God Will Be All or He Will Be Nothing

 

By A. W. Tozer

 

Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;

and all these things shall be added unto thee.  Matthew 6:33

 

    God is never found accidentally!

    Whoever seeks other objects and not God is on his own; he may

obtain those objects if he is able, but he will never have God.

 

    Whoever seeks God as a means toward desired ends will not find

God.  The mighty God, the maker of heaven and earth, will not be

one of many treasures, not even the chief of all treasures.

 

    He will be all in all or He will be nothing!

    His mercy and grace are infinite and His patient understanding is

beyond measure, but He will not aid men in their selfish striving

after personal gain. He will not help men to attain ends which, when

attained, usurp the place He by every right should hold in their interest

and affection.

    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!

 

    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.  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.