June 16, 2013 – God’s Grace for the Depressed Servant – 1 Kings 19:1-21

1 Kings 19:1-21

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We have read of Elijah’s mountain top experience at Mount Carmel, but now we see Elijah down in the valley under a broom tree. Before he was ministering to others, but now he is focused upon himself. Elijah confronted Ahab and the false prophets courageously, but here we find him running from a single lady cowardly. Previously, Elijah moved at God’s Word, but now we see him fleeing apart from God’s Word. In the previous chapters we see him praying for rain and fire, but now he we find praying for God to God to take his life. Elijah’s faith and prayer life have challenged us, but now Elijah’s spiritual collapse serves as a warning to us, and provides some wise counsel to us.