About the Book
Do You Know Why God Allows Adversity? Do you find yourself in a season of adversity? Are you struggling to make sense of your circumstances? Do you find it difficult to make sense of the God of love when circumstances seem to say something different? Does God seem silent right now in your life?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to read The Joseph Calling. Os Hillman has spent over twenty-five years observing and experiencing the way God works in the life of a follower of Jesus.
During his years of study, he found 6 unique stages God uses in almost every person he uses significantly in bringing them into the larger story of their life to fulfill their destiny. It often involves a series of adverse circumstances. He coins this process "The Joseph Calling."
The Joseph Calling: 6 Stages to Using Your Adversities to Fulfill Your Destiny will help you better embrace God's activity in your life, comfort you to know your adversities are meant for good, and will encourage you to fulfill God's purpose and destiny in your life. Based upon the life of Joseph, Os Hillman brings a very old story into modern application for your life today.
Os will help you discern whether you have a "Joseph Calling" on your life and what to do if you have been called to walk this path. This book will be a life-saver to help you navigate difficult life circumstances.
About the Author :
Os Hillman is an internationally recognized speaker on the subject of faith at work. He is the founder and executive director of Marketplace Leaders Ministries, an organization whose purpose is to help men and women discover and fulfill God's complete purposes through their work and view their work as ministry. He is the author of eleven books and a daily workplace email devotional, which has over 160,000 daily subscribers worldwide. Os has been featured on CNBC, NBC, LA Times, New York Times, and many other national media as a spokesperson on faith at work. Os is also founder and director of
Review :
The Joseph Calling takes so many amazing principles that Os has taught over the years and puts the six stages into a concise reading with stories and insights that readers will be able to relate to their personal lives. Thank you, Os. What an encouragement you are to the people in the Kingdom of God!
--Ford Taylor, founder and president, Transformational Leadership and FSH Consulting Group Os Hillman has done it again with his informative new book The Joseph Calling. It is one of the most interesting and well written books I've been blessed to read in quite some time. He combines personal experience, which in some cases was devastating, Holy Scripture, the biblical history of mighty men and women called by God, and his own spiritual insight to help teach others about the significance of determining one's purpose and answering the question of why we were born. He also explains in detail how trials and tribulation build character and prepare us for accomplishing the purpose for which God created us. I highly recommend this book and am confident you will learn from it and hopefully be transformed by it.
--Bob Williamson, founder, chairman, and CEO of the Jesus Alliance
I read in Os Hillman's The Joseph Calling that the core reason God created him was "to articulate and shepherd foundational ideas that lead to transformation." Well, Os has succeeded to do that here. Anyone desiring to live out the purpose God created you for and to understand how your disappointments, hurts, and pain fit into that purpose should read this book. It's rich with foundational biblical truths that will lead to transformation!
--Karen Covell, producer and founding director, Hollywood Prayer Network Os Hillman's extraordinary book is a treasure that will be a catalyst to anyone who desires to live an intentional and purposeful life. The six stages brilliantly weave personal, biblical, and practical experiences around a life-changing process that will fuel your passion to fulfill your destiny.
--Steve Fedyski, COO, Pure Flix Entertainment
In his powerful new book The Joseph Calling, Os Hillman illustrates that we are not designed without a purpose, that we have a larger story. Our purpose is not just what we do. Calling and anointing go together. Adversity builds Christlikeness. What will others say when your life is over? Os beautifully and intentionally shows that God develops character in his messengers through waiting, testing, and failure. Humility is the most important characteristic. From light to darkness, abuse to praise, isolation to temptation, pain to betrayal, all can lead to maturity as we learn to respond as Jesus did by maximizing our leadership as his creation. I heartily endorse this book.
--Tom Phillips, vice president, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association; executive director, Billy Graham Library Os Hillman has a unique command of the revelation surrounding Joseph and his life. His mastery is the byproduct of a lifetime of research and personal experience combined with a special anointing to put it all together. Os can help you get accurate on fulfilling the call in your life. I love The Joseph Calling and heartily recommend it to you!
--Dr. Lance Wallnau, Lance Learning Group
In my journey, it seems to have always been life's challenges that have been used to shape my life. Now Os Hillman brings light to our struggles and their purposes in his new book The Joseph Calling. You will be encouraged as you read of fellow biblical sufferers.
--Johnny Hunt, senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Woodstock, Georgia The Joseph Calling offers a bright ray of hope for those in the midst of adversity as well as a biblical blueprint of what God may be doing in the midst of your difficulty.
--Jim Lange, author of Calming the Storm Within: How to Find Peace in This Chaotic World
Os Hillman brings great insight, depth, and understanding to the stages of preparation that God takes individuals through in order to maximize their potential and fulfill their greater purpose. Examples from leaders in the Bible as well as modern-day leaders will help anyone who reads The Joseph Calling to trust God's ways and processes, even through the dark times. A larger story is being written for each of us!
--Nancy Alcorn, founder and president, Mercy Multiplied In The Joseph Calling, Os Hillman gives us a solid biblical understanding of our process with the Lord. The fact that God has to work in us before we can manifest his Kingdom and fruit is a manifestation of his wisdom and his mark of quality assurance. Read the book, be inspired, and be a part of God's plan for restoration as a wonderful foretaste of a coming future.
--Jan Sturesson, international strategy advisor and chairman of International Christian Chamber of Commerce International Board
Os Hillman has produced another excellent book, The Joseph Calling. I found the practical tools and personal anecdotes so encouraging and faith-building. What could be more important than discovering the reason God put us on this earth and how he equips us to fulfill it? This is a must-read for anyone who desires to be an instrument of transformation!
--Dr. Ed Silvoso, founder of Harvest Evangelism and author of Transform Our World The Joseph Calling is a rare jewel amidst a mountain of books on leadership. Within these pages, Os Hillman gives us an in-depth look at leadership from an angle of Scripture like we've never seen before. Eye-opening and right on target, this book is a must-read for any leader who not only needs a reminder of their purpose within God's bigger picture but also needs a map on how to get there.
--David and Jason Benham, authors, Whatever the Cost and Living Among Lions
Though leadership books abound in numbers, Os Hillman's new book The Joseph Calling stands out with clarity. Os explains that the true leader is really God. And God takes people through stages that develop and transform them, not just for leadership, but for a life of deepest meaning.
--Dr. David Butts, president, Harvest Prayer Ministries Os has once again found deep insight from Scripture on that seminal issue we each face: What is my purpose? What did God design me for when he brought me onto this earth? The closer we can take ourselves to this calling, the more vibrant and Spirit-led a life we will have. Join Os on that journey.
--Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware
