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Let Us Move Forward
by A.W.Tozer on August 29, 2012
Let Us Move Forward
by A.W.Tozer
"That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God"
Ephesians 3:19
The Apostle Paul's greatest
desire was to always move forward in the knowledge and blessing of God. But some
modern Bible teachers now call that kind of hunger and thirsting fanaticism,
instead of desire for spiritual maturity.
These teachers assure the new Christian:
"You are now complete in Christ. Just relax and be glad that there is nothing
more you will ever need."
With great desire Paul wrote: "That I may win Christ"
(Philippians
3:8)—and yet he already
had Christ! With obvious longing he said: "[That I may] be found in Him"
(3:9)—and yet he was already in
Him!
Paul humbly and
intensely breathed his great desire: "That I may know Him" (3:10)—even though he already knew
Him!
Because he did
not want to stand still, Paul testified: "I follow after; I press toward the
mark. I am striving to lay hold of that for which Christ laid hold on me!" (see 3:12).
It is very plain that the apostle had
no other desire than to be completely available to God. Many of us refuse to
follow his example!
Dear Lord, my prayer
this morning is that You will satisfy my hunger to know You more and that You
will use me to help advance Your kingdom.
—Mornings with Tozer