The Pursuit of God

Chapter 3: Removing the Veil

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Discussion Questions

This chapter begins with Augustine’s famous prayer to God: “You have formed us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find rest

in you.” What do you see as the chronic practices and distractions that keep people in society, and sometimes even in the church, spiritually restless and unfulfilled? A veil hides things, obstructs clear views, and becomes an obstacle against access. Based on this chapter, describe the spiritual “veil” that gets in the way of our ability to see God and to commune directly with him.

Self-love and self-interest are deeply seated human instincts, and they are not easily overcome. They cannot simply be suppressed;

they must be replaced by something superior and more satisfying. To what does Tozer point us as an alternative focus for our affections?

Each day brings a series of opportunities to “die” to ourselves, and to the self-love instinct that still surges up within us. How can we embrace

this principle of taking up our cross daily, while at the same time maintaining a deep and transforming awareness of how much God values us, and of the intrinsic worth we have in his eyes?

On the positive side, what practices and disciplines can we intentionally adopt in order to deepen and grow our ability to delight in

God’s own self in self-forgetful freedom?