“The Journey Is Too Great For Thee” – 1 Kings 19:1-8
James 5:17a Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are.
1 Kings 19:2b So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
Zechariah 13:7b Smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: And I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Isaiah 55:9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And my thoughts than your thoughts.
I. Are Often Followed By .
1 Kings 19:8b unto Horeb the mount of God.
1 Kings 20:28 And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Genesis 28:15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
II. Fatigue Leads To Fade.
1 Kings 19:3a And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life.
Matthew 14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Hebrews 12:2-3 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Psalm 141:8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O God the Lord: In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
III. Rest Becomes Rest .
Psalm 23:1-3 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
IV. God’s Begins Where Ends.
1 Kings 19:7 And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee.
2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight: ).
John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
2 Chronicles 26:16a But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God.