The Pursuit with A. W. Tozer
God Himself Is the Gift
“Deep within all divine blessing is the Divine One Himself dwelling as in a sanctuary.”
A.W. Tozer (From Heaven, p. 122)
God’s gifts are many; His best gift is one. It is the gift of Himself. Above all gifts, God desires most to give Himself to His people. Our nature being what it is, we are the best fitted of all creatures to know and enjoy God. “For Thou madest us for Thyself, and our heart is restless, until it repose in Thee” (from The Confessions of St. Augustine).
When God told Aaron, “Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel” (Numbers 18:20), He in fact promised a portion infinitely above all the real estate in Palestine and all the earth thrown in. To possess God—this is the inheritance ultimate and supreme.
There is a sense in which God never gives any gift except He gives Himself with it. The love of God, what is it but God giving Himself in love?
The mercy of God is but giving Himself in mercy, and so with all other blessings and benefits so freely showered upon the children of atonement. Deep within all divine blessing is the Divine One Himself dwelling as in a sanctuary.
Excerpted from From Heaven by A.W. Tozer, p. 121-122.
Have you been praying and asking God for something or some outcome to a particular situation? Thank Him for the gift of Himself, even if He hasn’t yet answered your prayers the way you hoped.