The Pursuit of God

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The Pursuit of God

passionately; The Knowledge of the Holy creates a profile of God in God’s magnificent splendor, thereby drawing the seeker with evenmore intensified magnetic force toward the one who alone can provide soul satisfaction for humanity. Tozer also wrote A. W. Tozer. The Divine Conquest . Camp Hill, PA: Christian Publications, 1950. The Divine Conquest is a natural companion to the aforementioned two books. Its title signifies Tozer’s conviction that in order to experience the indwelling presence of God in its fullness, a person must first fully surrender their own aims and ambitions. The triumph of God in the interior life of a believer opens up new vistas of spiritual possibilities. We have pointed out that Tozer’s spiritual journey was along a pathway forged by the classic Christian mystics. It is a pathway that prioritizes the goal of relational communion with God, and celebrates the possibility of direct experiential encounter with the presence of the living God. Toward the end of his life, Tozer compiled a collection of poetry by some of the Christian mystics through the centuries that had inspired and shaped him personally: A. W. Tozer. The Christian Book of Mystical Verse . Harrisburg, PA: Christian Publications, 1963. The Christian Book of Mystical Verse is a feast of such poetic reflections. It reveals not only the breadth of Tozer’s own reading, but also the Christ-centered and biblically faithful character of his mysticism, and the joyous rapture that he