January 16, 2025, 1 Kings 19:1-8
January 16, 2025, 1 Kings 19:1-8
19 Ahab
told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the
prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a
messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I
do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” 3 Then
he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba,
which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he
himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a
broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now,
O Lord, take away my life,
for I am no better than my fathers.” 5 And he lay
down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to
him, “Arise and eat.” 6 And he looked, and behold,
there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate
and drank and lay down again. 7 And the angel of
the Lord came again a
second time and touched him and said, “Arise and eat, for the journey is too
great for you.” 8 And he arose and ate and drank,
and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights
to Horeb, the mount of God.
How can we be zealous for
God in one moment and afraid the next? I don’t think that is unusual for
humans. I find myself being discouraged and then I am embarrassed that I failed
to trust God. Have you had that same experience? How does God encourage you
when you are weary and discouraged? Ask God today to show you his goodness and
mercy.
Debbie Walker
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