The glory of God always comes at the sacrifice of self.
Interpretation
True fulfillment comes from selflessness and devotion to a higher purpose.
This quote by Aiden Wilson Tozer emphasizes the idea that experiencing the divine or a greater sense of purpose often requires individuals to sacrifice their own desires and ego. It suggests that self-centered pursuits may hinder one's spiritual journey, and that true glory—whether related to God or a meaningful life—is found through selflessness and serving something greater than oneself.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the importance of self-sacrifice in faith.
Peace of heart that is won by refusing to bear the common yoke of human sympathy is a peace unworthy of a Christian. To seek tranquility by stopping our ears to the cries of human pain is to make ourselves not Christian but a kind of degenerate stoic having no relation either to stoicism or Christianity.
The average Christian is so cold and so contented with His wretched condition that there is no vacuum of desire into which the blessed Spirit can rush in satisfying fullness.
Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God's dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquility under every circumstance.
The church that can't worship must be entertained. And leaders who can't lead a church to worship must provide the entertainment.
Before the Christian Church goes into eclipse anywhere there must first be a corrupting of her simple basic theology. She simply gets a wrong answer to the question, ‘What is God like?’ and goes on from there. Though she may continue to cling to a sound nominal creed, her practical working creed has become false. The masses of her adherents come to believe that God is different from what He actually is; and that is heresy of the most insidious and deadly kind
People who are crucified with Christ have three distinct marks: 1. they are facing only one direction, 2. they can never turn back, and 3. they no longer have plans of their own.
Non-thinking is an act of annihilation, a wish to negate existence, an attempt to wipe out reality. But existence exists; reality is not to be wiped out, it will merely wipe out the wiper
Your true character Is most accurately measured by how you treat those who can do 'Nothing' for you
I don't think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.
Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.
We fill our lives with all sorts of things that make it easier for us to get along in the world: wheelchairs, crutches, grabber sticks, hearing aids, canes, guide dogs, modified vehicles, ramps, as well as other kinds of services and supports. Disability does not necessarily mean dependence on other people.
I embrace my rival, but only to strangle him.
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