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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 King's 18,

Elijah praise 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

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