Study7A..He was overwhelmed with depression, despondency and despair (verse 4). Poor Elijah! - sitting under a juniper tree! Have you been like that? Are you under the juniper tree now?
@Livingwater Study 7 WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, ELIJAH? (Scripture Portion: 1 Kings 19: 1-18) Our studies thus far have shown Elijah to be a man of deep devotion, unquestioning obedience and daring faith. But then there comes a chapter describing breakdown, humiliating failure and defeat - 1 Kings 19. A sad chapter - yet, so up-to-date and applicable to our own experience. “A man just like ourselves!” (James 5:17). Do you ever get discouraged, depressed and despondent? Do you ever find yourself in the grip of despair? Does fear ever possess you? Do you ever have doubts? Do you ever experience loneliness and a feeling that nobody understands? Do you ever feel at the end of your tether? Do you ever go to sleep and wish you need not wake up? 1 . NOTICE THE DESPERATE CONDITION IN WHICH ELIJAH FOUND HIMSELF He was suddenly gripped by fear and alarm. Is this the courageous man of 1 Kings 18:17-18 and 40, the same man of which 1 Kings 19:2-3 speaks? Elijah - running for his ...


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