A brother e-mailed me these passages. I have already been pondering the subject so it increased my interest. Brother Enel Henry in Haiti had been sharing with me some of the reasons revival seem to be taking off in Haiti's mountain valleys. One point he shared was the quietness caused by the lack of loud music and loud distractions to stir the emotions that you would see in other Caribbean cultures in comparison. When the going gets tough you turn and hear God not just turn the dial to something YOU want to hear or feel. Secular or emotional laden music and other seemingly harmless addictions in our technology driven lifestyles help us to prop up our emotions. Even in times of real need this robs us of that quiet time that could be rather spent with God. Think following media, phones, computers,--- not that these are wrong, but do they ever replace that quiet personal worship time that could be spent with God. I sense a need lately of more quiet time with God and so pray for me.
Here is the Tozer Quote:
The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. A whole new philosophy of the Christian life has resulted from this one basic error in our religious thinking.
With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and consciousness of the divine Presence. We have lost our spirit of worship and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God in adoring silence. Modern Christianity is simply not producing the kind of Christian who can appreciate or experience the life in the Spirit. The words, ”Be still, and know that I am God,” mean next to nothing to the self-confident, bustling worshipper in this middle period of the twentieth century.
Here is the Tozer Quote:
The low view of God entertained almost universally among Christians is the cause of a hundred lesser evils everywhere among us. A whole new philosophy of the Christian life has resulted from this one basic error in our religious thinking.
With our loss of the sense of majesty has come the further loss of religious awe and consciousness of the divine Presence. We have lost our spirit of worship and our ability to withdraw inwardly to meet God in adoring silence. Modern Christianity is simply not producing the kind of Christian who can appreciate or experience the life in the Spirit. The words, ”Be still, and know that I am God,” mean next to nothing to the self-confident, bustling worshipper in this middle period of the twentieth century.
A.W. Tozer
The Knowledge of the Holy
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