Was Tozer right?

A.W.Tozer said "What comes to mind when we think about God is the most important thing about us....We tend by a secret law of the soul to move toward our mental image of God." (From The Knowledge of the Holy).

This morning I am thinking that

beyond what I think of God

maybe what is really important

is what HE is thinking

of me and of the people I just prayed for.

Maybe it doesn't matter what I think, or they think, if that thinking about God is uninformed, rebellious or willfully defiant of Him.

What if we don't care at all about what He thinks? Does that change how God thinks about us? Or does He remain completely holy, completely against sinful behavior and completely concerned about whether we will reconcile with Him today or not?

Today a number of people will find out what God has been thinking about them because they will pass from this earth into eternity and they will face Him. Most of the people I know and love will get through this day without that happening, but I am wondering how I should really be praying for them.

I want them to care about this issue of what God thinks about them.

I want to pray about the things God is actually concerned about for them.

If their mental image of God is that He is removed and unconcerned, or unable to deal with the issues of their lives, they are moving toward a bleak and unhappy spiritual life. I want them to move toward Him and discover His power and love and deep, deep concern for them. That is what I will pray for.

I know that God never stops thinking about us--all of us. His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. It is more important to know what He thinks that what we think.