Title: Travelling Light
Author: Max Lucado
Publisher: W Publishing Group, 2001.
Number of Pages: 220pp
ISBN: 0-8499-4340-X
The crux of this book is that believers in Christ must slow down in a world that is chaotic, full of hustle and bustle; the endless rat race. The Scriptural basis is Psalm 23. Max through Psalm 23 teaches how one can lighten one’s load in this chaotic world. The underlying principle in the book is for one to release one’s overwhelming burdens to God who is ever ready to carry them, hence, this travelling light means trusting God with the burdens one is never intended to bear.
By structure, the book has 18 chapters. The first chapter introduces the concept of the luggage of life. Chapter two speaks of the burden of a lesser God while the third chapter addresses the burden of self-reliance. Here Max points out,” we humans want to do things our way. “I can’t agree more with him on that. Chapter four speaks of the burden of discontent. Here, it is about the prison of want. By nature humans want something “bigger, nicer, faster, and thinner.” Yes! Human wants are insatiable, and that is the natural man. The one who wants to travel light must overcome this want syndrome. The other burdens addressed in this book are weariness, worry, hopelessness, guilt, arrogance, grave, grief, fear, loneliness, shame, disappointment, envy, doubt, and homesickness.
The book is well structured. Max Lucado addresses the issue of the needless burden we bear systematically. The chapters are embellished with real life case studies and with study guide for each chapter. The book is superb. In the new year, this is a book to be read or re-read for the journey ahead.
