After the great event of defying the prophets of the god Baal Elijah in 1 Kings 18, he experiences a crisis. Despite being a man of God with so much power, he experienced fear, so much discouragement that it lead him to ask God to take his life. Why did this happen? First of all because Elijah was human like us. The Bible says of Elijah:
“Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.” - James 5:17-18
All of us relate to Elijah. We will all reach some moment of fear and discouragement. We all need God to intervene in those moments. Elijah teaches us how God comforts and encourages us in times of crisis.
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