I Will Not Leave Thee

2 Kings 2:6
"And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on."
Three times Elisha is told to tarry, and three times he refuses. Elijah was a man so filled with God's spirit that just being around him felt like a way of being nearer to God. Elisha, desperate for that closeness and intimacy with God won't even consider leaving Elijah's side.
This story brings to mind another where a follower of God was asked three times about how close he was to God, yet in that story, Peter, unlike Elisha, denied his relationship with God and attempted to distance himself. Peter's denial of Christ was indeed tragic, but it was not the end.
Do I have that same passionate desire to be close to my God? Would I, like Elisha, continue walking, pushing through the hot day, tired feet, and hunger, just to be with Him Whom my soul desires? Or would I, like Peter, prefer the comfort of a warm fire, even if it many denying my Lord?