Book Review: You’re the Girl for the Job by Jess Connolly

You believe (or want to believe) God has called you and given you purpose, but where do you start? How do you get from feeling stuck to making a move? If this sounds familiar, bestselling author Jess Connolly has a message for you: You Are the Girl for the Job.

But this is not simply a peppy catchphrase. This is the straight-up truth God has proclaimed over your life from the beginning, and it’s not dependent on what you can do or achieve but based on His power, capacity, and character. 

It has taken one million, maybe one zillion (who knows?!), slight moves of His hand to place you in this exact moment. So forget about fear and second-guessing your gifts, because God has meticulously prepared you to be an ambassador for the Kingdom right where you are, here and now. Life is too short to get stuck in a holding pattern of shame, self-doubt, and comparison. So let this book be your very good news: you don’t have to wait for permission when you’ve already been commissioned. 

With passion and heart-pumping hope, Jess shows that being the girl for the job doesn’t depend on your capacity. Rather, it has everything to do with God’s capacity and our willingness. It has everything to do with believing we are who God says we are, and quieting any inferior word spoken against us. Are you ready? 

Let this book be your jumpstart into confident, purposed living, as Jess walks you through the six steps she has used to coach and encourage women for years: set your focus, take stock of the story that has shaped you, face your fear, catch the vision, make a plan, and finally, make your move–all in the bold belief that God has called you to every step of the journey.

You are the Girl for the Job is a rare book that inspires all ages, no matter what their challenge or adversity to step into the place God has called them. Jess Connolly is transparent, inspirational, Biblical and truly the “girl for the job” as she rallies readers to trust God and go for it. I can’t remember the last time I was completely taken in so early. Her SoulCycle story still resonates with me. I plan to go back through it again because I want to savor it, take it all in, and highlight. I expect to highlight a lot.

If you doubt your place in the world, as God’s daughter, or are looking for a real voice that can rally a transformation, You are the Girl for the Job is the book, and Jess Connolly is an author you’ll be hearing a lot more of. I highly, highly recommend this book.

I received You Are the Girl for the Job from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own, and I was not compensated.