LOVING GOD ONLY

By A. W. Tozer
 

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall
wax cold.  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same
shall be saved.                                     - Matthew 24:12-13

   The first and greatest commandment is to love God
with every power of our entire being.  Where love like that
exists, there can be no place for a second object.

   Yet popular Christianity has as one of its most effective
talking points the idea that God exists to help people to
get ahead in this world'.  The God of the poor has become
the God of an affluent society.  We hear that Christ no
longer refuses to be a judge or a divider between
money-hungry brothers.  He can now be persuaded to
assist the brother that has accepted Him to get the better
of the brother who has not!

   Whoever seeks God as a means toward desired ends will
not find God. God will not be one of many treasures.  His
mercy  and  grace  are  infinite  and  His  patient
understanding is beyond measure, but He will not aid
men in selfish striving after personal gain.

   If we love God as much as we should, surely we cannot
dream of a loved object beyond Him which He might help
us to obtain!

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.