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An insightful A.W. Tozer while pastoring, writing and traveling extensively wrote these piercing words that should stop each of us short today ā
āThis generation of Christians reared among push-button and automatic machines ā are impatient of slower methods. They are trying to apply machine-age methods to Godā¦we read our chapter, have our short devotions, and rush away ā hoping to make up for our deep inward bankruptcy by attending another church service or listening to Christian radio.ā
– How penetrating he spoke!
ā¢ to be a Christian is no less than to know God
ā¢ to know God is no less than to hunger and thirst after the only source that satisfies
– God
ā¢ to hunger and thirst after that source is no less than knowing God!
Knowing God!
– Do you know God today?
– Do you hunger and thirst to see Him in His word?
– Are you desiring as a newborn baby the only thing that satisfies ā the Word
Letās do an examination this morning ā
In 1:29-39 ā Jesus Christ faced 4 trials
1. constant fast-paced life
2. continually pressured by crowds
3. constant questioning by friends and foes
4. continual spiritual warfare ā
In some way, so do each of you this morning!
What did it do to Him?
It made Him pursue knowing God!
Hereās the test ā
What did life do to you this week in relation to Godās word?
Have you made the word, our primary avenue of knowing God ā
ā¢ a priority? Or the priority?
– seek first Godās kingdom
ā¢ a pursuit? Or the pursuit?
– early will I seek Thee, my heart pants for Thee
ā¢ a private session? Daily?
– Thy face O Lord I will seek
ā¢ a persistently sought object? Daily?
– I have desired the word more than my daily food