How is it that it has taken me 10 yrs into my Christian walk to read this book?
I do not know.
But for any of you that haven't yet read it - if there are any - I wouldn't put it off another day.
I began reading it at the park the other day while Joshua played.
Under this mighty tree - sure and firm - just like this book.
I dig in as littlest digs into dirt - both of us diving in.
(Only I don't need a bath after!)
And just as the light shines through in the sky above me, so is my heart enlightened as I read.
Just a portion of the countless passages I have underlined and felt revived in:
"It is important that we get still to wait on God. And it is best that we get alone, preferably with our Bible outspread before us. Then if we will we may draw near to God and begin to hear Him speak to us in our hearts. I think for the average person the progression will be something like this: First a sound as of a Presence walking in the garden. Then a Voice more intelligible, but still far from clear. Then the happy moment when the Spirit begins to illuminate the Scriptures and that which had been only a sound, or at best a voice, now becomes an intelligible word, warm and intimate and clear as the word of a dear friend. Then will come life and light, and best of all, ability to see and rest in and embrace Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and All."
"If you would follow on to know the Lord, come at once to the open Bible expecting it to speak to you. Do not come with the notion that it is a thing which you may push around at your convenience. It is more than a thing; it is a voice, a word, the very Word of the living God."
"Lord, teach me to listen. The times are noisy and my ears are weary with the thousand raucous sounds which continuously assault them. Give me the spirit of the boy Samuel when he said to Thee, "Speak for Thy servant heareth." Let me hear Thee speaking in my heart. Let me get used to the sound of Thy voice that its tones may be familiar when the sounds of earth die away and the only sound will be the music of Thy speaking voice. Amen."
A.W. Tozer
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