LET US MOVE FORWARD

By A.W. Tozer

That ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.   (Ephesians 3:19)

   The Apostle Paul's greatest desire was to always move
forward in the knowledge and blessing of God.  But some
modern Bible teachers now call that kind of hunger and
thirsting  fanaticism,  instead  of  desire  for  spiritual
maturity.

   These teachers assure the new Christian: "You are now
complete in Christ. Just relax and be glad that there is
nothing more you will ever need."

  With great desire, Paul wrote:  "That I may win
Christ" and yet he already had Christ!  With obvious
longing he said: "That I may be found in Him" and yet
he was already in Him!

   Paul humbly and intensely breathed his great desire:
"That I may know Him" even though he already knew
Him!

   Because he did not want to stand still, Paul testified: "I
follow after; I press toward the mark.  I am striving to lay
hold of that for which Christ laid hold on me!"

   It is very plain that the apostle had no other desire than
to be completely available to God.  Many of us refuse to
follow his example!
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Yours in Christ,

Paul N.F.