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." And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again. And the angel of the LORD came a second time again and touched him and said, "Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you." And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God.
Have I ever gotten to the point where I cried out to the LORD, "I'm done, Lord, take me out of this ministry? I can not continue". Yes! But those low points are the one where I need to turn to the LORD, God, the Almighty. Is this an example of where I need to allow the Fear of the LORD to become dominant in my life?
Elijah received bread and water from the hand of the LORD and traveled for forty days and nights. Is not this symbolic of the bread of life and the living water that I receive when I turn all over to the LORD and can accomplish even more than I can ask or imagine?
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 136
Mid-day: 119:25-32
Evening: Psalm 61
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