This book is life giving and life changing. If you are feeling stuck in life or wonder what to do with your life, I highly recommend this book. The first half of the book is a story of a parable and the second half goes into the deeper meaning behind the parable. There are reflective questions to ponder about and in-depth messages and references in the Bible to provide more context. I finished this book in 2 days bc I couldn’t put it down and it’s a very easy read but with much in-depth meaning.

Wilkinson spends the first half of this book with a wonderful allegorical parable about a man named Ordinary who sets off to pursue his Big Dream. This parable is amazingly written and very inspiring, informative, and motivating. Wilkinson spends the next half of the book expounding on his parable. This is where the book begins falling apart. While the parable does a great good encouraging people to achieve their big dreams, Wilkinson's explanation of the parable is alternates between fair-to-good motivational speeches and "name it and claim it" theology derived from a highly eisegesitical, self-focused reading of the stories Moses and Joshua. While somewhat inspiring, when Wilkinson begins to venture into theology, his writing takes a harsh turn for the worse. I'd recommend reading the first half of this book, then filter the diamonds from the dust in the second half of the book. Again, his motivational speeches in the second half can great and inspiring, but anytime he begins to open the Bible, take things with a grain of salt and see the intent of what Willinson is saying rather than the actual content and you'll come away with a fairly good experience. While Wilkinson seems to have a heart for helping people find their big dreams to achieve great things for God, he struggles (at least in this work) to level with people who have not discovered their dream yet, simply saying "you have a big dream, even if you don't know it, but you can figure it out as long as it helps others." While this could be a fair assessment, it's not terribly helpful whatsoever in the actual identification of that dream.