Overcomer for the OVERLOOKED: Lonely & depressed

1st Kings 19:3-8 | Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”

Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree. But as he was sleeping, an angel touched him and told him, “Get up and eat!” He looked around and there beside his head was some bread baked on hot stones and a jar of water! So he ate and drank and lay down again.

Then the angel of the Lord came again and touched him and said, “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you.”

So he got up and ate and drank, and the food gave him enough strength to travel forty days and forty nights to Mount Sinai, the mountain of God. 

• How was Elijah feeling at the time of this passage? 

• Have you ever been able to relate to Elijah’s emotions? When and why? 

• How does God care for Elijah when he feels overlooked and depressed? 

  • What does this teach you about how God views you when you feel this way too? 

• Do you know anyone else who is struggling with feelings like Elijah’s in this passage? Who? 

• God doesn’t just help Elijah once - he keeps helping until he is restored. In fact, 1st Kings 19 continues with God checking in on and caring for Elijah again and again.. How can you apply God’s example of caring for the overlooked to the person/people you mentioned in the last passage?