A few entries ago I said that I don’t have much to say these days. I’m not sure I am ready to wax eloquent about this situation yet, but I hope to be posting some of my musings on this soon.
For now, I want to share a quote that goes right to the heart of things. The first sentence of this quote was recently brought to my attention by a pastor in Northern California.
A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God
“….the scribe tells us what he has read, and the prophet tells what he has seen.
The distinction is not an imaginary one. Between the scribe who has read and the prophet who has seen there is a difference as wide as the sea. We are today overrun with orthodox scribes, but the prophets, where are they? The hard voice of the scribe sounds over evangelicalism, but the Church waits for the tender voice of the saint who has penetrated the veil and has gazed with inward eye upon the Wonder that is God. And yet, thus to penetrate, to push in sensitive living experience into the holy Presence, is a privilege open to every child of God.
With the veil removed by the rending of Jesus’ flesh, with nothing on God’s side to prevent us from entering, why do we tarry without? Why do we consent to abide all our days just outside the Holy of Holies and never enter at all to look upon God? We hear the Bridegroom say, “Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely.” We sense that the call is for us, but still we fail to draw near, and the years pass and we grow old and tired in the outer courts of the tabernacle. What doth hinder us?”
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I had to revisit this. It really does get to the heart of things. It is the core of what is awry in the church today. May we never be content with trying to survive outside of the Holy of Hollies! May we see with our own eyes and hear with our own ears! We have access to God Himself!!! What an amazing miracle!
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