Title: The Habitation of Devils: Why God Doesn’t Act
Author: Dan R Overfield
Publisher: AEGA Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-8383499-2-9
Genre: Religion / Inspirational
Pages: 145
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Pacific Book Review
The Habitation of Devils: Why God Doesn’t Act reads like a memoir. Author Dan R. Overfield writes about his life, his family history, the ups and downs of life, overcoming challenges, learning as well as unlearning, being a believer; all by recounting how he tries to live righteously. I enjoyed reading Dan R. Overfield as an author because of how authentic his style of writing is. Paging this book, one realizes the author does not force anything, as the entire content in his book flows naturally. The reader feels as if they are part of the author’s journey and his experiences.
The Habitation of Devils: Why God Doesn’t Act is also an intriguing book. I found it to be captivating because of many reasons; a main one being the author writes about his truths. Dan R. Overfield does not pretend to be perfect, as this element in the author resonated with me on so many levels. He also writes about some subjects in which readers may least expect he would write about. When starting The Habitation of Devils: Why God Doesn’t Act, the reader is brought to the book of Revelation in the Bible. Not many people fully understand nor know how to interpret this book, as it is even considered an enigma for some.
I found it interesting Overfield referenced Revelation 18 when starting the book. It makes one wonder what was going through the author’s mind, and at the same time makes the reader appreciate him for being unpredictable. The second chapter was to me to be even more interesting. In this chapter, the reader gets to time travel back to the 17th century. I commend the author for starting the book by taking the reader back to the 1600s. This gives every reader a different perspective and gets them to think about life as it was back then. The brief mention about John Bunyan and the author’s comparison was a great way of starting to talk about his life.
Each of the chapters which followed had something unique, and I enjoyed reading the book in its entirety. Dan R. Overfield made the chapters in this book short and easy to digest, with the format of the text and the arrangement of the paragraphs in the book are encouraging to read more. Every chapter in the book has content which is built, in one way or the other, on previous information. Some of the chapters which stood out for me include those in which the author was extremely personal, and brought me to better understand where he is coming from. He also talks about the connection to God and does some wonderful analysis of events in history.
The Habitation of Devils: Why God Doesn’t Act is appropriate to a wide reading audience, and particularly is a book every reader who is in any form of despair should read. The author assures one of God’s love, discusses living with imperfections and waiting for the right time. This book will get readers to be more spiritual, and learn more about God and themselves as being a child of God.
