Longing After God (quote by A.W. Tozer)

_"Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for the long seeking."

Tozer, A. W. (2001). Tozer on Christian leadership : A 366-day devotional. Camp Hill, PA.: WingSpread.

And it's not that we are seeking God across a distance outside of us, over which He is holding back from us. We are seeking Him across a distance inside of us, over which we have been holding back from Him.