It works like this, doesn't it? Young kids want to be in the presence of their parent(s), and any siblings. Gradually they seek school and other friendships, which come and go, and make less time for parents. 

   More often, all these relationships take second place to the presence of one special person, which may or may not last a lifetime.

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Our Pursuit of His Presence   

   The above - seeking and finding - often occurs without real awareness of the greatest love available, that of our unseen God.

Seeking God doesn't narrow one's life,

but raises it to the level of highest fulfillment. 

   So wrote the late A.W. Tozer, author of The Pursuit of God, which motivated us to study and write. Today, before we go further, here are some pursuits Tozer does not recommend:

   He noticed that "many teachers of the doctrines are satisfied, unaware of the absence of the presence of God, nor is there any difference in their lives." 

   "Have we built the altar and prepared the sacrifice," he asked, "only to count the stones and rearrange the parts, with no sign of fire?"

   Tozer added, "Sound Bible exposition is a must, but exposition can be carried on without delivering spiritual nourishment. Words alone don't nourish the soul; God himself does." 

   Also, "The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God...to delight in his presence. Taste and know the sweetness of God in the core of the heart."

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Put the bread of the Presence on this table to be before me at all times.

Exodus 25:30

Tomorrow: God hid; we went seeking