Come to the Mountain: Be Refreshed, Comforted & Encouraged
Even the Prophets suffered from loneliness, exhaustion, fear, and depression. The story of Elijah shows us that God is intimately aware of our human emotions and is never late to show up with His loving provisions.
The Old Testament is filled with incredible stories of brave prophets and there is much to glean from each one of them. As a matter of fact, take your pick of a whopping seventeen who each have a treasured book titled by their own name. But there's one man that stands out like a sparkling gem tucked in the pages of Israel's unparalleled history. We are introduced to him in 1 Kings chapter 17. He suddenly appears on the scene and is simply introduced in this way, "Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tisbe in Gilead, said to Ahab (the milk-toast king of Israel who never consulted the Lord about anything!) "As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." Now, this would hurt Elijah too, but he made the proclamation any way. He was willing to do whatever the Lord told him to do. And lest we forget that Elijah was just a man, the process was not always easy. He met many reasons to be afraid, exhausted, frustrated, depressed and yet we get a birds-eye view of the gentle love of the Lord as He meets Elijah just where he is; even under a lone tree out in the wilderness or up on a mountain where the glory of God shows off just for him.
