Rudyard Kipling wrote a great poem called IF…well worth memorizing. One of its stanzas says,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two imposters just the same…. Yesterday’s blog stressed the pessimism befalling John the Baptist when:
In short, God’s answer to John’s prayer brought him temporary doubt. BUT…God’s answer to Elijah’s prayer resulted in his longer-lasting manic-depression. In this blog, consider Elijah. Read I Kings 17-19 to absorb the high and low of Elijah’s emotions. Only a summary follows. God exalted Elijah’s ministry in one day at Mt. Carmel:
Only to see Jezebel’s always-hard eyes narrow into slits of hate for the man responsible:
Just time enough for the fearless man of God to feel his knees buckle and his spiritual courage drain away into:
Only those experiencing soaring spiritual victories punctured by a failure of courage and commitment can understand Elijah's manic-depressive nature at the time. End Part II
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