Don’t Give UP

Today’s devotional – is part of our churches of the ARCC Lenten Devotionals By US for US. All the devotionals have been written by persons of the church including today’s which is contributed by Justin Silvis –

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Peace to You!

Here is today’s devotional —

1 Kings 19:1-8 (ESV)

19 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” 3 Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. 4 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.” 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “Arise and eat.” 6 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. 7 And the angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you.” 8 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.

Elijah just won a huge victory over false prophets on Mount Carmel. But evil Queen Jezebel threatens to kill him. Scared, he runs into the desert, sits under a tree, and begs God to let him die. He feels like a failure. God sends an angel instead. The angel gives him bread baked on hot stones and water. Elijah eats, rests, eats again. That food powers him forty days and nights to Mount Horeb, where God meets him. God sustains His prophet in weakness, not with scolding, but with real strength.

Prayer: Lord, when we burn out and want to quit, send Your strength like food for the journey. Help us trust You provide. Amen

Today: Exhausted from work or other difficulties? Eat well, rest, read Scripture. God renews you for the next step. Keep going!

Contributed by Justin Silvis