The Pursuit of God (A. W. Tozer)

The Pursuit of God

A Call to Raise God to His Rightful Place in our Affections

Whether you are thirsting for more of God, or do not yet know of the “mighty longing after God” that so consumed A.W. Tozer’s life and ministry, his classic work, The Pursuit of God can draw the reader into a deep, abiding relationship with the One who nourishes men’s souls.

Sometimes the voices that speak most clearly in the present are those that echo from the past. So it is in this Christian classic by the late pastor and evangelist A. W. Tozer.

Tozer brings the mystics to bear on modern spirituality, grieving the hustle and bustle and calling for a slow, steady gaze upon God. With prophetic vigor and flowing prose, he urges us to replace low thoughts of God with lofty ones, to quiet our lives so we can know God’s presence. He reminds us that life apart from God is really no life at all.

Tozer writes from his knees, a posture fit for presenting the character of God in all its demanding grandeur. “Arise, O sleeper!” is his word to us.  Yet if we heed the call, we will see that to arise is not to stand, but to kneel before the God of heaven in humble contemplation. The pursuit of God is to know Him, and in our knowing be drawn in.

Endorsements

“Through all of Tozer’s books and articles there shines a passion for God that puts our shallowness to shame, and reading him is like drinking at an oasis in the desert.” — J.I. Packer, author of Knowing God and Professor at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia

“The writings of Tozer shake me from slumber, inspire grand thoughts of God, and expose the compromise in my heart.” — Steve Green, Christian singer

The Pursuit of God is widely considered A. w. Tozer’s most important work. It includes chapters on:

• Following Hard After God
• The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing
• Removing the Veil
• Apprehending God
• The Universal Presence
• The Speaking Voice
• The Gaze of the Soul
• Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation
• Meekness and Rest
• The Sacrament of Living

About the Author

A.W. Tozer (1897-1963) was a self-taught theologian.  He eventually received two honorary doctorates and pastored several churches, including Southside Alliance in Chicago, where he served 31 years. Tozer is the author of the spiritual classic: The Attributes of God, among over a dozen other books.