Shalom! When you have real thirst, hunger and desire for anything, that's when there'll be a pursuit for that thing. The reason is that true thirst, hunger and desire will never take 'No' for an answer. Give a man who is thirsty for water something else and he will still be looking for water.
David said, "O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary" (Psalm 63:1-2). He was thirsty for God's power and glory.
Haven't you wondered why not many of Israel's kings had fire coming down from heaven upon their sacrifices to God? It wasn't something peculiar to Prophet Elijah. David and Solomon had heaven honoring their sacrifices.
Relationship with God and obedience to His Word were the keys. They had the heart that sought after God and to know Him. They were well distinguished from other kings because they loved God and were quite close to Him.
How about you, what's your relationship with God like? Your relationship with God could be the difference between great things happening in your life and leading an ordinary kind of life.
Most other Israeli kings were only ceremonial kings - mere figureheads which had no sparkle between them and God.
David said, "One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in his temple ... " (Psalm 27: 4).
How is it with you - what's your life pursuit about?
Till next posting, God bless.
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