John‬ ‭7‬:‭37‬ ‭
New King James Version
37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.”

This is a scene many of us are familiar with; it looks like this:
The Jews were celebrating something called the feast of “tabernacles” to remember how they dwelt in tents when they had exited Egypt into the wilderness. This feast would occur for 8 days, and the last day was the most distinguished of the days! It was the Great day of the feast!

On this day, there’s a practice called the water pouring ceremony where the priest draws water from a pool and pours it on the temple altar and they would sing Hosanna! Hosanna! as it happened.

Jesus, seeing this scene, screams out: “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.”

And with this, he was speaking about the spirit that anyone who would ultimately believe would receive. However, words worthy of note in Jesus’ declaration are “anyone who thirst let him come”

You see, like with most other genuine spiritual experiences, God meets us halfway; he answers thirst with water, he answers hunger with satisfaction. This we can see clearly in the stories of people in scripture

Cornelius:
Acts‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭
New King James Version
‬‬1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

2 a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, who gave alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.

The Bible calls him a devout man, someone who gave alms, someone who prayed to God always. But at this point Cornelius was not saved. God then gives him a vision to send for apostle Peter, who would come to preach the gospel to Cornelius and his entire household resulting in their salvation!

Another example was the Ethiopian Eunuch. The Bible says:
Acts‬ ‭8‬:‭26‬-‭28‬ ‭
New King James Version
26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert.

27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,

28 was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet.

Philip met him reading scripture; no one had ever explained to him the Christ or the redemptive work before, but he had a curiosity and hunger to know. God saw this and worked a miracle —brought a man to explain to him these things to him

Lastly the Samaritan woman, when she reckoned Jesus must be a prophet, what did she do?

John‬ ‭4‬‭:19‬-‭20
New King James Version
19 The woman said to Him, “Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship.”

She used the opportunity to ask pressing bible questions. She could have asked personal questions or asked for answers concerning her personal relationships. But she chose to ask questions that pertained to the faith, to the worship of God. That means she must have been studying, she was looking for someone who had the answers, she must have been reading the scriptures.

All these examples show us that, though all these people had genuine spiritual experiences, they were already looking. They were already searching; they were already curious. You see, in these days we would spend consecrating ourselves to God, any genuine spiritual or supernatural experience would be met halfway. You have to show up with your hunger for the Lord to satisfy, you have to show up.

Matthew‬ ‭7‬:‭7‬ ‭
New Living Translation‬‬
7 Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.

There is a place for your own pursuit of the will of God; you must keep on asking and keep on seeking. It’s not about coming once; it’s about showing up consistently. If God calls for 60 days, you can’t show up just once because doing so would be missing out on all that the Lord has prepared. It’s selling yourself short. As long as you show up, he will meet you where you are. We are called to seek God, and the idea of seeking is persistence, consistency, it’s showing up every day. We are seeking him not because He isn’t found but because the more we seek, the more there is to unfold, the more there is to see.

Even when we look at the examples we cited, one thing that you can see is the consistency of their actions. The Jews made sure to keep each day of the feast exactly as the Lord commanded them. From year to year, from generation to generation, they carried on this practice from Leviticus when it was incepted until Jesus’ time.

Cornelius was devout, meaning that he was consistent in his worship and pursuit of God.
The Israelites had to do that feast all the time, yearly, generation to generation, they did this religiously; they didn’t say, “This year we don’t have the resources to do it” or “Let’s just do 3 days this year”. They did it the way God said it; it’s not necessarily the act itself that moves God, but the consistency is in obedience to the voice of God.

Imagine the Israelite army deciding to march around Jericho only 12 times rather than 14 because they were too tired. Don’t stop mid-way and assume “well God will understand.” Dare yourself to show up.

You have to show up for God to meet you in the middle, so in these 60 days, propose in your heart to show up. Don’t miss any of the days. Do what it takes to show up because you can be rest assured that God always shows up, He’s never late to a meeting and He comes bearing gifts.

Prayer point
Lord, help me in these 60 days to not miss out on anything you have, help me to show up, help me to be consistent. Let every day yield results in my life according to your will!