August 15, 2021 -- The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Pastor Caleb Rothfuss
1 Kings 19:3-8

The flight of Elijah takes place just after his greatest success on the mountain of sacrifice, but even Elijah soon forgot the proof of God’s presence with him in that demonstration of power. What can restore his confidence? Only the Word!

3Elijah was afraid, and he ran for his life. He went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there. 4But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. There he sat down under a broom tree, where he prayed that he would die. He said, “I’ve had enough, Lord. Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.” 5Then he lay down and went to sleep under the broom tree. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” 6Then he looked around, and near his head there was a loaf of bread baking on coals and a jar of water, so he ate and drank, and then he lay down again. 7Then the angel of the Lord came back a second time and touched him and said, “Get up and eat, because the journey is too much for you.” 8So he got up and ate and drank. Then, with the strength gained from that food he walked for forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God.