Whispers and despair

1 Kings 19:3-6 & 11-12

"Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, 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." Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep.
All at once an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat." He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, "Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you."

....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 the mountains apart 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."

How often have you felt torn down and over whelmed about life and what has been brought before you? How often have you just wanted to say "God. I can't do this!" But were too overcome with guilt, for giving up that you didn't ask God for help.

Elijah, one of the greatest prophets in the Bible, got to a point in life where he could not do it anymore, and he cried out to God, he even told God to take his life, because he felt so overwhelmed with what was before him. But God is merciful and loving and knows when we have had to much. God does not give us more than we can handle, he knows us each individually to the core of our soul, and if what gets presented before us does become too much, God will tell us ""Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you."" And He will nourish and replenish us from our despair.

It's often at these points in our lives, that we expect God to give a huge miraculous sign, declaring which way we are supposed to go. Or what we are supposed to do. It is at these times, that we often miss God's direction, because He doesn't always speak through big noticeable ways, often times, it is in a "gentle whisper."


What are you going through that you feel like you can't push through? Have you had enough? Have you called out to God in the depths of your despair and reached out to Him for help?
What gentle whispers are tugging at your heart? <3

Proverbs 19:21 "Many are the plans in a man's heart,
but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails."