It’s true that everyone gets discouraged and down at some time. What gets us down varies from person to person. What may be a difficulty for you, may not be a problem for others. But when discouragement hits us, it seems that we are in the middle of a giant problem; everything seems a terrible mess; there is no way out and we think we are alone because no-one else understands how we feel. We lose perspective as our problem looms larger and more consuming than it ought.
In today’s Old Testament we hear about God’s prophet Elijah. Now, if you know anything about Elijah, he was a man who certainly knew how the power of God changed lives, so it comes as a bit of a surprise when we hear that he had become so down and discouraged that he wanted to die.
So listen carefully on Sunday and note how the Lord God directs Elijah out of his depression.
