#BIBLE BROOM TREE SERIES#

If you haven’t, then your day may yet be coming. I believe that (in some way, shape or form), we have all been there, we have all sat under the broom tree metaphorically speaking. I think we can all relate to this – as we all have faced similar times in life – young and old, students and workers, parents, married couples, single adults, widows and widowers. In fact, I think what he experienced – although it was a very weak moment and a very dark moment – it was also a very human moment.

(Begin again here if you skip the personal note) I can identify with his thoughts and feelings of dread and despair. But as a result of that trial, I can say that I have a much better understanding of what Elijah went through. Thanks be to God, I am mostly recovered and restored. I can’t possibly keep up with all the demands, but there’s no way to escape it either. Among other things, I felt overwhelmed by all the duties and burdens of the ministry, and I felt trapped. I, too, was sitting beneath the broom tree - overcome with feelings of stress and fear and panic and desperation. Looking back, I can say that I found myself in a very similar place to where Elijah was here - both mentally and emotionally.

#BIBLE BROOM TREE SERIES#

It has now been just over a year since I had a series of panic attacks and had to take some time off. On a personal note, in an unexpected twist, I found that during my recent health issues, it was this passage that actually gained my interest and attention even more than the others. (Skip this if no desired-it is ok to share however). Those emotions and feelings are so overwhelming that he essentially wants to resign his calling and ministry and be done with this life. He is seized with feelings of fear and panic and desperation. Here we find Elijah, the prophet of God, sitting beneath the Broom Tree. The other account (which is found just a bit later in this chapter) is when the Lord appeared to Elijah – not in the mighty wind, not in the powerful earthquake, and not in the fire sent from God – but in a gentle whisper, in a still small voice.īut as you now know, sandwiched between those two amazing events is this somewhat surprising and disturbing account that we read this morning. Carmel (which we already considered in chapter 18). The first account was the confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mt. Thank-you.īeloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, when I first considered preaching this series on the ministry of Elijah, there were two accounts that really caught my attention and intrigued me. * As a matter of courtesy please advise Pastor Keith Davis, if you plan to use this sermon in a worship service. * Doxology: “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” # 216:1,5

* Song of Response: “Judge Me, God of My Salvation” # 43B Scripture Reading: 1 Kings 18.41 - 1 kings 19:1-4a Song of Response: “Lord, I Lift My Soul to Thee” # 25C:1-5,7,8 Sermon Archive > Sermons by Author > Pastor Keith Davis > Beneath the Broom Tree

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