![]() Adults dream twenty minutes out of every ninety minutes of sleep, but they don’t remember them unless they wake up during the dream. 1 We need time to dream in order to maintain our mental health. The average person needs about seven to nine hours of sleep a night. Our physical health has a profound impact on our moods. Maybe we need to watch our diet or we need to get more sleep or exercise. During these times it is important to be aware of our physical and emotional needs. Mole hills can easily become mountains in our eyes when we are fatigued. When we are physically and emotionally exhausted, we are more prone to discouragement. Even though God used His prophet in supernatural ways, he was still human and needed to sleep and eat after such an exhausting encounter on Mt. The Lord took care of Elijah’s physical needs. He did not put him down or condemn him all God did was give him food and rest. Notice how tenderly God dealt with Elijah. Carmel to the entrance of Jezreel (I Kings 18:46) which would have been about twenty-five miles! This would have left Elijah physically and emotionally exhausted. Carmel and eventually executed them all (I Kings 18:19, 22, 40)! He also ran from Mt. Think how much God’s prophet must have needed this! He had just faced off with 450 prophets of Baal (the male god) and perhaps 400 prophets of Asherah (the female goddess) on Mt. God let Elijah sleep and then provided a meal for him, not once, but twice. And the angel of the Lord came back the second time, and touched him, and said, ‘Arise and eat.’” (I Kings 19:5-7a). We read, “ 5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, ‘Arise and eat.’ 6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. How did God respond to Elijah’s discouragement? Did He slay him under the tree? Did He scold him for being cowardly? Did He lead him in a Bible study or quote verses to him? Did He say, “Snap out of it Elijah! Just pull yourself together?” Did the Lord rebuke any evil spirits? No. The next step to take toward climbing out of the pit of discouragement is to TAKE CARE OF OUR PHYSICAL NEEDS (I Kings 19:5-7a). – Don’t compare ourselves with others (I Kings 19:4b). – Focus on the facts, not our feelings (I Kings 19:1-4a). Like Elijah, we can climb out of the pit of discouragement when we… Carmel into the bottom of the pit of discouragement after he encountered resistance from wicked Queen Jezebel (I Kings 18:20-19:2). Elijah had quickly descended from the mountaintop of victory on Mt. We are learning from the prophet Elijah how to climb out of the pit of discouragement. ![]() ![]() “Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, ‘Arise and eat.’” I Kings 19:5 ![]()
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