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First Kings 19, verses 4 and 5.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree.

And he asked that he might die, saying, it is enough.

Now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my

fathers. And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him,

arise and eat. This is one of the most humbling, encouraging, sobering moments in the life of the prophet Elijah.

And I think it's a moment we all can identify with in different ways. And some of us in particular.

Basically, what happens here in the story is in 1st Kings 18, Elijah prays, and he sees fire fall from heaven. And then after years of drought,

he prays and sees rain come from the sky. God is showing his power in unmistakable, glorious, breathtaking ways.

But then right after that, in the beginning of First Kings 19, Jezebel, King Ahab's wife, threatens to kill Elijah.

And immediately Elijah starts to run. And he basically gets to the point

where he sits down and he says to God, take away my life. I don't want to live anymore.

Elijah is at a low point. He is discouraged, depressed to the point where he doesn't even

want to continue with life. And I'm guessing that many people who are listening to this right now

have gotten to that point

where they're so discouraged by any number of different things,

maybe even depressed, and wondering if you even want to live.

Just to be vulnerable, I've been at points like this. And I'm guessing many others

who are listening to this have as well. And what I love about First Kings chapter 19 is that as Elijah is running from God and discouraged and

wanting to end his life basically, God meets him right where he is and nourishes him.

An angel touched him and said to him, arise and eat. And the rest of the story

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