He was convinced that a life given to seeking God first does not constrict one's life, but enlarges it beyond one's wildest wishes, hopes, and dreams. With no teacher but the Holy Spirit and many good books by ancient spiritual masters, he looked up from his lifelong posture of kneeling and cried out for others to follow him in the only pursuit that truly satisfies. Yet, through years of diligent study and disciplined prayer, he prepared himself for the God-ordained role of calling the modern Church back to the practice of godliness. He was a self-educated man, forced by his home situation to forfeit the formal education of either high school or college. In many ways Tozer was a modern-day prophet as well as a down-to-earth mystic. In 1948, he offered The Pursuit of God as a 'modest attempt to aid God's hungry children so to find Him.' And he penned a classic little book that invites us to join him in that holy pilgrimage. And so he chose to order his life around that one single pursuit - the pursuit of God. More than anything else in the world, he wanted God, God alone. Tozer's answer to that profound question is elegant simplicity itself. It is the question: 'What do you really want?' 'What do you really want from God?' 'What do you really want from God, more than anything else in the world?'Īiden W. And it articulates the imbedded anguish in every prayer request.

It colors our understanding of every promise in Scripture. It fuels the yearning that erupts in a mid-life crisis. It breeds the expectation that attaches to each new birth. It informs the hope that accompanies every wedding toast. It enchants the dream expressed in every child's Christmas list for Santa. It ignites the wish behind every birthday candle ceremony. 'What do you want more than anything else in the world?' The question is always there. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.' (Psalm 42:1) The Question

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