Fire from heaven. 450 corpses. Victory.
Jezebelâs messenger arrives: âYouâre dead tomorrow.â
Elijahâprophet of God, miracle worker, warriorâruns into the desert.
Collapses under a tree.
Begs God to kill him.
Depression doesnât wait for permission.
âIt is enough; now, O LORD, take away my lifeâ (1 Kings 19:4, KJV).
Hours earlier: fire from the sky.
Now: suicidal under a broom tree.
Your biggest victories wonât protect you from your darkest moments.
Godâs response?
No rebuke. No sermon. No âjust pray more.â
He let him sleep.
Angel shows up with bread: âArise and eat; because the journey is too great for theeâ (1 Kings 19:7, KJV).
Rest first. Eat. Then weâll talk.
Elijah walks 40 days to a cave.
Still hiding. Still broken.
God finds him: âWhat doest thou here, Elijah?â (1 Kings 19:9, KJV)
Not âWhereâs your faith?â
Not âWhy are you depressed?â
Just: What are you doing here?
âIâve been fighting alone. Everyone quit. They want me dead.â
God doesnât argue.
Doesnât defend Himself. Doesnât correct Elijahâs theology.
Lets him bleed it out.
Sometimes Godâs greatest mercy is His silence while you rage.
âStand at the cave mouth.â
Wind rips mountains apart. Earthquake. Fire.
Godâs in none of it.
Then: âa still small voiceâ (1 Kings 19:12, KJV).
Sometimes God whispers when you expect Him to shout.
Godâs prescription for suicidal depression:
âYouâre not done. Go anoint three kings. Train your replacement.â
Then the punch line:
âYet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowedâ (1 Kings 19:18, KJV).
You thought you were alone. Youâre not.
Youâre alone. The only one fighting. Itâs all pointless.
Thatâs what depression tells you.
Hereâs what God says:
7,000 you donât know about. Work you havenât finished. A journey that isnât over.
Depression lies.
God doesnât.
Under your broom tree today?
Godâs not disappointed. Not angry. Not waiting for you to âjust have faith.â
Sleep. Eat. Get up. You still have work to do.
Youâre not fighting alone.
Never were.
Writing this from my own broom tree.
Discouraged. Questioning if any of this matters.
Then I remembered Elijah. Remembered the 7,000.
Depression lies. The journey isnât over.
Tell me in the replies if you needed this today.
âTBM
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God cannot give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing. Peace is not a gift lying somewhere outside of God that He hands over to make us comfortable. True peace is found in Him, because He Himself is the source, substance, and keeper of the soulâs rest.
âYou will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in Youâ (Isaiah 26:3).
This is why the world can offer distraction, pleasure, success, comfort, and temporary relief, but it cannot give lasting peace. The soul was made for God, and nothing beneath God can satisfy what only God can fill. âIn Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures foreverâ (Psalm 16:11).
Christ did not promise peace as the world gives. He gives Himself. âPeace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to youâ (John 14:27). The peace of Christ does not depend on perfect circumstances, because it rests on perfect reconciliation with God.
So we must stop asking God to give us happiness while we keep Him at a distance. He is not merely the giver of joy. He is our joy. He is not merely the giver of peace. He is our peace. âThe Lord is my portion,â says my soul, âtherefore I have hope in Himâ (Lamentations 3:24).
@Makiadi_@theereal_one hehe nimewatch pia House of Cards lakini Sopranos ni slower and more layered, strength yake ni its depth coz characters evolve over time. Patia hio kitu time hautaamini umekua ukimiss nini.
Today fuel is 214, next month it could reach 300. Almost every sector is set to follow with rising prices, and the pressure is only going to worsen in the coming months. #RutoMustGo
@Makiadi_@theereal_one Jomba ukizoea action series na kama hauna patience ya kudigest long dialogs hutapenda Sopranos na the Wire. For me hizi ni the top 2 series of all time.