Some books are important because they introduce totally new concepts; other books, because they point out things which have always been in plain sight, things which should be obvious to everyone, but are not. Crazy Love. Overwhelmed By a Relentless God, by Francis Chan, is one of the best of the second kind.
Chan, born in 1967 in Hong Kong, is a California pastor and author who takes no salary from his church and gives 90% of his income to charities. His church gives 55% of its income.
Crazy Love is an indictment of the lukewarmness of much of the modern American Church. "We forget that God never had an identity crisis. ... He commands everything from His followers." Chan marvels that God, who is totally complete and who needs nothing from us, chooses us and considers us to be His inheritance. (Ephesians 1:18).
Your love for your children or your grandchildren is a pale example of how much God desires and loves us. Wanting to buy just the right engagement ring for your sweetie, even a ring you can't really afford, can't compare. God has rushed toward us and stands just outside our door, knocking. He brings the most expensive and precious gift in history.
Chan's point is that, instead of trying to figure out how to add God to our lives without too much disruption, or trying to determine how little we can do and still get the gift, we should be running to God just as eagerly as He is running to us.
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