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There he came to a cave, where he spent the night. But the LORD said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" 1 Kings 19:9 NLT
Moses has his place in American cinema with The Ten Commandments and The Prince of Egypt. It’s about time someone commissioned a new epic about one of the Old Testament’s other truly great heroes.
Elijah ranks right up there with Moses as one of the most dramatic prophets of the Lord. At Elijah’s word, kings trembled, the rains stopped, a jug of oil never ran dry, a boy was raised from the dead, fire fell from the sky, revival broke out, and hundreds of idolatrous prophets were executed.
Yet James 5:17 says that “Elijah was as human as we are.”
After hearing wicked Queen Jezebel’s murderous threats, how does Elijah respond?
True to life, scripture says he panics. After several days on the run, Elijah collapses—exhausted, lonely, frightened, and feeling utterly defeated. In his desperation, he foolishly begs the Lord to take his life.
Instead, the Lord renews Elijah—with a double portion of food, drink, rest. And then he sends him out again with a new commission and with the assurance that many others also were on his sisde.
Prayer: Lord, in that terrible moment when I’m tempted to run away, turn me around and push me to run back to You.
Moses has his place in American cinema with The Ten Commandments and The Prince of Egypt. It’s about time someone commissioned a new epic about one of the Old Testament’s other truly great heroes.
Elijah ranks right up there with Moses as one of the most dramatic prophets of the Lord. At Elijah’s word, kings trembled, the rains stopped, a jug of oil never ran dry, a boy was raised from the dead, fire fell from the sky, revival broke out, and hundreds of idolatrous prophets were executed.
Yet James 5:17 says that “Elijah was as human as we are.”
After hearing wicked Queen Jezebel’s murderous threats, how does Elijah respond?
True to life, scripture says he panics. After several days on the run, Elijah collapses—exhausted, lonely, frightened, and feeling utterly defeated. In his desperation, he foolishly begs the Lord to take his life.
Instead, the Lord renews Elijah—with a double portion of food, drink, rest. And then he sends him out again with a new commission and with the assurance that many others also were on his sisde.
Prayer: Lord, in that terrible moment when I’m tempted to run away, turn me around and push me to run back to You.
