Elijah is despairing under the solitary broom
tree because Queen Jezebel is determined to kill him which makes sense because
Elijah killed all her prophets and burned up the altar of Baal with fire from
on high. (1 Kings 18) Of course Elijah despairing means he doesn’t believe God
is able to repeat the feat and his fear of Jezebel is more present than his
faith in God. I’ve not called down fire from heaven to consume a wet sacrifice
or slain any prophets of Baal but I will admit to failing faith in the face of
circumstances that make me forget God’s faithfulness. What is forgotten in those
circumstances is that faith is not about our ability to believe. While Elijah
is ready to lie down and die God is not and so God provides what is necessary
for the journey. So it is with us on this journey of life that would be too
much for us were it not for God who gifts us with companions, like a cake
cooked on hot stones, who warm our way and give us courage to face each new day
with confidence that we will have the strength to meet whatever challenge lies
ahead of us. In the end faith trusts that God’s faithfulness is all that is
necessary for the forty days and nights of however long our life lasts until we
will reach the promised mount of God. (Isaiah 25:6)
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