A Devotion from A.W. Tozer

In post-biblical times many who were filled and possessed by the Spirit were by the

limitations of their literary gifts prevented from telling us much about Him. They had no gifts for

self-analysis but lived from within in uncritical simplicity.

To them the Spirit was One to be loved and fellowshiped the same as the Lord Jesus

Himself. They would have been lost completely in any metaphysical discussion of the nature of

the Spirit, but they had no trouble in claiming the power of the Spirit for holy living and fruitful

service.

This is as it should be.

Personal experience must always be first in real life.… Knowledge by acquaintance is always

better than mere knowledge by description, and the first does not presuppose the second nor

require it.

Happy is the man who will not allow himself to be diverted and distracted, but

having emptied and cleansed his heart, will stand waiting … for Christ to

descend, fill and ever remain as the glorious indweller of the soul.