1 Kings 19:3-5
3 Elijah was terrified. He got up and ran for his life. He arrived at Beer-sheba in Judah and left his assistant there. 4 He himself went farther on into the desert a day’s journey. He finally sat down under a solitary broom bush. He longed for his own death: “It’s more than enough, LORD! Take my life because I’m no better than my ancestors.” 5 He lay down and slept under the solitary broom bush.
Elijah is…
- PHYSICALLY exhausted
- MENTALLY & EMOTIONALLY exhausted
- SPIRITUALLY exhausted
1 Kings 19:5-7
5Then suddenly an angel tapped him and said to him, “Get up! Eat something!” 6 Elijah opened his eyes and saw flatbread baked on glowing coals and a jar of water right by his head. He ate and drank, and then went back to sleep. 7 The LORD’s angel returned a second time and tapped him. “Get up!” the messenger said. “Eat something, because you have a difficult road ahead of you.” 8Elijah got up, ate and drank, and went refreshed by that food for forty days and nights until he arrived at Horeb, God’s mountain.
We honor God when we…
Take care of ourselves PHYSICALLY.
• We need rest
• We need exercise
Take care of ourselves MENTALLY & EMOTIONALLY
• We need friendship
• We need someone to talk to (maybe even counseling)
• We need forgiveness in our hearts
Take care of ourselves SPIRITUALLY
• We need to keep the Sabbath as a priority in our lives.
• We need to BLESS oters regularly.
• We need to EAT & PLAY together regularly.
• We need to LEARN Jesus through scripture.
• We need to LISTEN to the Holy Spirit