✨ Those Who Walk With Jesus — Part 28 ✨ The Evil Habit of Seeking God and…

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✨ Those Who Walk With Jesus — Part 28 ✨
The Evil Habit of Seeking God and…

📝 Their Message (Summary)
A.W. Tozer’s timeless words remind us that before we ever seek God, He has already sought us. Any hunger we feel is proof of His prevenient grace stirring in us. But Tozer warns of a deadly habit: seeking God-and—God plus comfort, God plus success, God plus approval.

This divided pursuit robs us of the fullness of God’s presence. It makes faith mechanical, shallow, spiritless. True Christianity is not mere correct opinion or religious programming—it is the living, breathing pursuit of God Himself.

Moses begged, “Show me Thy glory.” David’s psalms overflowed with holy desire. Paul counted all things loss for the excellency of knowing Christ. The saints of old burned with longing. Yet in our age, too often religion has become content with “God-and,” leaving us hollow.

But the truth remains: if we strip away the “and,” we will find that God alone is enough. To have Him is to have all things. Like Levi, who received no land but instead heard God say, “I am thy part and thine inheritance,” we discover that the one who has God for his treasure is richer than kings.

🔥 My Reflection
This cuts to the quick for me. How many times have I prayed for “God-and”? God and health. God and security. God and approval. Yet the paradox is clear: when I reach for God alone, I gain everything. When I reach for “God-and,” I end up with neither.

Tozer’s prayer convicts me: “I am ashamed of my lack of desire. I want to want Thee. I thirst to be made more thirsty still.” I realize how complacency has numbed me. How much have I been satisfied with programs, externals, or secondhand religion instead of God Himself?

The invitation is frighteningly simple: seek God only. Let Him be my inheritance.

🕊️ The Invitation
Pray Tozer’s prayer slowly this week:

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. Begin 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.”

Ask yourself honestly: where am I still seeking God-and? What if I trusted Him to be enough?

 

🔗 Walking with Jesus — A Family’s Story
This is part of a series sharing the six-year testimony of a family walking daily with Jesus.
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