CHAPTER TWELVE/He Took Comfort in His God - "It Is Enough!"

 

Driven by fear, Elijah fled southwestward some 95 miles (150 km) to Beer-sheba, a town near the southern border of Juda. There he left his attendant behind and struck out to the wilderness alone.  The record says that he went "a day's journey," so we may picture him starting off at sunrise, evidently carrying no provisions with him. Depressed, spurred ever onward by fear, he struggled over the rough and wild terrain under the blazing sun. As that glaring disk gradually reddened and sank to the horizon, Elijah's strength gave out. Exhausted, he sat down under the broom tree-the closest thing to shelter in that barren landscape. - 1 KINGS 19:4.

Elijah prayed in utter desperation. He asked to die. He said: "I am no better than my forefathers were when than mere dust and bones in the grave, unable to do any good for anybody. (ECCLESIASTES 9:10) Elijah felt just as worthless. No wonder he cried out: "It is enough!" Why gon on living? 

Next time: "It Is Enough!" - Conclusions

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