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La Búsqueda De Dios: Un Clásico Libro Devocional
La Búsqueda De Dios: Un Clásico Libro Devocional
La Búsqueda De Dios: Un Clásico Libro Devocional
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Durante un viaje en tren desde Chicago a Texas a fines de la década de 1940, A.W. Tozer empezó a escribir La Búsqueda De Dios. Escribió durante toda la noche, las palabras surgiendo a su mente al ritmo que las podía apuntar. Cuando el tren llegó a McAllen, el borrador estaba terminado.

A pesar de haber sido escrito en tan poco tiempo, la profundidad, claridad e integridad del mensaje de A.W. Tozer han hecho que La Búsqueda De Dios sea un libro favorito hasta presente. Más de 1.5 millones de ejemplares han sido impresos en 20 idiomas.

Prepárese para una experiencia de profundo significado y deleite.

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Tozer's bestseller, this book has been called "one of the all-time most inspirational books" by a panel of Christian magazine writers.

Sometimes the voices that speak most clearly in the present are those that echo from the past. So it is in this Christian classic by the late pastor and evangelist A. W. Tozer.

Tozer brings the mystics to bear on modern spirituality, grieving the hustle and bustle and calling for a slow, steady gaze upon God. With prophetic vigor and flowing prose, he urges us to replace low thoughts of God with lofty ones, to quiet our lives so we can know God’s presence. He reminds us that life apart from God is really no life at all.

Tozer writes from his knees, a posture fit for presenting the character of God in all its demanding grandeur. "Arise, O sleeper!" is his word to us, and yet if we heed the call, we will see that to arise is not to stand, but to kneel before the God of heaven in humble contemplation. To pursue God is to know Him, and in our knowing be drawn in.

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La Búsqueda De Dios: Un Clásico Libro Devocional
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A. W. Tozer

The late Dr. A. W. Tozer was well known in evangelical circles both for his long and fruitful editorship of the Alliance Witness as well as his pastorate of one of the largest Alliance churches in the Chicago area. He came to be known as the Prophet of Today because of his penetrating books on the deeper spiritual life.

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I listened to the audio version narrated by Grover Gardner. There is an introduction that tells about A.W. Tozer. It seems he was a mystic and I gathered that from some of what he says in the book. He writes from a 1948 Christian awareness of how to speak about God. He speaks only of Christians and Christianity. I could imagine today that he might be more like Merton having a dialog with the Dalai Lama, but that is not what is to be found in this book. What I particularly liked was his emphasis on an experience of God and not a reliance on dogma, Bible, prayer, or ministry to others. He applauds those things, but he sees the basis of it all as an experience of God. He does not attempt to give us an idea of what his experience of God is. I got the impression that he leaves that to each person to find out and not just once, but to continually be open to that experience. It sounds like Tozer's environment was one of a society where almost everyone was a professed Christian. He is speaking to them and trying to draw them into actually experiencing more. His way into that seems to be to truly desire it. I don't remember a lot of dos and don'ts in the book.
  • Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
    2/5
    Notes for a longer review: - Underwhelming.- Very much the "christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship" kind of approach. Touchy-feely, big on the Heart and Personal Revelation, but not so much on rigorous thinking and epistemology. Opinions, subjective truths, tries to avoid saying things that can be pinned down and considered carefully. The goal is not to present a coherent system of thought/belief, but to bemoan the loss of True Christianity, of the Simpler Days, of the easy black-and-white worldviews. - disparages both sceptics and theologians, those who have a more intellectual approach to the christian faith than the emotional one Tozer favours- reason, thinking, etc. can be discarded in favour of emotions, gut-feeling and personal revelation. - the vast majority of christians are Doing It Rong. But not Tozer. He's Doing It Rite. - promotes self-mortification, denying the self. Only valid if you agree with the presupposition that anything that doesn't serve god is ipso facto selfish and sinful. If I agreed with that, I'd already be a christian- In favour of things that feel poetically true, can be formulated in rhetorically satisfactory ways (echoing new testament verbiage), as opposed to things that can be demonstrated to be true. - when Tozer briefly chooses to acknowledge the conflicts between scientific accounts and his religious preferences, he throws an Argument from Ignorance and other fallacies at us (e.g. false equivalence) and considers that a Job Well Done.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    The stark beauty of this author's words leave me breathless every time I sit down with this book. Each journey through it's pages shows me something new, some bit that helps me focus my own heart and mind just a little more sharply. Not a book I'd ever loan out, but one I DO highly recommend.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A excellent devotional. It realy touches the heart and brings you to your knees.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Another of the great Christian books. Read and pray.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Author is self-taught, associated with Christian Missionary Alliance, with honorary degree from Wheaton, and 60 republications of articles and sermons into books. Tozer provided a thorough explanation about God's universal presence, and he stated that God offers His love to all His children. The degree of our fellowship with God relies on us, which is why we cannot say that He is too preoccupied to give us His time. Instead, our Heavenly Father pursues us to be with Him. Yet, only a few respond to God's call to build a personal relationship with our Creator.Interestingly, in 1963, Tozer documents the fact that few Americans were practicing Christianity. Few. Very few. I appreciate his self-taught voice from the study of a wide variety of "scriptural" sources (not sectarian), preaching the idea that God is pursuing us--all of us--out of love, and in spite of our Sins. Tozer puts the trumpet to his lips warning against greed, selfishness, fraud and materialism. He is a prophet of "spiritual" richness, ecumenically drawing from all spiritual traditions. Tozer does not deal with theodicy or nature, and treats "God" as a metaphor Creator.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    One of the modern classics in Christian literature by a man who does not mince his words in condemnation of the state of the Christian church today. A.W. Tozer says,"Every age has its own characteristics. Right now we are in an age of religious complexity. The simplicity which is in Christ is rarely found among us. In its stead are programs, methods, organizations and a world of nervous activities which occupy time and attention but can never satisfy the longing of the heart. The shallowness of our inner experience, the hollowness of our worship and that servile imitation of the world which marks our promotional methods all testify that we, in this day, know God only imperfectly, and the peace of God scarcely at all." With this declaration A.W. Tozer reaches out to the majority of American Christians today who are satisfied with a lukewarm brand of religion while experiencing none of the joy that comes from the pursuit of God.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Easily the best book I have read this year (2007). Tozer attempts to ignite a passion in Christians to pursue knowing God. One of the prayers in the book captures the theme, "O God, I have tasted Thy 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 Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed." [20] Should be mandatory reading for every follower of Jesus, especially who are feeling like their faith has become ritualistic.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    I recognized the name A. W. Tozer, because he is so often quoted by Christian writers. The pursuit of God is a devotional book, and you know, all devotional writers say the same things. I'll let you be the judge. Here are some quotes from The Pursuit of God: "Sins are not something we do, they are something we are. "Let us remember: when we talk of the rending of the veil, we are speaking in a figure, and the thought of it is almost poetical, almost pleasant; but in actuality there is nothing pleasant about it. In human experience that veil is made of living spiritual tissue...and to touch it is to touch us where we feel pain. It is never fun to die. Yet that is what the cross did to Jesus and it is what the cross would do to every man to set him free. Let us beware of tinkering with our inner life in hope ourselves to rend the veil. God must do everything for us. "Ten million intelligences standing at as many points in space...can each say with equal truth, God is here. No point is nearer to God than any other point. Jacob, 'in the waste howling wilderness'...cried out in wonder.'Surely God is in this place and I knew it not.'" "God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and divine sovereignty. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints. "In the beginning He spoke to nothing, and it became something. "Faith is the least self-regarding of the virtues. It is by its very nature scarcely conscious of its own existence. While we are looking to God we do not see ourselves~ blessed riddance."
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A book that should be read multiple times to get the most out of it. Tozer expresses the way to God.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    God is in pursuit of you.

    "The Pursuit of God" is the enduring Christian classic by renowned pastor and theologian A.W. Tozer. More than 65 years later, the words Tozer penned on a train from Illinois to Texas echo across the decades to resonate with power in the heart of anyone longing for a deeper experience with God.

    This devotional masterpiece is at once thought-provoking and spirit-enlivening, an invitation to think deeply about your faith even as you come alive to God's presence surrounding, sustaining and pursuing you. "This book is a modest attempt," Tozer wrote, "to aid God's hungry children so to find Him." If you are hungry, "The Pursuit of God" will lead you to the only One who can satisfy the soul.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Tozer's call to a life drenched in Christ is one of the best there is. You can clearly see his passion and love in every line. It is a call back to pure Scripture and love, not tricks and power of will. The book is worthwhile to new Christians for an idea of the promises of what is to come, and also old Christians who simply want to meditate on the wonders of God.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Me gustó mucho, es un muy buen libro, ya había leído un poco de AWT , y escribe con sencillez y al corazón, me motivo a buscar y experimentar a Dios , porque Dios está vivo e interesado en mi
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    De la forma mas sencilla y hermosa este autor nos enseña a tener una relación real con Dios
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Excelente aportación devocional que nos recuerda lo que hemos dejado de practicar.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    TODA LA HONRA Y GLORIA PARA NUESTRO AMADO SEÑOR JESUS
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A.W. Tozer’s The Pursuit of God is a spiritual classic that deserves to be read repeatedly. Tozer’s writing reflects the fire and vitality found in his recorded sermons, a fire and vitality that come from a life that is God-ward in its orientation.In ten shorts chapters Tozer distills the biblical truths surrounding our lifelong pursuit of God as believers. In these chapters Tozer speaks to realities that were and are distant realities in American evangelicalism. As Tozer states, “We are overrun today with orthodox scribes, but the prophets, where are they? The hard voice of the scribe sounds over evangelicalism, but the church waits for the tender voice of the saint who has penetrated the veil and has gazed with inward eye upon the wonder that is God (p. 49).” Tozer’s observations about evangelicalism are still true today, reading it one would think Tozer was writing about the current state of Christianity in America rather than the late 1940s.Tozer was one of the spiritual giants of his day and had an insight into the spiritual conditions of the church. Of his published works this might be one of the most important in my opinion. I have listened to Tozer’s recorded sermons since my college days and have always found him to have a balance and insight that makes him worth listening to and reading. Tozer’s hope for the Church in writing this book is that it would awaken it from the slumber which is so evident. Read Tozer and you will see the heart of one who has penetrated the veil in his pursuit of God.Disclosure: I received a copy of the book from the publisher for the purpose of reviewing it. The opinions I have expressed are my own, and I was not required to write a positive review.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    “O taste and see that the Lord is good.”This book was given to me by a friend, and I was immediately drawn to the title. I feel like much of my life is a pursuit of God. But the theme wasn’t quite what I expected.The author assumes that, in our pursuit of God, we have already found him, and discovered him to be a person–a person who thinks, wills, enjoys, feels, loves, desires and suffers like all of us. But having found God, we are in danger of falling into the trap of thinking we need no longer seek him.Tozer points out that for millions of Christians, God is no more real than he is to the non-Christian. They do not know him personally, but go through life trying to love an ideal. The book reads like a sermon trying to bring us back to Jesus.So while there were many parts that I could no longer connect with, having outgrown a conservative belief system, it nevertheless appealed to me. It appealed because it put me effortlessly back in a comfort zone. I felt like I was back in church. Tozer’s “sermon” is mesmerizing, hypnotizing, intoxicating, just as good religion should be. Or, if you’re not so fond of church, it will lull you to sleep.Create Space, © 2013, 76 pagesISBN: 978-1484076439
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Title: The Pursuit of God (Updated Edition)Author: A. W. TozerPages: 128Year: 2015Publisher: Aneko PressMy rating is 5 stars out of 5.When I read the title and author, I was drawn back in my mind to the day I married my husband in a church. It was the very church where Tozer preached to people. There are other writings of Tozer that are also rich in teaching and if possible read about Tozer’s life. Tozer was a man who sought hard after God and in this book he challenges all to live a life fully and completely for God.Some of the chapter themes were convicting as I read and realized God was speaking to my heart about where He is working. Other times I was challenged in my thoughts or comforted emotionally. There is always room for the believer to grow in becoming more Christ like and this book is one where words of exhortation are delivered without apology. Prayers are given to aid the person in asking for the Lord’s help, hand or voice.Nothing replaces the Bible; however, there are authors who have written what God has laid on their heart to share with others in the hopes of drawing them near to Him. Tozer is one such author. The book was originally published in 1948 and some of the problems that we see in the Body needing to be addressed are addressed by the author. Draw near to the heart of the author as he points the reader to the heart and mind of our God!Disclosure of Material Connection: I received one or more of the products or services mentioned above for free in the hope that I would mention it on my blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I use personally and believe will be good for my readers. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255. “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Book Review (#9 of 2011)
    The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer (free PDF). This book is shorter than a Kindle Single, but I will call it a "book" anyway. I was using it as part of a discipleship time with a younger guy who is going overseas this summer. I treated each chapter/essay as sort of a daily devotional and found it very convicting, uplifting, and humbling. (I used GoodReader on the iPad for this as it gives you plenty of options for note-taking, highlighting, etc.).

    Tozer is a pastor writing in the 1940s. He applauds the church's return to Scripture but bemoans the unintended side-effects:

    "Thanks to our splendid Bible societies and to other effective agencies for the dissemination of the Word, there are today many millions of people who hold 'right opinions,' probably more than ever before in the history of the Church. Yet I wonder if there was ever a time when true spiritual worship was at a lower ebb. To great sections of the Church the art of worship has been lost entirely, and in its place has come that strange and foreign thing called the “program.” This word has been borrowed from the stage and applied with sad wisdom to the type of public service which now passes for worship among us."


    Worship and Spirit-filled living are more than preaching and learning, it's about seeking God in all we do:

    "How tragic that we in this dark day have had our seeking done for us by our teachers. Everything is made to center upon the initial act of “accepting” Christ (a term, incidentally, which is not found in the Bible) and we are not expected thereafter to crave any further revelation of God to our souls. We have been snared in the coils of a spurious logic whcih insists that if we have found Him we need no more seek Him."

    Tozer's words on humility, meekness, holding possessions loosely, and emphasizing the emotional aspects of worship (as opposed to purely mental) were very timely for me. He closes each chapter with a very tough prayer. For example:

    "Be Thou exalted over my reputation. Make me ambitious to please Thee even if as a result I must sink into obscurity and my name be forgotten as a dream."



    His closing chapter is based on 1 Corinthians 10:31 and is aimed at the false dichotomy of secular and sacred. This is a very key point for those involved in a "business as missions" mindset. Whatever we do, wherever we work, whatever task we're assigned, we can worship as we do it. Work is worship. Some jobs are not as important as others, and we're not all equals in the tasks, but all jobs (and meals, and commutes, and diaper changes, and breaths, etc.) can be worship. I love how Tozer puts it:

    "Paul's sewing of tents was not equal to his writing an Epistle to the Romans, but both were accepted of God and both were true acts of worship. Certainly it is more important to lead a soul to Christ than to plant a garden, but the planting of the garden can be as holy an act as the winning of a soul."

    The “layman” need never think of his humbler task as being inferior to that of his minister. Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry.


    His closing prayer:

    "I want to live so fully in the Spirit that all my thought may be as sweet incense ascending to Thee and every act of my life may be an act of worship."


    5 stars out of 5.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Excelente libro me enseño muchas cosas que necesitaba solo en algunos capítulos se pone un poco denso
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Muchas gracias a Tozer y a acribad. En más de un capítulo he sentido que me hablaba directamente a mi, diciéndome que debo hacer.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Maravilloso, me ha cambiado el concepto y mi percepción de un Dios real y vivo.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    This was one of those books that makes me hunger and thirst for more of God. I read it after reading "50 Characters Every Christian Should Know". The content was outstanding and prayer provoking. I would strongly recommend to a first time reader to acquire a printed version. The EBook allowed me the ability to save snippets and quotes and I have saved many. However, the source I acquired it from apparently made a dozen or more word errors in the OCR process. This at first appeared to me to be a manuscript error but as I reached the very last page it became obvious to me that it was a publication copy error. How can I complain when it was offered to me at no charge by the publisher,However, it gets to you. I pray that the Holy Spirit will speak to you through it as abundantly as he does to me.

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Perhaps the best book of its genre that I have ever read! If you are a Believer, Tozar cuts to the chase as to the what, why, and how of your relationship with God. This book is not a one-time read, but instead should be treated and read at least monthly as a foundational reminder and how-to of the beauty of a personal relationship with God. Warning: This book will change your life!

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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Palabras me faltaran para describir lo que siento en relación a este libro. Simplemente maravilloso.

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La Búsqueda De Dios - A. W. Tozer

Vida

Introducción

He aquí un estudio magistral de la vida interior, escrito por un corazón sediento de Dios, ansioso de alcanzar por lo menos los linderos de sus caminos, y conocer lo profundo de su amor por los pecadores y las alturas de su majestad. ¡Y todo esto escrito por un atareado pastor de la ciudad de Chicago!

¿Quién puede imaginar a David escribiendo el salmo veintitrés en una ruidosa oficina comercial, o a un místico de la edad media hallando inspiratión en el segundo piso de una casa de vecindario en una atestada ciudad moderna? 

Donde se cruzan las sendas de la vida

y hay gritos de razas y de clanes

en antros de vicio y de miseria

donde las sombras están llenas de terrores

y se ocultan la lujuria y la avidez.

Como lo dice el doctor Frank Mason North en su inmortal poema, lo expresa también el señor Tozer en este libro:

Por encima de riidos y egoismos

Hijo del hombre, oimos tu voz.

Mi conocimiento del autor de este libro se reduce a unas cuantas visitas que hice a su iglesia, donde compartí con él preciosos momentos de compañerismo. Allí descubrí a todo un autodidacta, un lector apasionado con una estupenda biblioteca de obras clásicas y devocionales, un hombre que pasaba las noches en su búsqueda de Dios. Su libro es el resultado de mucha meditación y mucha oración. No es una colección de sermones. Nada tiene que ver con el púlpito o las bancas de la iglesia. Se dirige a las almas sedientas de Dios. Todos sus capítulos podrían resumirse en el clamor de Moisés, ¡Muéstrame tu gloria! o en la exclamación de Pablo, ¡Oh, profundidad de las riquezas de la sabiduría y de la ciencia de Dios! Esta es teología del corazón, no de la cabeza.

Hay en él profundidad de visión, sobriedad de estilo, y una universalidad refrescante. El autor hace pocas citas, pero está familiarizado con los santos y místicos de todos los siglos—Agustín, Nicolás de Cusa, Tomás de Kempis, von Hugel, Finney, Wesley, y muchos más. Sus diez capítulos llegan hasta el alma, y las oraciones que hay al final de cada uno son para la cámara secreta, no para el púlpito. Mientras los leía he sentido realmente la presencia de Dios.

He aquí un libro para cada pastor, misionero o cristiano devoto. Trata de las cosas profundas de Dios y las riquezas de su gracia. Sobre todo, lleva el sello de la sinceridad y la humildad.

Samuel M.

Zwemer

Nueva York 

Prefacio

En esta hora de casi total oscuridad se vislumbra un destello alentador: dentro del cristianismo conservador cada día son más los que están sintiendo un anhelo creciente de encontrarse con Dios. Almas que desean conocer las realidades espirituales, y no se contentan con meras interpretaciones de la Palabra de Dios. Los que tienen verdadera sed de Dios no se contentan hasta que no beben de la fuente de Agua Viva.

Esta genuina sed y hambre de Dios es el único precursor de avivamientos en el mundo religioso. Esta sed podrá ser al principio una nube del tamaño de una mano, que atisban unos pocos santos por aquí y por allá, pero puede ser el retorno a la vida de muchas gentes y la recuperación del esplendor que debe acompañar siempre a la fe en Cristo, y que parece haber desaparecido de las iglesias de hoy en día.

Nuestros dirigentes religiosos deben reconocer este ardiente deseo. El evangelismo de hoy en día parece haber levantado el altar y dividido el sacrificio en trozos, sin percatarse, quizá, que no hay fuego en la cumbre del monte Carmelo. Pero gracias a Dios porque hay algunos que se preocupan por ello. Son los que aman el altar, y se deleitan en el sacrificio, y no están conformes porque aún no ven descender el fuego. Lo que desean, por sobre todas las cosas, es la presencia de Dios. Más que ninguna otra cosa desean gustar de la penetrante dulzura del amor de Cristo, del cual escribieron los profetas y cantaron los salmistas.

No hay falta hoy en día de buenos maestros bíblicos que enseñan correctamente la doctrina de Cristo, pero muchos de ellos parecen contentarse, año tras año con enseñar los fundamentos de la fe, sin advertir que en su ministerio hay falta de la Presencia, ni nada en sus propias vidas que sea extraordinario o sobrenatural. Ejercen su ministerio entre creyentes espirituales, anhelantes de experiencias que ellos no pueden satisfacer.

Lo digo con amor, pero en nuestros púlpitos falta calidad espiritual. Nuestros tiempos son semejantes a los de Milton, que le hicieron exclamar, Las ovejas hambrientas miran interrogantes, pero nadie las alimenta. Es algo patético, y lamentable, ver a los hijos de Dios sentados a la mesa del Padre y desfalleciendo de hambre. Se confirma la sentencia de Wesley, La ortodoxia o correcta opinion, es, después de todo, parte muy endeble de la religión. Si bien es cierto que nadie puede tener buen carácter sin tener buenas opiniones, es posible tener buenas opiniones sin tener buen carácter. Se pueden tener excelentes opiniones acerca de Dios sin que ello signifique que se lo ama o se desee servirle. Satanas es una prueba de ello.

Gracias a la notable difusión de la Biblia que se ve hoy en día mucha gente tiene correctas opiniones, quizá más que nunca antes en la historia. Sin embargo me pregunto si hubo alguna vez un tiempo en que la temperatura espiritual estuvo en un grado tan bajo. En grandes sectores de la iglesia se ha perdido el arte de la verdadera adoración, y en su lugar han puesto una cosa extraña y espuria llamada programa. Esta palabra ha salido del teatro y el circo, y se la aplica lamentablemente al tipo de servicios que hoy pasan por adoración.

La exposición sana y correcta de la Biblia es imperativa en la iglesia del Dios vivo. Sin ella ninguna iglesia puede ser una iglesia neotestamentaria en el estricto sentido del término. Pero dicha exposición puede hacerse de manera tal que deje a los oyentes vacíos de verdadero alimento espiritual. Las almas no se alimentan solo de palabras, sino con Dios mismo, y mientras los creyentes no encuentren a Dios en una experiencia personal, las verdades que escuchen no les harán ningún bien. Leer y enseñar la Biblia no es un fin en sí mismo, sino el medio para que lleguemos a conocer a Dios, y que podamos deleitarnos con su presencia y gustemos cuan dulce y grato es sentirle en el corazón.

Este libro es un modesto intento para ayudar a los hijos de Dios a encontrarle a El. Nada nuevo hay en lo que decimos, excepto que describo mi propio hallazgo de verdades espirituales que han llegado a ser muy preciosas para mí. Otros han avanzado mucho más que yo en estos sagrados misterios. Pero aunque mi fuego no es grande, no por eso deja de ser real y verdadero. Pueda ser que algunos logren encender sus velas con el fuego de mi lumbre.

                                              A. W. Tozer

                                                   Chicago. E. U. A.

                                                   Junio 16 de 1948

Capítulo I.

Sigamos Ardorosamente en Pos de Dios

Mi alma sigue ardorosa en pos de ti; tu diestra me ha sostenido. Salmos 63:8 V.M.

La teología cristiana enseña la gracia preveniente, que, dicho brevemente, significa que el hombre, antes que busque a Dios, Dios está buscándole.

Antes que el hombre pueda pensar bien acerca de Dios, debe haber en él una iluminación interior. Esta puede ser imperfecta, sin embargo, el hecho existe y es la causa de todos los anhelos, búsquedas y oraciones subsiguientes.

Buscamos a Dios porque él ha puesto en nosotros deseos de dar con él. Nadie puede venir a mi—dijo el Señor Jesús—si mi padre celestial no le trajere. Y es esa atracción de Dios lo que nos quita todo vestigio de merito por haber acudido a él. El impulso de salir en busca de Dios emana del propio Dios, pero el resultado de dicho impulso es que sigamos ardorosamente en pos de él. Y mientras andamos en pos de él, estamos en sus manos. Tu diestra me ha sostenido Salmos 63:8 V.M.

En este sostén divino, y seguimiento humano no hay contradicción alguna, porque como dice von Hugel, Dios es siempre previo. Pero en la práctica (esto es, cuando el hombre responde a la obra de Dios) el hombre debe salir en busca de Dios. Debe haber de nuestra parte una respuesta recíproca a la atracción de Dios, si queremos disfrutar de

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