Arise and eat. —1 Kings 19:5
{CHAMBERS} “The
angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures
to him, or do anything remarkable. He simply told Elijah to do a very ordinary
thing, that is, to get up and eat. If we were never depressed, we would not be
alive— only material things don’t suffer depression. If human beings were not
capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation.
There are things in life that are designed to depress us; for example, things
that are associated with death. Whenever you examine yourself, always take into
account your capacity for depression.”
{ELGIN} It seems
that after a mountain top experience comes the valley. For Elijah, that was the case. He had just experienced the mighty hand of
God. Done things that were not humanly possible
and was running for his life. It can
happen that quickly, the onset of depression.
Elijah lost perspective. In one
moment he is telling others about the God he serves and the next it is as if he
had forgotten the God he serves. Funny
how that works. But it happens to you
and me as well. It’s like Pater walking on the water. (John
21) For whatever reason, we lose our
focus, see the frailty of our flesh, and the depression and doubt sets in. Not until we get our focus right again, can
we overcome those overwhelming feelings of hopelessness. So it was for Elijah. God was and is the Provider. The pressures of this life may seem
overwhelming to us, but we serve a mighty God.
We are His children. The world
and its worries are nothing compared to Him.
His love is like an ocean. Deeper
and wider than any problem that we may face.
But, we will only embrace that and live in its truth, when we stop
looking at our circumstances and look up, to the hills from whence our help
cometh. (Psalm 121)
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