Fully Seeking the Lord We Adore

         By A. W. Tozer

         O come, let us worship and bow down. . . . Psalm 95:6

                An old creed says that we worship one God, the
        Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth and of all
        things visible and invisible.

                If we could set forth all of God's attributes and
        tell all that He is, we would fall on our knees in adoring
        worship.

                The Bible tells us that God dwells in light that is
        unapproachable, whom no man can see or has seen, and
        whom no man can see and live.

                It says  that  God  is  holy  and eternal and omnipotent
        and omniscient and sovereign, and that He has a thousand
        sovereign attributes.  And all of these should humble us
        and bring us down!

                I  have  come  to  believe  that  no  worship is wholly
        pleasing to God until there is nothing in us displeasing to
        God.  If there is anything within me that does not worship
        God, then there is nothing in me that worships God perfectly.

                Note  that  I  am  not  saying  that  God  must  have  a
        perfection of worship or He will not accept any worship at all.
        I would not go so far; if I did, I would rule myself out.  But, I do
        say that the ideal God sets before us is to worship as near to
        perfectly as we can.  Faith and love and obedience and loyalty
        and high conduct of life all of these must be taken as burnt
        offerings and offered to God!

                True worship seeks union with its beloved, and an active
        effort to close the gap between the heart and the God it adores
        is worship at its best!
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        Yours in Christ,
        Paul N. F.