# The Pursuit of God — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/epigraph.md): The chapter presents a single verse from Hosea 6:3, emphasizing the promise of knowing the Lord through persistent pursuit, with His coming as certain as the morning.
- [The Pursuit of God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/the-pursuit-of-god.md): This chapter introduces the central theme of the soul's deep longing and active pursuit of God, initiated by God Himself. It contrasts the shallow religiosity of the age with a true, inward hunger for the Divine, calling
- [I: Following Hard After God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/i-following-hard-after-god.md): The chapter emphasizes the necessity of a deep, personal pursuit of God, initiated by God's prevenient grace. It critiques shallow religion and complacency, urging believers to seek God with intense desire, simplicity, a
- [II: The Blessedness of Possessing Nothing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/ii-the-blessedness-of-possessing-nothing.md): This chapter explores the spiritual discipline of renunciation, using Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac as the central illustration. It argues that true blessedness comes from possessing nothing externally while h
- [III: Removing the Veil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/iii-removing-the-veil.md): This chapter explores the concept of the veil that separates humanity from the manifest presence of God, identifying it as the self-life—composed of self-righteousness, self-pity, self-confidence, and similar sins. Tozer

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- [IV: Apprehending God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/iv-apprehending-god.md)
- [V: The Universal Presence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/v-the-universal-presence.md)
- [VI: The Speaking Voice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/vi-the-speaking-voice.md)
- [VII: The Gaze of the Soul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/vii-the-gaze-of-the-soul.md)
- [Restoring the Creator-Creature Relation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/viii-restoring-the-creator-creature-relation.md)
- [IX: Meekness and Rest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/ix-meekness-and-rest.md)
- [X: The Sacrament of Living](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/x-the-sacrament-of-living.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pursuit_of_god_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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