LET US MOVE FORWARD

 

By A.W. Tozer

 

That ye might befilled 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.