I was recently forwarded an excerpt from a book by A.W. Tozer. Some things stuck out to me.
One, that current Christianity is kind of in the same boat as Judaism was when Christ came. It is comfortable and preachers know how to talk about it. But what we really need is a fresh word from God. We need leaders with eyes to see what the Spirit is doing NOW.
"Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne. When he comes (and I pray God there will be not one but many) he will stand in flat contradiction to everything our smirking, smooth civilization holds dear. He will contradict, denounce and protest in the name of God and will earn the hatred and opposition of a large segment of Christendom. Such a man is likely to be lean, rugged, blunt-spoken and a little bit angry with the world. He will love Christ and the souls of men to the point of willingness to die for the glory of the one and the salvation of the other. But he will fear nothing that breathes with mortal breath."
Two, that now, in order to cooperate with what Heaven is doing and what God desires so wholly to do with us, we need to have voices for him.
"What is needed desperately today is prophetic insight. Scholars can interpret the past; it takes prophets to interpret the present. Learning will enable a man to pass judgment on our yesterdays, but it requires a gift of clear seeing to pass sentence on our own day. One hundred years from now historians will know what was taking place religiously in this year of our Lord; but that will be too late for us. We should know right now."
Read the full article here.
What do you think?
- Jessica
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3 comments:
Wow, that is just awesome. I love the wisdom in that article. I also loved the second part about it taking a true prophet to see the present...when he said any historian can tell you what is happening TODAY one hundred years from now, but we should be the first to know. That really stuck out to me.
LEGIT!
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Excellent Jess... I couldn't agree more. I love Tozer, I believe I own all of his works. His passion never fails to challenge me.
We need eyes that see and ears that hear and hearts strong enough to obey and follow. May we be just such men and women.
You are loved!
Tom
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