How does one of the greatest men of God crater so quickly?

I Kings 18:46 The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into

his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

I Kings 19:3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life.

Elijah didn’t stop believing in God.

Elijah stopped connecting with God’s people.

I Kings 19:3-4 When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant

there, while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a

broom bush,  sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had

enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 

I Kings 19:9 And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here,

Elijah?”

I Kings 19:10 He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty.

The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your

prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left,

I Kings 18:12 b-13 Yet I your servant have worshiped the Lord since my youth.

Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of

the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and

supplied them with food and water. 

3 Reasons We Isolate

1. We grow comfortable with ISOLATION and being ALONE.

God may PREPARE you in solitude, but He will SUSTAIN you in community.

The root cause of most issues in our life a lack of a strong CHRISTIAN

COMMUNITY.

Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 ‘Two are better than one, because they have a good return for

their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone

who falls and has no one to help them up.’

Hebrews 10:24 –25 ‘And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward

love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of

doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day

approaching.’

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2. We believe the LIE that no one can RELATE to my situation.

Your feelings are REAL, but they are not always RIGHT.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ‘No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to

mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can

bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can

endure it.’

James 5:17 ‘Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it

would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.’

3. We forget how many PEOPLE God has FOR US.

I Kings 19:13 Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah.”

I Kings 19:14 “I am the only one left.”

1 Kings 19:15 “The Lord said to him, ‘Go back the way you came,

I Kings 19:18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not

bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.’”

Proverbs 27:17 ‘As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.’

Galatians 6:2 ‘Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law

of Christ.’

1 Kings 19:11 –12 “The Lord said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain in the

presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.’ Then a great and powerful

wind tore through the mountains and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the

Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord

was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not

in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.”