Pursuit of God Journal

The Pursuit of God Journals

By A.W. Tozer

Jonathan Yang

#97

Spiritual Leadership Development

Dr. Ken Castor

January 20, 2013- Chapter 1 Journal

As I read Tozer’s bibliography of how he started his ministry, it was more of an encouragement than anything else was because if he start his ministry so early in his life than I can do that as well. In addition, how in his early Christian life he already established his life long wait for God. It just encourages me that I too can have a good establishment of just waiting for God because he knows and understand what I am going through. As I wait for God, he will lead me onto the right path not just my everyday life but also my spiritual walk. He just reminded that everything I am doing is supposed to be for God and to wait for him to lead me.

One major thing that stuck out the most was when Tozer said, “For it is not mere words that nourish the soul, but God Himself, and unless and until the hearers find God in personal experience they are not the better for having heard the truth.” (pg. 9, Tozer) I find truth in what he said, because God is the only thing that nourishes our soul since He was the one who gave humankind breath just by breathing into the nostrils (Gen. 2: 7). He nourishes not just our physical body but also our spiritual body by simply filling us with His words that come from the Bible. This was the only thing that stuck out while I read the Preface.

The first chapter called “Following Hard After God” encouraged yet convicted me at the same time. It convicted me because as I thought about my walk with God more closely I was not really following him hard at all. I was only following him half of the way. As the verse that Tozer uses from Psalm 63:8 in the NASV reads, “My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.” Even though God is still holding me up, I still fall short following after him. This convicts me because I know I am not truly following God as hard as I should be....