This past week, I started reading The Pursuit of God, by A.W. Tozer. I struggle with complacency when I crave passionate intimacy with God. Tozer cites a moment in Moses' life, on Mount Sinai.
(Exodus 33:17-18) So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”
And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”
I have found grace in God's sight. God knows my name.
I just need to ask.
Tozer ends chapter 1 with a prayer.
I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
Tozer, A. W. (Aiden Wilson). The Pursuit of God (pp. 14-15). Kindle Edition.
What a powerful post! This is definitely a prayer I need to keep in mind! Excellent post–I may have to look into Tozer's book, in fact. It sounds like a powerful read.