When asked why I kept reading the same book over and over again, I replied, "because I want to brainwash myself with spiritual truth. I've already been brainwashed with the lie of the Christian to-do list. Now I want God's way to do life."
And so now when I come back to those treasured words in that well-worn volume, it's as if coming back to a beloved friend. I'm forever grateful!
So let me tell you a bit about A.W. Tozer...
A.W. Tozer
Aiden Wilson Tozer was an American evangelical pastor, speaker, writer, and editor. After coming to Christ at the age of seventeen, Tozer found his way into the Christian & Missionary Alliance denomination where he served for over forty years. In 1950, he was appointed by the denomination's General Council to be the editor of "The Alliance Witness" (now "Alliance Life").
Born into poverty in western Pennsylvania in 1897, Tozer died in May 1963 a self-educated man who had taught himself what he missed in high school and college due to his home situation. Though he wrote many books, two of them, "The Pursuit of God" and "The Knowledge of the Holy" are widely considered to be classics.
A.W. Tozer and his wife, Ada Cecelia Pfautz, had seven children, six boys and one girl.
You can read Pursuit of God in its entirety right here. Each chapter has been a favorite for me at one time or another. So you too can take your pick. My guess is that every time you read, it will be a different one for whatever God is saying to you at that given time.