Tozer on the Holy Spirit Sample

Inward Blindness

I once read a book about the inner spiritual life by a man who was not a Christian at all. He was a sharp intellectual. He examined spiritual people from the outside, but nothing ever reached him. And that is possible! You cannot argue around this. You can read your Bible, and if you are honest, you will admit that it is either obedience or inward blindness. You can repeat Romans word for word and still be blind inwardly. You can quote all the Psalms and still be blind inwardly. You can know the doctrine of justification by faith and be blind inwardly. It is not the body of truth that enlightens; it is the Spirit of truth who enlightens. If you are willing to obey the Lord Jesus, He will illuminate your spirit. He will inwardly enlighten you. The truth you have known intellectually will now be known spiritually. Power will begin to flow up and out, and you will find yourself changed—marvelously changed.

Almighty God, forgive me the ways in which I have trusted in my own abilities and look to them as evidence of salvation. Enlighten me by Your Spirit that I may trust only in You. Amen.