A Prayer from A.W. Tozer

I have found that so long as I live at a frenetic pace of life, and can fill every moment with distractions, I am oblivious to the state of my soul. But as soon as I slow down...I am confronted with true reality.

"Who am I? Who is God? How do I relate to God?"

These questions, and more, begin to arise when we enter stillness.

And more often than not, my soul has a profound lack of desire for God.

The instant I slow down, I just want more distractions, more fleeting pleasure. There is something inside of us that runs away from being satisfied by knowing God.

But God has done an incredible thing:

The moment we cry out for hunger is the moment He begins to answer our cry.

Scripture:

"Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!"
Psalm 34:8 (NLT) 
 
^"I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him."
Philippians 3:7-9 (NLT)


Prayer from A.W. Tozer:

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. 

I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. 

I am ashamed of my lack of desire.

O God, the Triune God,

I want to want Thee;

I long to be filled with longing; 

I thirst to be made more thirsty still.

Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed.



Begin in mercy a new work of love within me.

Say to my soul, ‘Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.’

Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long."

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Evan Smith

wants to be a man who is marked by a hunger for God. Born and raised in Texas, he grew up the third-born of 7 kids and loved (almost) every minute of it! He majored in New Testament studies at Ozark Christian College, and also studied Ministry at Christ's Church of the Valley in Phoenix. He now makes his home in Dallas, is happily married to his high school sweetheart, Breanna, and has two wonderful kids, Hannah Joy and Peter. 

“The God who came, still comes. The God who spoke, still speaks.”

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