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1 Kings 17:1-6, 19:1-9

When trouble is in the making, only God can hide and keep you. Elijah set the land in trouble by asking rain to cease from falling. After stopping the rain, God commanded him to go and hide. 1 Kings 17:3 ÒGet away from here and turn eastward and hide by the brook Cherith, which flows into the < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Jordan.Ó In GodÕs command for Elijah to hide, there was also provision for preservation because it was of God. 1 Kings 17:4, ÒAnd it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.Ó Is there any area of life that you have been hiding? If it is of God, the signs will be there for you, peace and provision will not be missing during your hiding season. The same Elijah ran when fear located him. He ran when God did not ask him to run. After the Mount Carmel miracle, Ahab reported Elijah to Jezebel how he had executed the prophets with the sword. As a result of the report of Ahab, Jezebel vowed to kill Elijah. 1 Kings 19:3, ÒAnd when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.Ó Can you imagine such a mighty man of God running without God? 1 Kings 19:4, ÒBut he himself went a dayÕs journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, ÔIt is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!ÕÓ When you run under the command of fear, you will be exhausted, frustrated, and you will have lack where you are not suppose to. Remember what the Lord has done for you in the past, God has brought you this far and He will not fail you in the future. 1 Kings 19:9, ÒAnd there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, ÔWhat are you doing here, Elijah?ÕÓ Only God can hide you and not yourself. Allow Him to be God in all.