LONGING TO SEE JESUS

By A.W. Tozer

Behold, I come quickly; holdfast that which thou hast, that
no man take thy crown.  Revelation 3:11

    There is no doubt in my mind that millions of
Christians in our day yearn within themselves to be ready
to see the Lord Jesus when He appears.  These are the
saints of God who have a real understanding that what
our Lord Jesus Christ is to us in our personal lives,
moment by moment, is more important than merely
dwelling on "what He did for us!"

    I say this because a great segment of Christian theology
emphasizes the "utility" of the cross on which Jesus died,
rather than the Person who died on that cross for our
sins.

    Because of that view, many really have no emotional
yearning for the return of Jesus. The best hope they know
is   a   kind   of   intellectual,   theological   hope.  But   an
intellectual  knowledge  of  what  the  New  Testament
teaches about  the return of Christ is surely a poor
substitute for a love-inflamed desire to look on His face!

While we await Him, our Lord expects us to love one
another,  to worship  Him  together and  to  send  this
gracious gospel to the ends of the earth.
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Yours in Christ,
Paul N. F.