Either from selfish desires of mis-interpretations of who God is. And yet, most of us do not experience God personally or experientially in life. There is nothing on God’s end keeping us from experiencing the presence of God. Hebrews 4:16 entreaties us to go with confidence to the throne of God. Jesus’ death on the cross removed the veil that was hinder us from coming to God. “Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.” God is looking for people He can lavish His blessings on, and those people are the ones who are diving into their relationship with Him. “Draw near to Me and I will draw near to you” ( James 4:8). Even though as Christians we are going to heaven and we experience God’s unchanging love, there are still privileges of continuing to dive into God. Tozer explains the paradox of the importance of pursuing God. “The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him.” Here are some of the things I love about this book.ġ. Tozer’s goal of this book was to aid God’s hungry children so to find Him (via preface of book). It put words to things I had felt were true, but had not been hearing (or probably had not grasped before). It immediately began to stir things in my devotion to God that few things ever had. I first read the Pursuit of God about 12 years ago. If you want to experience the joys of Christian living, I highly encourage you to read this book.
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