Crash Mountain (1 Kings 19:1-18)

“Meanwhile, Israel needed a prophet who believed. Those people who had just turned to God from their idols needed faithful believers around who could show them how to walk with the Lord and Elijah was taking himself out of that opportunity because he enthroned fear in his life.

You and I face conflicts, discouragements, depressions. Those are common to our human experience. Feeling those things isn’t a failure. Failure is measured by our response. Will we cling to God in those dark days or will we flee from Him? Will we allow our emotions to set the course of our lives, or will we trust in the Lord and in the Word He’s given us? It was ok that Elijah was afraid. It wasn’t ok that he allowed his distorted feelings to make his life decisions.”