Seeking Hearts

2 Chronicles 11:16
Those from every tribe of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD, the God of Israel, followed the Levites to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Only two chapters later, the glory of Solomon is over, and Israel the nation isn't even what it was. Rehoboam, Solomon's son, is king, and his accomplishments are those of a king at war. He fortifies cities, he sends his sons throughout the land to watch his back.

Because only Judah, his own tribe, and Benjamin stayed with him. He had one more tribe, though: the Levites. Rehoboam had Jerusalem, and he had the worship of the true God, and the priest-tribe left anything and everything to stay on the side of their God. Not only that, others came from all over Israel, from every tribe, their hearts set on seeking the Lord.

I love this. I'm not sure I ever really took it in. For some, True God was more important than tribe, and tribe was very, very important. Yahweh was more important than land.

God, be all to me, more important than anything.