1 Kings 19:1–6 (NIV) 19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” “I’m just a mortal man like those before me. I can’t carry this burden—it’s too great.”
Elijahs Condidition 1. He is afraid 2. He has become self-focused 3. He is alone 4. He is discouraged, depressed, and in despair.
Elijah feels unsafe
God Provides. 1 Kings 19:5-6 (NIV) 5 Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once, an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of breadbaked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
1. With His Presence: 1 Kings 19:7 (NIV) The angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him ...
John 6:49–51 (NIV) 49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. 50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.
2. Through Provisions 1 Kings 19:7-8 (NIV) “Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank.
Philippians 4:19 (NIV) My God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
“We need-need.”
“Get up and Eat”
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3. In Purpose 1 Kings 19:8 (NIV) Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God
“A Word is not just to affirm us but to direct us.”
John 4:34 (NIV) “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
1 Kings 19:9–12 (NIV) 9 There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11 The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
“Whispers require nearness.” Zechariah 4:6 (NIV) ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty.
