SERMON TEXT: Kings
19: 4, 8 while he himself went a day’s journey into the desert. He came to a
broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough,
LORD,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 8 So he got up and ate and drank.
Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he
reached Horeb, the mountain of God. (NIV)
SERMON TITLE: The
Battle Within: I Have Had Enough
2 King 2:11-12 As they were walking along and talking
together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated
the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 12 Elisha saw
this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of
Israel!”
POINT 1 – HE RAN TO THE
DESERT. VS. 3 3 Elijah was
afraid[a] and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his
servant there,-
James 5:17 17 Elijah was a man just
like us. (With like passion KJV) (NIV)
POINT 2 – HE REFLECTED VS.
4 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a
broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough,
Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”
Gal 6:9 states, Let us not become
weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not
give up. (NIV)
POINT 3 – HE WAS
RESTORED – VS. 5 - 5 Then he lay down under the
bush and fell asleep. All at once an
angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”:
Psalm 91:11 11 For he will command
his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways;
(NIV) and HEB. 1:14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those
who will inherit salvation?
POINT 4 – HE RETURNED
TO THE FIGHT – VS. 8 - 8 So he got up and ate and drank.
Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he
reached Horeb, the mountain of God.
POINT 5 – RECOVERED HIS SWAG – VS.
9-13
1 Kings 19:9-13
9 There he went into a cave (in Mt. Horeb/Sinai) and spent the night. And the word of the
LORD came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”10 He replied, “I have been
very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your
covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the
sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11 The
LORD said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the LORD, for
the LORD is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the
mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not
in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in
the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in
the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he
pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”
