1 Kings 19:4
"But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
One might expect jubilation after all the wonderful things that Elijah had seen God do in the short span of a day. After 3 years of subsisting solely on God's amazing, miraculous provision on a daily basis, Elijah saw God being down fire from Heaven, turn the hearts of Israel, cause him to run faster and longer than humanly possible, and send rain. Yet despite all this Elijah is cowed into desperate fear for his life due to a message from Jezebel.
This demonstrates that you cannot coast on "auxiliary faith". You cannot store up enough extra trust that you can do without it for awhile. No, faith and trust in God must be a moment by moment, conscious choice.
Am I making that choice today to trust God?
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