This weekend’s pearl of wisdom comes from A. W. Tozer’s classic book, The Pursuit of God. Tozer makes a simple yet disturbing observation. He says, “The world is perishing for lack of the knowledge of God and the Church is famishing for want of His Presence.” Why is this? Tozer identifies the problem in the gap between the Christian profession of faith and the reality that too often exists in the hearts of professing Christians:
“Millions call themselves by His name, it is true, and pay some token homage to Him, but a simple test will show how little He is really honored among them. Let the average man be put to the proof on the question of who or what is ABOVE, and his true position will be exposed. Let him be forced into making a choice between God and money, between God and men, between God and personal ambition, God and self, God and human love, and God will take second place every time. Those other things will be exalted above. However the man may protest, the proof is in the choice he makes day after day throughout his life.”
Tozer reminds us that we have the opportunity every day to truly profess, by attitude and action, what we really believe. Every time you prioritise God above other things, you confirm the reality of his Lordship over your life and open yourself more to his presence.
Submit all your plans and desires to God.
Read James 4:1-10.
