The Pursuit of the Heart of God

From the epilogue of "The Pursuit of the Heart of God" by Rev Dr Abel Thomas:

"In the many countries that I have travelled in which are poor and disadvantaged, I find the Christians there vibrant, enthusiastic and zealous for God. They come to church faithfully, sitting for hours on a straw mat listening to the preacher. They give sacrificially out of their poverty. When they pray, they seem to take the roof off. When they are persecuted, they take it on the chin and rejoice. With minimal resources, they care for one another.

Somehow in our affluent societies, Christians are apathetic, indifferent. We only love to hear of success, material gain, achievement and so on. We don't like to hear of dying to self, taking up the cross, giving up our rights, sacrificing for His Cause.

I wrote this book out of my concerns for the Church. We have missed the plot. We need to get back to the basics. We need to hunger and thirst after righteousness. We need to think of eternal values. We need to pursue God's heart with all that lies within us..."