Breathless Adoration

"There is no God like thee ... which ... shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts" (2 Chronicles 6:14)

The theory [of impromptu service planning] is that if the meeting is unplanned the Holy Spirit will work freely, and that would be true if all the worshipers were reverent and Spirit-filled. But mostly there is neither order nor Spirit, just a routine prayer that is, except for minor variations, the same week after week, and a few songs that were never much to start with and have long ago lost all significance by meaningless repetition.

In the majority of our meetings there is scarcely a trace of reverent thought, no recognition of the unity of the body, little sense of the divine Presence, no moment of  stillness, no solemnity, no wonder, no holy fear.

The whole Christian family stands desperately in need of a restoration of penitence, humility and tears. May God send them soon.

we would do well to follow our old-fashioned forbears who knew what it was to kneel in breathless, wondering adoration in the presence of God.

~A. W. Tozer~

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The Holy Spirit in Creation

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness" (Genesis 1:26)

God is creative. He has not relinquished His place as Creator, even though the specific work of forming the first heaven and earth has long been completed.

The Holy Spirit as one of the blessed Godhead is also creative. He is forever bringing new things into being, forever giving out and setting in motion, forever making "all things new." Wherever He is at work, the effects will be creative rather than conservative, though we should know that He also conserves whatever He creates. To create and not conserve would be to waste the creative act. But the whole psychology of the Spirit is toward the creation of new things rather than toward the cautious preservation of what has been created.

It should be said that the Holy Spirit always creates in accord with His character as very God of very God. He stamps whatever He does the the mark of eternity. It has upon it the quality of everlastingness - the dignity and holiness of the Deity set it apart.

Christ makes the difference between death and life, always and everywhere. He is the Prince of Life, and whatever He touches lives.

~A. W. Tozer~