December 05, 2015
I am on a fresh search for God these days. I know Him, but I know Him enough to know that my current state is below what is available. I want to know Him more in vibrant, personal, moment-by-moment intimacy. For, everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything.
Tozer, as always, helps me. A staple of my life is “The Pursuit of God” which Tozer wrote on one night and day while traveling on a train from Chicago to McAllen, Texas. When he stepped off the train this greatest of his books was completely finished. It’s an inspired book and worth reading regularly.
Tozer writes of how most deeply spiritual men were very different in temperament and gifting.
“Their differences must have been incidental in the eyes of God and of no significance. In some vital quality they must have been alike. What was it?
“I venture to suggest that the one vital quality which they had in common was spiritual receptivity. Something in them was open to heaven, something which urged them Godward. Without attempting anything like a profound analysis, I shall say simply that they had spiritual awareness and that they went on to cultivate it until it became the biggest thing in their lives.
“They differed from the average person in that when they felt the inward longing they did something about it. They acquired the lifelong habit of spiritual response. They were not disobedient to the heavenly vision. As David put it neatly, ‘When Thou saidest, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto Thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek’ (Psalm 27:8).”
In these common days, it should be the great pursuit of our lives to be men and women who find the door into His presence in increasing intensity. Everything we long for, everything God wants and others need is found there.
March 11, 2025
God knows what He is about. Always include in your request the greatest prayer—the prayer of surrender. “Lord, Your will be done.” This is the prayer, when humbly prayed, that will always be answered and yield the most valuable result from the God who loves us best ... even if the answer is hard.
March 05, 2025
Every created man or woman must make their choice. What will you do with God? Will you embrace or reject Him? Draw near or run away? Trust and serve Him or doubt God and serve yourself? This foundational choice determines everything.
March 04, 2025
As you evaluate your faith, is it “God and?” God and others. God and the world’s ideas. God and my best thoughts thrown in. God and some money. God and a clear path. Or simply: God. Are you vainly clinging to the idea that you need more than Him?
