A generation of Christians reared among push buttons and automatic machines is impatient of slower and less direct methods of reaching their goals. We have been trying to apply machine-age methods to our relationship with God. We read our chapter, have our short devotions and rush away, hoping to make up for our deep inward bankruptcy by attending another gospel meeting or listening to another thrilling story told by a religious adventurer lately returned from afar.
The tragic result of this spirit are all about us: shallow lives, hollow religious philosophies, the preponderance of the element of fun in gospel meetings, the glorification of men, trust in religious externalities, quasi-religious fellowships, salesmanship methods, the mistaking of dynamic personality for the power of the Spirit. These and such as these are the symptoms of an evil disease, a deep and serious malady of the soul.
The Pursuit of God was published in 1949. If Tozer believed the problem to be that serious then, how much more so is it now, where technological distractions lead to shallow thinking and thus shallow living? (Yes, I stole that from Challies' chapel message yesterday. I admit it.)
So slow down. Unplug. Breath. Don't just "do your time for Jesus." Meditate, ruminate, and cultivate. ♪ Shut out the world and all it's distractions, all of it's noise and empty attractions. ♪
From the dust of the Rabbi,
~Nella Camille
P.S. I got to meet Challies on Tuesday night. :)
1 comments:
This is a bigger problem today than ever, but there is hope. I think we do just need to slow down sometimes and spend the time with God that we expect from our other relationships.
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