JOY 3 - Elijah Runs From Jezebel

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Devotional Thoughts about 1 Kings Chapter 19

Being a prophet surely wasn’t an envied vocation, for it was neither easy nor popular to call people back to God. The job description required handling rejection in all of its forms.

Isaiah was assured in advance that most would refuse his message. (See Isaiah 6:9-13.) Some prophets were killed for doing their job, as Jesus pointed out in Matthew 23:37.

Prophets had to have thick skin, and yet they weren’t mere robots who mecha­ni­cally rattled off their speeches. It concerned them deeply that many listeners ignored their warnings. Jeremiah, for example, is known as the weeping prophet

Although Elijah was such a bold, uncompromising prophet, James goes to pains to tell us that he had feelings just like we do (James 5:17), and in this passage we see that his vulnerability unexpectedly comes to the surface in the wake of a big victory.

God provided him with physical recovery through sleep, food and water and then showed him His greatness and gentleness before sending him back to work, which included the anointing of a new colleague.

Lord, please help me to come to You when I’m sad, worn-out or discouraged. Thank you that I can rest in Your care.

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