Short answer: After finishing The Pursuit of God, ask questions that test understanding, expose unfinished surrender, identify visible obedience, and choose what should continue. A strong final review should move beyond favorite quotations and produce a small number of specific practices that can be revisited over the next ninety days.
First, prove that you understood the book rather than merely finished it
- 1. If I had one minute, how would I explain the book’s central message without quoting Tozer?
- 2. Which chapter’s argument can I explain most clearly? Which chapter do I still not understand?
- 3. Which biblical passage became more important to me because of the book?
- 4. Where did I confuse Tozer’s metaphor with a biblical doctrine that needed more careful definition?
Then identify where the book pressed against resistance
- 5. Which chapter made me most defensive, uncomfortable, or eager to move on?
- 6. What gift, role, plan, relationship, reputation, or form of control am I most afraid to hold under God’s authority?
- 7. Which expression of the self-life—pride, self-protection, comparison, pretense, or the need for recognition—became easier to see?
- 8. Is there a clear act of obedience I have delayed while continuing to read and reflect?
Look for fruit that another person could actually observe
- 9. Has my prayer become more honest or more dependent?
- 10. Has the way I handle ordinary work, interruptions, money, criticism, or relationships changed?
- 11. Have I repaired any relationship, confessed any sin, or released any demand for control?
- 12. If someone close to me were asked what changed while I read this book, what evidence could that person name?
Decide what not to carry forward
Not every reading practice needs to become permanent. A final review should also simplify.
- 13. Which temporary exercise helped me, and which one became mechanical?
- 14. Which Tozer statement do I need to keep testing or studying rather than repeating confidently?
- 15. What one practice would be most faithful to continue for the next ninety days?
Build a one-page 90-day continuation plan
Keep the plan small enough to review. Use five lines:
- Truth: one biblical truth I need to keep before me.
- Practice: one repeatable habit tied to that truth.
- Obedience: one unfinished action with a clear next step.
- Relationship: one person who should experience the fruit of this change.
- Review: one date and one trusted believer with whom I will evaluate progress.
Use 30, 60, and 90 days differently
At 30 days, check consistency: Did the practice actually enter normal life? At 60 days, check fruit: Is it affecting speech, relationships, work, prayer, or decision-making? At 90 days, decide whether to keep, revise, or retire the practice.
This protects the review from becoming another burst of enthusiasm with no follow-through.
Do not turn the final review into spiritual scorekeeping
A review is meant to expose where grace should produce response, not to create a private ranking system. Some changes are slow. Some seasons involve grief, illness, caregiving, fatigue, or unusual pressure. Faithfulness may look modest but real.
The right question is not “Did I become impressive?” but “Where am I now more truthful, dependent, obedient, loving, and God-centered than when I began?”
How this differs from the study guide
The Pursuit of God Study Guide helps readers work through the book chapter by chapter. This page begins after the final chapter: it owns the debrief, consolidation, and next-90-days decision.
If Scripture memory became one of the practices you want to continue, the ten-week Scripture memory plan offers a book-specific option.
Let pursuit become a pathway rather than an ending
Finishing the book is not the destination. The larger Christian movement is from awakened pursuit toward abiding in Christ, fruitfulness, faithful responsibility at home, mission, and helping other people follow Jesus.
When your next question is how to remain in Christ rather than merely how to keep studying Tozer, continue to Kingdom Pathway 2 — Abide in Me.