FOCUS NOT LONELINESS
1 Kings 19

Could it have been loneliness that caused a man to know what to do and not do it? Peter followed Jesus all through His ministry but gave himself up to a cheap untimely death attempt. In the face of death, Peter was sleeping instead of praying. Thank God for the church’s prayer of deliverance on behalf of Peter. He lost focus and entered into loneliness. The Bible states about him, “And when Peter had come to himself, he said, ‘Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.’” (Acts 12:11) Loneliness will cause man to loose focus and be lead into discouragement that causes man to give up in the face of grave challenges. Elijah, as great as he was used by God, at a certain stage of challenges in his life experienced loneliness. Focusing on what God has done and what He is doing will encourage one in holding onto him as a Deliverer, Preserver, and God who cannot fail. Are you feeling lonely or getting overwhelmed concerning any challenge in your life? As a child of God, you are not alone. Take your stand and regain your focus on Him. He alone is abundantly able to see you through. Elijah called for rain to stop for three and half years and it was so. He called for the rain to come back and it was so. Elijah alone called fire from heaven during a sacrifice on Mount Carmel and he later executed four hundred and fifty-five Baal prophets. All during this period, he repeatedly confessed that he alone was the only prophet of the Lord who was left behind. Despite his great exploit in the name of God, he fled because of Jezebel’s threat to kill him for executing the prophets of Baal. Elijah ran from wilderness to mountain. Twice in the course of his running, he responded to God’s appearance to him, “…I alone am left; and they seek to take my life.” (1 Kings 19:10) Loneliness sounded clearly in Elijah. Loneliness was the evidence of lost focus when a man like Elijah could request from God during his running away from Jezebel, “It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!” (1 Kings 19:4) Elijah’s request was to the extreme. Are you walking in that line? It does not mean if you have given your life to Christ or not, but it is certain that the One who created Heaven and heart loves you and all of His creation more than you can imagine. Under heaven, no one is alone except there is a lost of focus from reminding us that God is a good God and He will always show up for our deliverance even at the eleventh hour.

Prayer for today: Ask Him to deliver you from every spirit of loneliness.