BEGIN WITH GOD

By A. W. Tozer
 

Not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
     - 1 Thessalonians 2:4

    I am really sad for the great throngs of men and women
who have never known the satisfaction of believing what
God says about all of the good things He has created-and
everything having its purpose!

    This is an area in which you must begin with God.
Then you begin to understand everything in its proper
context.  All things fit into shape and form when you
begin with God!

    In Christian circles, there is now an undue deference to
intellectual knowledge and accomplishment.  I insist that
it ought to be balanced out. We appreciate the efforts and
hours that go into academic progress, but we must always
keep God's wisdom and God's admonitions in mind.

    Search and study as we will and we discover that we
have only learned fragments of truth. On the other hand,
the newest Christian believer has already learned many
marvelous things at the center of truth. He has met and
knows God!

    That is the primary issue, my brother and sister. That is
why we earnestly invite men and women to become
converted, taking Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord!

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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.