Elijah was just done.
His life had been completely consumed by the Lord.
He had nothing-no possessions-not even his own time.
Every second of every day had one purpose-to follow the Lord's commands for that day.
He had just outrun King Ahab, but he was getting so weary of the chase.
And the most evil one had threatened with words that ate at his soul: "I will take your life".
He was afraid.
He ran for his life.
And when he ran, he left his servant behind (a final resolution to the despair).
Elijah didn't want to listen anymore. He didn't want the commands or the instructions to be issued to a people who wouldn't obey anyway.
He was tired and he was done.
Yet the Lord kept speaking, "Get up and eat, because the journey is great".
Forty days and forty nights on a mountain with the Lord, and then the question: "What are you doing here? Go and stand on the mountain".
And a great and strong wind...rending and breaking rocks...but God wasn't in this (as Elijah watched from inside a cave).
An earthquake and a fire, but Elijah only watched.
Then a sound of a gentle blowing, and Elijah moved.
Was it the elements that kept him in that cave, or his resolve to self?
He finally stepped out of the cave and listened, and he obeyed the Voice that spoke in the wind.
God told him to stand on the mountain. God said, "You're not done, Elijah".
He put him back out into the elements, because God still wants His word to go out.
Church, we are not done.
Go and stand on that mountain and continue to speak God's words amidst the elements of economic depression and plague.
God knows there is fear with the uncertainty, but He will speak to your soul with a gentle voice of certainty; a Voice the world is desperate to hear.
You're not the only Elijah left on the earth with the message of truth, but you are an Elijah left with a purpose.
So speak.
