Outside Reading - Melissa Marazzi

A. W. Tozer was a writer from the 50s and very a humble man. He never owned a car but preferred to use public transportation – this is simply a side note I found interesting about his life. He was a great author of many books, one of my favorites being the Pursuit of God. In his book, he talks about the necessity to be in continuous pursuit of God, as the title suggests. He writes, “faith is not a once-done act, but a continuous gaze at the heart of the Triune God.” I love the way he describes faith here because it implies a continual work that must be done. Faith is an unusual thing in that when it is present we are unaware of it, but when it is not we are fully conscious of our need for it. Tozer writes about this in his book and compares faith to the eye: constantly occupied with object of focus and never able to see itself. I love this description of faith because it reminds of of the humility that is needed to posses it; it is purely on the grace of God to grant a man more faith. It is also purely dependent on our own willingness to steer away from logic and towards God’s direction.