Stop! God Wants More Than a Minute

    By A. W. Tozer

    . . .I count all things but loss for the excellency of the
    knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. . . . Philippians 3:8

         A thousand distractions would woo us away from
    thoughts of God, but if we are wise we will sternly put
    them from us and make room for the King­and take
    time to entertain Him!

         Progress in the Christian life is exactly equal to the
    growing knowledge we gain of the Triune God in
    personal experience. And such experience requires a
    whole life devoted to it and plenty of time spent at the
    holy task of cultivating God.

        God can be known satisfactorily only as we devote
    time to Him.

       Without meaning to do it we have written our serious
    fault into our book titles and gospel songs.

        "A little talk with Jesus," we sing and we call our books
    "God's Minute," or something else as revealing.

        The Christian who is satisfied to give God His
    "minute" and to have "a little talk with Jesus" is the same
    one who shows up at the evangelistic service weeping
    over his retarded spiritual growth and begging the
    evangelist to show him the way out of his difficulty!

        Some things may be neglected with but little loss to
    the spiritual life, but to neglect communion with God is
    to hurt ourselves where we cannot afford it.

        God will respond to our efforts to know Him. The
    Bible tells us how; it is altogether a matter of how much
    determination we bring to the holy task!
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    Yours in Christ,
    Paul N. F.