I can't vouch for this guy's credentials (dang it, I just broke the binding on my book) but Tozer quoted him:
"God does not communicate to us so much as He just is Himself in us. We are the vessels, the containers, so that the first work after the new birth is to cultivate the habit of receptivity."
Norman Grubb
It is a spiritual receptivity, Tozer argues, that is the distinguishing mark between those who "find" God (in His manifest presence) in a way others do not. The onus is on us: do we have a habit of spiritual response?
"My heart says of you, 'Seek his face.' Your face, oh Lord, I will seek." (Ps. 27:8)
Quasi journal
Where I've been...
If you never read anything else, read these books...
- The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- Light in August by William Faulkner
- East of Eden by Steinbeck
- Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
- Bondage of the Will by Martin Luther
- Humility by Andrew Murray
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Silver Fleece by W.E.B. DuBois
- Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- The Idiot by Dosteovsky
- Prayer by Richard Foster
- Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
1 comment:
About 5 years ago I had a total life changing experience with God. It was only 2 seconds of time, but there has hardly been a day since that I have not thought about it. But I have often thought.. did God show up for me, or was he always there and I didn't see Him. I agree with you...it is up to us, cuz He IS there..we just have to be at the place in our spirit to feel, see and hear Him. And when we are...I think 2 seconds and sustain a lifetime :o).
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