#100 Get Sufficient Rest _ _ _ _ _ _ _ But he [Elijah] himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested of himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. And he looked, and behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. and he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. And the angel of the Lord came again the second time, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you. And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God(I kings 19:4-8). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------In depression, thinking may become very painful-even suicidal. Elijah was a godly man that had been under both emotional and physical stress. He became so depressed he wanted to die. God simply let him get some rest, then gave him something to eat and water to drink, then let him have more sleep , and once again let him eat and drink. After this simple procedure, Elijah was ready to go again. A good nights sleep can often help when one is upset.
