TOZER DEVOTIONAL

TOZER DEVOTIONAL
Wed, March 01, 2017
Distractions! Distractions! Distractions!!
And what is the devotional mood? It is nothing else than constant awareness of God's enfolding presence, the holding of inward conversations with Christ and private worship of God in spirit and in truth. Public worship embraces the community of believers and is genuine only as the individuals who compose the company assemble in the mood of reverent devotion. Anything short of this is sheer formality and must surely be unacceptable to God.

Among the enemies to devotion none is so harmful as distractions. Whatever excites the curiosity, scatters the thoughts, disquiets the heart, absorbs the interests or shifts our life focus from the kingdom of God within us to the world around us--that is a distraction; and the world is full of them. Our science-based civilization has given us many benefits but it has multiplied our distractions and so taken away far more than it has given.

One thing is certain, however: we cannot turn the clock back to quieter times, neither can we hide from the persistent clamor of the 20th century. We must learn to live in such a world as this and be victorious over it.

Verse
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope.
Psalm 130:5

Thought
The telephone, e-mail and internet, TV, books and magazines, other people, things to do and the swirling mind. We are mired in the midst of distractions! But despite it all and in it all, God is there and with Him we can engage in heart communication.

Prayer
Despite those endless distractions You are there, Lord, You are there. And with You I may walk and talk and listen. Thank You!