Reading for Reflection:

We tend to use God instead of seek Him. We want God to do our bidding more than we want Him. (When the Pieces Don’t Fit by Glaphre Gilliland)

When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking God-and effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the and lies our great woe. If we omit the and we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing. (The Pursuit of God by A.W. Tozer)