The Pursuit of God

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The Pursuit of God

richer than all the kings and rajas 20 who have ever lived in the world. And there is a spiritual principle here, a principle still valid for every priest of the Most High God. Those who have God for their treasure have all things in One. Many ordinary treasures may be denied them, or if they are allowed to have them, the enjoyment of them will be so tempered that they will never be necessary to their happiness. Or if they must see them go, one after one, they will scarcely feel a sense of loss, for having the source of all things they have in One all satisfaction, all pleasure, all delight. Whatever they may lose they have actually lost nothing, for they now have it all in One, and they have it purely, legitimately and forever. Prayer O God, I have tasted your goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want you; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made even thirstier. Show me your glory, I pray, that so I may know you indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, “Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.” Then give me grace to rise and follow you up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long. In Jesus’s name, Amen.

20 Raja – Royal title similar to “king” or “prince” used in South and Southeast Asia.