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GRUMBLING WITH ELIJAH

By: John Reiter

Posted: November 21, 2022

Category: Daily Devotional

1 Kings 19:4-10

But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. He ate and drank and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” He got up and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place he came to a cave and spent the night there. Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He answered, “I have been very zealous for the Lord, the God of hosts, for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.”

Prayer

Merciful God, there are times in life when I feel overwhelmed. I know that You are with me and watch over me, but sometimes I feel like I am alone. Help me to recognize Your presence even when things are challenging. Strengthen me to notice Your guidance and provision in my life and to move from short-sighted grumbling to gratitude for Your steadfast and eternal love. Amen.