A guy named Aiden...

Aiden W Tozer walked into my life shortly after Jesus did. A pastor, author, and prophet (not in the typical charasmatic sense, but in the boldness and clarity sense) ministering in the 50's and 60's, his books have set the course of my spiritual life.

This blog title comes from chapter 7 of his book, The Pursuit of God (click here to read the whole text online) I will quote below my favorite quote from chapter 7 which somehow tries to make it into every bible study and sermon I am a part of. Apart from the Bible, this is best expression of the power of the Gospel to change a fallen heart that I have ever read. Enjoy.

"Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. Like the eye which sees everything in front of it and never sees itself, faith is occupied with the Object upon which it rests and pays no attention to itself at all. While we are looking at God we do not see ourselves--blessed riddance. The man who has struggled to purify himself and has had nothing but repeated failures will experience real relief when he stops tinkering with his soul and looks away to the perfect One. While he looks at Christ the very things he has so long been trying to do will be getting done within him. It will be God working in him to will and to do."