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The Pursuit of God

by A. W. Tozer

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Read by David Leeson · 2 h 53 min · 11 parts

  1. 00 - Introduction/Preface

    8:10

  2. 01 - Following Hard After God

    15:16

  3. 02 - The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing

    15:46

  4. 03 - Removing the Veil

    22:51

  5. 04 - Apprehending God

    15:27

  6. 05 - The Universal Presence

    17:00

  7. 06 - The Speaking Voice

    15:15

  8. 07 - The Gaze of the Soul

    19:32

  9. 08 - Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation

    15:26

  10. 09 - Meekness and Rest

    11:45

  11. 10 - The Sacrament of Living

    16:56

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About this book

A. W. Tozer wrote this short devotional in 1948, reportedly during a single overnight train journey, and it has never gone out of print. His subject is the ache he believed sits at the center of every believer, a longing to know God directly rather than merely to know about him. Across ten brief chapters Tozer argues that much of modern religion has grown comfortable and shallow, and he calls readers back to a simpler hunger sustained by faith, humility, and attention. Each chapter closes with a prayer. Plainspoken and quietly demanding, the book remains a touchstone for Christians drawn to the older tradition of contemplative devotion.

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Following Hard After God

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

Christian theology teaches the doctrine of prevenient grace, which briefly stated means this, that before a man can seek God, God must first have sought the man.

Before a sinful man can think a right thought of God, there must have been a work of enlightenment done within him; imperfect it may be, but a true work nonetheless, and the secret cause of all desiring and seeking and praying which may follow.

We pursue God because, and only because, He has first put an urge within us that spurs us to the pursuit. “No man can come to me,” said our Lord, “except the Father which hath sent me draw him,” and it is by this very prevenient drawing that God takes from us every vestige of credit for the act of coming. The impulse to pursue God originates with God, but the outworking of that impulse is our following hard after Him; and all the time we are pursuing Him we are already in His hand: “Thy right hand upholdeth me.”

In this divine “upholding” and human “following” there is no contradiction. All is of God, for as von Hügel teaches, God is always previous. In practice, however, (that is, where God’s previous working meets man’s present response) man must pursue God. On our part there must be positive reciprocation if this secret drawing of God is to eventuate in identifiable experience of the Divine. In the warm language of personal feeling this is stated in the Forty-second Psalm: “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” This is deep calling unto deep, and the longing heart will understand it.

About the author

A. W. Tozer

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was an American pastor and author in the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Largely self-educated, he served congregations in Chicago and Toronto and wrote dozens of books and editorials known for their intensity, spiritual depth, and impatience with easy religion.

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Book facts

First published
1948
Reading time
About 2 hours
Pages
80
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
David Leeson