Be the Hands and Feet, by Nick Vujicic

You just have to love a guy with no arms and legs who entitles his book Be the Hands and Feet: Living Out God's Love for All His Children.  If you have read anything by Nick Vujicic, or heard him speak, or seen his videos, you know that this man, who was born with no arms and legs, embraces life and walks with Jesus.  In this newest book, Vujicic writes about his experiences traveling the world as an evangelist and motivational speaker, and offers keen insights into living the Christian life.

Rather than feel sorry for himself because of his handicap, Vujicic has opened doors to the gospel with his disarming good humor and faith to follow Jesus wherever he calls him to go.  He writes, "You don't need arms and legs to love God, you don't need arms and legs to love your neighbor as yourself, and you don't need arms and legs to stand in front of the gates of hell and redirect traffic."

Vujicic calls on the church to have a "big tent" mentality, not to seek to have a big, elaborate building, but to focus on having a "tent that is open to all in need of salvation."  Churches should be reaching out to and welcoming in people in need, both spiritually and materially.  He dreamt that in heaven, after God asks, "Do you know me?" he will ask, "Who did you bring with you?"  Vujicic is determined to bring along as many as he can, with a bold goal to reach billions with his outreach ministry.

While some, especially unbelievers, might question why God would allow someone to be born without limbs, Vujicic writes that he "found my purpose in life without limbs. . . . My lack of limbs has provided me with a platform, an entry point, into conversations about God and faith and hope."  I'm convinced that millions of Christians could say the same things about the gospel that Vujicic says, and there are many speakers as gifted as he is.  But the combination of his obvious disability and his openness to speaking to anyone and everyone about his faith has put him in a unique position and given him an audience that few people could have.  I love reading his stories, whether about meeting heads of state or spending time with children who have disabilities.  May God continue to give him good health and expand his ministry to people around the world.


Thanks to Blogging for Books for the complimentary electronic review copy!