Monday, April 22, 2013

Seek God As He Is


As the sailor locates his position on the sea by ‘shooting’ the sun, so we may get our moral bearings by looking at God.  We must begin with God.  We are right when, and only when, we stand in a right position relative to God, and we are wrong so far and so long as we stand in any other position.

Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly.  We insist upon trying to modify Him and to bring Him nearer to our own image.  The flesh whimpers against the rigor of God’s inexorable sentence and begs like Agag for a little mercy, a little indulgence of its carnal ways.  It is no use.  We can get a right start only by accepting God as He is and learning to love Him for what He is.

A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God, p.95
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1 comment:

  1. aliApril 23, 2013 at 8:21 AM

    A lesson hard learned, but so well worth the time, tears, testings and trials that bring it to pass.

    Thanks for this good word.

    Through it all, learn to trust in Jesus, learn to trust in God.

    Through it all.!!.

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