Hungry for An Answer

Do you feel disappointed and useless? discouraged or emotional? Read the story...

Disappointment and uselessness. Pain and despair. Elijah looks over the wilderness and sits under a furze bush, swallowing his dry saliva. Hungry. Thirsty. But above that, he feels the burden of his memories of his past - and reflecting on himself, he is a weakling, a loser, a nobody. He thinks that his parents, if they was still alive, would disown him because since he had never done anything right, it is shameful for them to say, "Oh, this is my son". Elijah wants no more of this, so he said, "Lord, I don't want to live any longer! Just take my life! I want to die!". He wanted to cry, but his body is too dehydrated to spare even some tears. Then in his hunger, he falls asleep, hoping that he will die there.

"Get up," someone says to Elijah, touching his shoulder. "Get up and eat."

Elijah jolts up in surprise, but nobody is there. Just as he is about to wipe cold sweat from his forehead, he sees some bread on a stone and and a jar of water beside him. He is puzzled, yet hungry, so he takes some of his bread, and eats them, and finishes them all. After drinking the refreshing water, he falls asleep again.

"Get up," the same voice calls to him, and touches his shoulder. "Get up and eat, or else the journey will be too long."

Elijah wakes up again, and again, finds nobody, except some more of that bread. The jar is filled up again, too. So he eats, wondering what this encounter might mean, until the bread is all finished, and drank all the water. He is filled with energy, and gets up to continue his walk to the place called Horeb, where he will meet God.

Do you notice how tired and hungry you can get when you get mad or disappointed? Like what happened to Elijah. He wanted to die because he was disappointed and discouraged. Why? Because it was like his life was going nowhere. He wanted an answer.

God did soon reveal that answer. But say if he died right at that moment, would he have received that purpose?

So to all my readers, have courage! Don't be hasty. Continue to ask God for answers - and listen well to them, because might never notice them. And for those who are losing hope, God is always with you, and don't let Him down! There will be the right time.

God Bless.