ELIJAH/ 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 Judah.  There he left his attendant behind and struck out  into the wilderness alone.  The record says that he went "a days 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 a broom tree-the closest thing to shelter in that barren landscape. - 1KINGS 19:4.

Elijah prayed in utter desperation.  He asked to die.  He said: "I am no better than my forefathers."  He knew that his forefathers were then 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 go on living?

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