08/01/2007 Entry: "the speaking voice of God"

this book is amazing "The Pursuit of God" by A.W. Tozer...wow...i have to share another quote! :)

"A man may say (of the Bible) 'these words are addressed to me', and yet in his heart not feel and know they are. He is the victim of a divided psychology. He tries to think of God as mute everywhere else and vocal only in a book. I believe that much of our religious belief is due to a wrong conception of and a wrong feeling for the Scriptures of Truth.

A silent God suddenly began to speak in a book and when the book was finished lapsed back into silence again forever. Now we read the book as the record of what GOd said when He was for a brief time in a speaking mood...The facts are that God is not silent, has never been silent. It is the nature of God to speak."

The Pursuit of God
By A.W. Tozer

Replies: 7 comments

Booya. Great book Sara. There is so much more to God. That is the beauty of life- trying to listen for God's voice in all of what we do.
When you finish this one, pick up The Knowledge of the Holy by Tozer. Love ya.

Posted by Gary @ 08/10/2007 04:13 AM CST

Wow! That's absolutely amazing!

Posted by Stephanie @ 08/08/2007 05:15 PM CST

ak-yes maam! we've got to catch up soon! :)

leanna-i agree. we are so quick to not get the simplest things...

lindz-wow~ the psych of religion! now that would be interesting!!! you will have to send me a book report! :)

Posted by sara delight @ 08/06/2007 07:22 PM CST

um. wow.

that's it. i'm ordering the book.

i'm taking this class right now called the psychology of religion. i'm reading a book called "psychology through the eyes of faith". it's pretty old, but it's got some great stuff in it. you might try and order it...it's an interesting read that covers a wide variety of topics. it's like 3 bucks on amazon.

i'm completely guilty of what you quoted. sometimes i think i'm trying to hard to hear God...and i'm completely missing stuff. hmmm...

Posted by lindz @ 08/04/2007 07:25 PM CST

ha. another one=] and still thought provoking. I was just thinking about this in church the other day... well, it kinda relates. We can't get mad at God for not talking to us and not telling us what to do when we're the ones not listening. It's like we can't expect to be close to Him without praing or reading our Bibles or fellowship with others you know? it just won't happen. But the pathetic thing is it happens to every one of us. Soemthing so simple as just slipping up can totally lead to being deaf(spiritually speaking... ha). crazy. but yet God still takes us back... good thing He loves us=]

Posted by Leanna @ 08/03/2007 10:43 PM CST

wow. That’s cool

Posted by Rafi @ 08/03/2007 04:42 PM CST

i miss you sara!! loooveee chuuuuuuu girrrrrrrrrl!

been thinkin bout you lately...just remonissing the happy memories of seeing yall in concert....you always bring a smile to my face...no matter what mood im in....you have that gift of making ppl smile! girl you rock! well yall are in my thoughts...talk to ya laterz!

Posted by AK @ 08/02/2007 10:32 AM CST