Full Time Christian Work

Happy Monday. Here's a thought for the week:

It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it.

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- A.W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God," p. 118

Tozer on Faith

My friend Matt Ballard tells me he's a Tozer fan. So in honor of Matt's birthday today, a Tozer quote:

Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. . . . Faith is not in itself a meritorious act; the merit is in the One toward Whom it is directed. . . .

When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us.

- A.W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God," pp. 82-83

Come Out With Your Hands Up

Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly . . . .

God being who and what He is, and we being who and what we are, the only thinkable relation between us is one of full Lordship on His part and complete submission on ours. . . .

The pursuit of God will embrace the labor of bringing our total personality into conformity to His. And this not judicially, but actually.

- A.W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God," pp. 93-94

Inflammatory

If my fire is not large it is yet real, and there may be those who can light their candle at its flame.

- A.W. Tozer, "The Pursuit of God," p. 10