Today's Tozer chapter was a killer: Restoring the
Creator-Creature Relationship. It was all about putting God above all else;
above my desires for "me" time, above my schedule, above my
housework, above my possessions, above my comforts, friendships, reputation,
everything. It all stems back to Adam, of course, and I won't give the whole
story that Tozer did. Suffice it to say that our sin puts us out of our proper
position with God, and we strive to restore that, but in the wrong ways.
"Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness
to take God as he is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to
modify Him to bring Him nearer our own image." If we would just decide
that Christ will be exalted over all, "[the] Christian life ceases to be
the complicated thing it had been before and becomes the very essence of
simplicity."
That sounds nice to me.
So often I try to juggle Bible study,
prayer, meditation, following up with each of my small group girls, and "doing" all my
Christian stuff that I feel exhausted and a failure! I like the idea of
simplicity! However, just as my mind was racing with how awesome my
day/life/situation would be if I "just" put God first, Tozer
addressed that as well: "For this God-above-all position is one not easy
to take. The mind may approve it while not having the consent of the will to
put it into effect...man must make the decision before heart can know any real
satisfaction. God wants the whole person and He will not rest till He gets us
in entirety. No part of the man will do."
Yikes. But it's a black-and-white decision: God above all, or below all? Over everything, or under all the items on my to-do list? I can choose to ask Him to order my day, keeping in communion with Him through it all, and reordering according to His priorities. He is above all and in all. And He's my all in all!
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