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Worship Instead of Tinkering

August 10, 2008 by Randy  
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Great quote from a great book …

“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 thing he has so long been trying to do will be getting done within him.”

- A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God (Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, Inc., 1993), 85.

[From “When he stops tinkering with his soul” « Of First Importance]

I read this book a long time ago. Reading this quote makes me want to read the book again.

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    I really like this quote. I'm so guilty of trying to get closer to God, become more righteous through some sacrifice or works [while knowing full well it will not work]. As if God's perfection isn't enough for me, I have to help Him out by doing something [put a little extra in the offering, buy a worship CD, fast] that will make me feel like I've helped earned my healing, forgiveness, etc... The Holy Spirit has really been teaching me this Truth for a while now. As I learn to focus on Jesus and have a relationship with Him everything else fades, my grip lets go of myself.... sort of like your comment about bungee jumping off the Throne of Grace! I've thought about your humorous picture of angels watching people jumping off the Throne of Grace. That's what I've prayed... to free fall into the Grace of God! Read Hebrew 6:19 [AMP].
 

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