The line of Cain has run from God, seeing Him only as a source of vengeance to protect their lives. After verse 24, the story shifts away from Cain, and returns to Adam. Here the Bible says that God gave Adam another son, Eve is comforted in her grief over Able's murder, and the line of Seth is the line that pursues intimacy with God.
Genesis 4 concludes with these words, "Then men began to call upon the name of the Lord." In the garden, after man had disobeyed and sinned, God came looking for man, calling out to him. Here, man begins to seek after God, calling out to Him. Man's sin separated Him from God; God pursued man, and man rejected Him, giving in to sin. God drove man from the garden, but still sought to redeem him, providing for his needs in a way that could only be done by Him. God pursued man, and now man is beginning to pursue God.
God must be pursued. A.W. Tozer wrote a fantastic book on this topic, The Pursuit of God (highly recommend it, it's short but deep). Man choose to be enticed and mastered by sin, God has not given up on man, but man must choose who he is going to love and serve, and then must pursue that will all his being. God cannot be casually followed, neither can sin. Either way you're all in.
God has pursued us, and He must be pursued by us, will we chase after Him?
Fight the lion, 1 Peter 5.1-11
TO GOD ALONE BE THE GLORY!
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