After predicting a drought, raising the widow's son at Zarephath, challenging and slaying the prophets of Baal, Elijah the prophet is now on the run for his life from Queen Jezebel and King Ahab. Buoyant, strong, and confident, he has stood toe to toe with the powers that be, denouncing every evil. He has bravely articulated divine intentions, but now we find him fleeing for his life to Mount Horeb.

See him now cowering in a cave hewn in the mountain's side, depressed and weary, afraid for his life. Elijah now realizes the magnitude and implications of the things he has done. That one man could undertake such enormous responsibility has caused him to take inventory of himself, his relationship with God, and the deeper meaning of his own life.

The prophet has done a magnificent thing, but…