The Pursuit of God

I am reading Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, for the 4th time…it is just that good. This quote, at the beginning of chapter 6, catches my breath every time.

“O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need for further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want to want Thee, I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, so that I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, “Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.” Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.” ~ A.W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God

On into Chapter 6, Francis Chan has this line, that has ministered to me equally. In acknowledging our inability to love God completely and to even love Him at all…Chan says, “Our prayers for more love result in love, which naturally causes us to pray more, which results in more love…”

Have you found this to be true in your own life? The more you pray, the more you love Him? The more you love Him, the more you want to pray?