The Journey is Too Great for Thee

1 Kings 19:7-8
"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. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God."

We serve a God Who is intimately aquatinted with what it means to be human. He has suffered and felt pain. Temptation has afflicted Him in every way we have ever experienced, yet He never gave in.


It's so easy to get upset when things go poorly, to grumble and complain, or even worse to blame God in anger. However, He knows when the journey is too great for us. He knows our limits better than we do. He knows how much we can take when we depends on Him.


A key thing to notice here is that God didn't say, "This is too hard for you, Elijah. I'm just going to make all your problems go away." No, instead God provided what Elijah needed in order to finish the journey set before him.


Do not ask God to end your journey, ask Him to give you strength for one more step.