We Are Family...: What I am listening to.... (ZoeGIrl)

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 more thirsty still.
Show me Your glory, I pray,
so I may know You indeed.
Begin in mercy a new work of love within me…
Give me grace to rise
and follow You up from this misty lowland
where I have wandered so long.
In Jesus’ name. Amen.

A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

God Loves Us...

“God wins us,
not by shouting, beating us up, or starving us into submission,
but by asking for an invitation to enter.

We are loved into surrender.
The more we accept that he operates out of love for us, the more we will entrust ourselves to him.

Fénelon expresses this truth beautifully: "God is not a spy looking to surprise you. He is not an enemy lurking in the shadows to hurt you. God is your Father who loves you, and wants to help you if you will but trust in His goodness."

- Warren, Kay Dangerous Surrender: What Happens When You Say Yes to God