Are you tired of the never-ending struggles
Tired of grasping, clawing, plotting and striving to achieve your dreams
Have you found your heart aching for something deeper and more enduring?
Many believe that security, accomplishments, and possessions will give them identity. Yet the more you struggle for your identity, the more it eludes you. It isn't until you are free to let go of the grasping and the grabbing that you find out who you are.
In this book, Mark Chironna shows letting go in action by putting you inside the skin of Jacob. Litterally a "grabber" from birth, Jacob emerged from the womb clutching the heel of his twin brother. For years this second son lived in his brother Esau's shadow, struggling to prove his way through life until an encounter with God showed him how to let go and find his destiny as a prince among men.
"Let go of the lie that you can never lay hold of what your heart dreams of," says Chironna. "Reject the lie that everyone is out to deny you of your true-to-God existence. Let go of the belief that the struggle is with someone else; it is with yourself. Cheer up; you can, and you will let go, and your deepest longings will be deeply satisfied!"
When the second twin emerged from Rebekah's womb, he was holding onto the heel of his brother Esau. Isaac and Rebekah aptly named him Jacob, meaning "heel-grabber." For many years this name would be his destiny, until he was able to let go of a hollow existence and instead grasp his true destiny as a prince among men.
Just like Jacob, we struggle with the quest for significance, often settling for a life never intended for us. But through the teaching of Dr. Mark Chironna, we can learn by Jacob's example to let go of the things that hinder us to become our true selves in Christ. Specific chapter topics include instruction on how to let go of the need to be first, getting ahead of yourself, selling yourself short, the pain of rejection, your unfinished business, and more.
