An Elijah Moment

 We all have a social media wall. You know that screen we put up so nobody else can see what our lives truly look like? We post clean smiley kids, perfectly posed family photos, successes and shout outs. I'm here to challenge you to share the REAL today because we're not doing ourselves or anybody else any good by pretending.

The last year (plus) has been rough. I won't tell you terrible stories because everyone's is different and this isn't a contest. Six weeks ago I reached the point where I had to let go of something in life before I self-destructed (I think I would have blown up like a potato in the microwave). I said good-bye to my job of twelve years and literally spent the first week off sleeping. I wouldn't say it was a leap of faith because honestly it was more of a "Lord, I am so tired, this is what I'm doing." It was an Elijah moment. If you want to know more about what that looks like you'll find him in 1 Kings. "1 Kings 19:4 Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. He sat down under a bush and asked to die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he prayed. “Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the tree and slept."

Since then, I can't tell you how many times I have seen God provide. I'm doing something I enjoy and sleeping at the end of the day. The bills are getting paid. There's food on the table. It's truly been a manna in the wilderness experience because that's the only way I can describe it.

I am putting this out there today because I know there are more people than I can count who are at the end of their rope. Elijah was done. He sat down under a bush and literally asked to die. He had no strength of his own left. Then something happened he wasn't expecting, God sent him what he needed to physically get going again. Food, water, and a long nap. "Suddenly an angel came to him and touched him. “Get up and eat,” the angel said. 6 Elijah saw near his head a loaf baked over coals and a jar of water, so he ate and drank. Then he went back to sleep." After Elijah had regained some physical strength, God did one more thing, He showed him again who He was and He gave him a helper (Elisha) 1 Kings 19:21 "Elisha left and followed Elijah and became his helper."

God's not dead. You might not see Him right now because a snack, a nap, and a friend don't look the same as mountains moving but He's right there. You are not alone under that bush and He is going to send you exactly what you need today. I am confident in that.

There you go.

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