14/06/2026
Date: June 14, 2026
Preacher: Bro. Aljade Tabula
1 King 19:1-9
How the Lord encourage this discouraged person.
Discouragement is everywhere. You can experience it in Work, School, House, or even in Street. You can experience it wherever you are.
There are 2 things that elijah experienced.
1. Discouragement
Elijah experience the problem of discouragement; depression, anxiety, stress and such.
His life is endangered. He’s exhausted physically, emotionally and spiritually. In Spiritually, instead of looking at the Lord’s guidance, he instead look at the people’s who do him wrong. He ran when he learned that his life is endangered (Verse 3). He’s also stress because instead of being afraid to God, He’s more afraid to people who treathened his life. We can see that he’s tired mentally, spiritually, pyhisically and emotionally.
We as a human being, we’re also more scared to other people than our God.
in Verse 4, he requested to the Lord to take his life away. He’s in distress. He didn’t only pray to take his life, but he also think he’s a failure.
And lastly, he think that he’s alone. These are the signs that a person is experiencing a great discouragement.
Yes, elijah experience discouragement, yet he also experience Encouragement from the Lord.
2. Encouragement
Once we become a christian, we have to remember that our life is in Christ already.
We can see that elijah is afraid to get killed. He even ran for his life. In 2 king C2 v11, shows that he never experience death. There’s God guidance on him.
The Lord says in Matthew 10:28: "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."
In the life of Elijah, the Lords prove that He’s the Lord who can provide. In Verse 6-7, the Lord provide something to God. Also in chapter 17 v4-6, the Lord command the raven to give bread to Elijah.
Take note; there’s no “believer” that can help Elijah back then, but the Lord uses the Raven.
One of the encouragement of the Lord to elijah, is that the Lord proves that He can provide to anyone. The presence of the Lord is also Active. In V6-8, the Lord provides to him, which basically shows that His presence is active. He also shows His presence by commanding the raven.
Being a Christian doesn’t mean we wouldn’t experience Stress. We have to remember that if we ever experience that, we have a God who can encourage, provide, and comfort us no matter what.
God Bless!
