1Kings 19:1-10, “2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, … 4 … And he prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
One area I have noticed that cripple believers is the area of depression, of course this is something that plagues mankind. I see many on medication to suppress or treat depression. Depression may be described as feeling sad, blue, unhappy, miserable, or down in the dumps. Most of us have felt this way at one time or another for short or longer periods of time. True clinical depression is a mood disorder in which feelings of sadness, loss, anger, or frustration interfere with everyday life for weeks or longer. For this reason I think it is one major cause for suicide.
In 1Kings 18, we see Elijah gain huge victory over the prophets of Baal when he called fire from heaven to consume the sacrifice he set before the Lord. He demonstrated to the people that there was(is) only one true God. He witnessed the prophets of Baal call on their false god who failed to answer them and Elijah had them killed. Ahab goes home and tells his mean, nasty wife of what Elijah had done. Vs. 2 “Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time”. Hearing such news would sadden you immediately especially from a person you know is capable making it happen. Jezebel declared Elijah a dead man. Instead of Elijah being bold representing the God of heaven as he did on mount Carmel, vs. 3 says, “… he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there”. He forgot God who had given him victory and shifted his attention on what he heard from Jezebel. As he runs for his life, he abandons his servant to be by himself and have a pity party if you ask me. Depression will do this to you, isolate you from people causing you to want to be alone to cry out “woe is me”.
Vs. 4”… . And he (Elijah) prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”. If this could happen to a prophet of God, you may face or are already facing this thing called depression. He became suicidal, desired death, lost hope, lost strength. He forgot his mission and all he could do is sit under a broom tree and wish for death.
I love how the Lord dealt with his depression, vs. 5-8, “5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” 6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” 8 So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God”. Instead of the Lord giving him his wish, the Lord knew what he needed best and that was rest, rest in Him. That rest also needed to be fueled with food and water.
This is what we need in our depressing times, rest in the Lord, His Word as our food and His Spirit like water to our soul for the journey ahead is long. The Lord is not done with making much of Himself thorough the vessels He has raised to show Himself strong on behalf of those that trust in Him. Psalm 37:7-8, “7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret—it only causes harm”. Have you been dealing with minor depressions because of the Jezebel’s threatening everything in your life causing you to flee? Where are you fleeing to? I run to the Lord and not from the Lord. When God revived Elijah with rest, food and water, it gave him enough strength to carry him through 40 days and 40 nights. Blessings Ev
He Has Magnified His Word 
The Depressed need to proclaim healing in stead of believing the lies of having a lifelong condition with the hopelessness of a stigmatic labeling diagnosis that more often than not, are treated with longstanding damaging medication treatments. The darkness of such trickery that feeds into the pharmaceutical greed does not come from a good place, nor is it a place of health of mind, body or spirit of a person that is in a personal relationship with Jesus. It is by His stripes that we can be and are ultimately healed. It is in standing on our faith in Him and Him alone, that the ultimate physician and Father God provides to those who believe. For to know the Lord is to know of His grace, love, mercy and the power of prayer or professing and standing on His word…not the word of man, and not dependent on man.
For the Word tells us in 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Corinthians 5 Describes and affirms our belief in Father Son and Holy Spirit, whereas, it is in our alone times with the Lord, or as others claim it to be in Isolation or Depressed state of being….Perhaps those prone to depression are ultra sensitive to the Lord with burdened hearts as He hath provided them with. Who are any of us to project or determine what constitutes a difference between a longing for peace and rest in the Lord separate from the worldly opinions that are at times medically unsound doctrine that further harms ones body with poisonous toxic medications?
Should we not then understand that we do not fight against flesh, but principalities and the oppressor who seeks to kill and destroy? Should we not see through the deception of what is known as conditions that humans get when not relying on the Lord? 2 Cor 5:13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
Do we question Jesus and His state of mind after he had accepted and obeyed His Father knowing of the death he would endure for humanity? Do we suggest that Jesus was depressed? Do we state He was suicidal? Do we judge Him for the wilderness, the alone time, and the fervent prayers, tears, or afflictions of the burdens that He so carried? Certainly, that would be such an incorrect assumption. To be alone and at rest with the Lord is meant to be an isolated occurrence, not seen by man, done in secret, where our prayers and supplications are made known to God and God alone in the name of Jesus. With or without depression, we are human and we have human emotion of our flesh. It is in the Spirit that we are overcomer’s capable of receiving complete wholeness through the healing blood of Christ. It is our hearts that are transformed, and our lives that give testimony to the works He has done.
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Good word. I missed seeing it until today
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