Elijah: Anxiety in Abandonment

When the world is against you, it can feel like God isn’t listening. When you feel like God has abandoned you, it’s natural to let anxiety take over.

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.” …