Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, 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 of 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, that so 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 wondered so long. In Jesus' name. Amen
Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

Monday, April 2, 2018

It's A Process

I've been reading in Romans and tonight I read chapter 7 and stopped to think back over my day. I'd like to be able to say I did what was right all of the time. Except I can't. There were times while playing games with the kids that I wanted to win, or I wanted to be right, or I let something trivial bother me. I let my flesh rule my sinful passions. (7:5)

I've been "released from the law, having died to that which held (me) captive, so that (I) serve in the new way of the spirit and not in the old way of the written code." (7:6) 

"So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand." (7:21)

I guess I should feel comforted that I'm in good company since the apostle Paul had the same problem (7:15-20).  But I don't. Oh wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? (7:24)

Thank You, Lord, for the law of the Spirit of life that has set me free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death! (8:1, 2) Thank You for doing what the law could not do by sending Your own Son to pay the required price for the sins I have committed and will probably continue to commit, even though I don't want to in my spirit. I'll be glad when this process of sanctification is complete!
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