MORE THAN CONSOLATION

By A. W. Tozer

Blessed is the man. . . his delight is in the law of the Lord.
(Psalm 1:1-2)

    It is my judgment that too many of us go to church on
Sunday for the same reason that a child climbs into its
mother's arms after a fall or a bump or a fright---the child
wants consolation!

    We have fallen upon times when religion is mostly for
consolation---for we are in the grip of the cult of peace.
We want to relax and have the great God Almighty pat
our heads and comfort us with peace of mind, peace of
heart, peace of soul.  This has become religion!

    According to my Bible, there should be a people of
God, a people called of God and subjected to a spiritual
experience by God.  Then they are to learn to walk in the
way of Truth and the way of the Scripture, producing the
righteous fruit of the child of God no matter what world
conditions may be.

    But there is a great misunderstanding among us.
Too many tend to think that we get the flower and the
fragrance and the fruit of the Spirit by some kind of
magical shortcut, instead of by cultivation.  Meanwhile,
our neighbors are waiting to see the likeness of Christ in
our daily lives!
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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.