Pursuit of God & The Holy Spirit’s Presence: Two of Tozer's Greatest Classics in One

<p>To have found God and still seek Him is a love paradox rejected by the too-easy-satisfied religious person but justified by the offspring of the flaming heart in happy experience. This heavenly contradiction was expressed by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in a musical four-line poem that will be quickly grasped by every worshiping soul:</p> <p>We taste Thee O Thou Living Bread<br> And long to feast upon Thee still:<br> We drink of Thee the Fountainhead<br> And thirst our souls from Thee to fill.</p> <p>Are you sure you want to be filled with a Spirit who though He is like Jesus in His gentleness and love will nevertheless demand to be Lord of your life?” A. W. Tozer</p> <p>The great tragedy of the human race is that sin has fallen headlong from the mighty purpose that God had created us for.</p> <p>In His mercy God has provided His followers with a Helper the Holy Spirit. The role of the Spirit is abysmally overlooked in our churches today.</p> <p>In Relying on the Holy Spirit Tozer argues for the need for every Christian everywhere to desire earnestly for the filling of the Holy Spirit.</p> <p>Divine power and strength are available in abundance if only we seek it sincerely enough.</p> <p>The problem Tozer says is that we do not desire it—not enough to surrender to the Spirit’s Lordship in unquestioning obedience.</p> <p>It is a painful surrender total and inclusive but it is necessary if the Church is to fulfill the work that her Master requires of her.</p>