Jesus promised his disciples that “the one who seeks finds” (Matthew 7:7). Why then, do many people seek God but struggle to experience his presence?
In many cases, this has a lot to do with it (from The Pursuit of God by A.W.Tozer):
When religion has said its last word, there is little that we need other than God Himself. The evil habit of seeking “God-and” effectively prevents us from finding God in full revelation. In the “and” lies our great woe. If we omit the “and”, we shall soon find God, and in Him we shall find that for which we have all our lives been secretly longing.
