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1 Kings 19:9b NIV
.......And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

Elijah was arguably the most prominent prophet of his day. He prophesied during the reign of arguably the worst king Israel ever had. Ahab was wicked, yet his wickedness paled in comparision with his wife, Jezebel. Elijah had led a Spiritual revolution- the worship of Baal and Ashteroth had been eliminated and the peoples' hearts had been turned back to God. Elijah had prayed down rain, something that had not happened in the land for more than three and a half years. Elijah then took off running and still got to Jezreel well before Ahab and his chariots. That is what God can do with a vessel completely yielded to Him.
And then the unbelievable happened: Jezebel sent a message of death to Elijah and the prophet took off running. No looking back, no asking God, no rememberance of the past miracles, no acknowledgement of the power of God to save. Elijah just got up and ran.
Before we criticise the prophet, let us check our lives too. It is easy to trust God for the mighty things but it is the 'small stuff' that we sweat on. We know how to fast and pray for the awesome breakthroughs but we just can't grasp the daily grind of life. It is the small, usual and daily things that throw us off, causing us to doubt God atimes. That's where Elijah found himself. Just a day before, he was calling down God's fire, a day after, he was running for his life because of the threat of an ordinary man like him, created by the extraordinary and omnipotent God.
Let us check our lives too. We must not become so fixed on the big things that we forget to thank and trust God for the small things. We must constantly remind ourselves of the journey ahead and the grace already provided for the journey. If God could feed Elijah who was on the wrong journey and then strengthen him for a 40-day walk in the wilderness, then God is interested in your welfare. Even in the face of the most daunting of circumstances, trust God to work out his end-purpose in your life. He will bring it to pass because it is his plan. Your mistakes, errors and misjudgements can't stop his plan. He can work out his best no matter what life throws at us. Rejoice, his time of favour has come.