:28–29). And the degree to which this sounds like a lame promise is the degree to which we prefer the stones and scorpions of this world to the true bread from heaven (Matthew 7:9–11). God”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“Obsessing over the future is not how God wants us to live, because showing us the future is not God’s way. His way is to speak to us in the Scriptures and transform us by the renewing of our minds. His way is not a crystal ball. His way is wisdom.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will

“God is not a Magic 8-Ball we shake up and peer into whenever we have a decision to make. He is a good God who gives us brains, shows us the way of obedience, and invites us to take risks for Him.”
― Kevin DeYoung, Just Do Something: A Liberating Approach to Finding God's Will