God provides strength for the journey. By now, you have realized the Christian life is a marathon not a sprint. If you’re like me, sometimes you lose sight of that. Things happen that distract us from our focus. Sometimes, the distractions are spiritual victories not problems or difficulties. Take Elijah for example, in I Kings 18, he gained a huge spiritual victory. This is the story of his challenge to Baal’s prophets for a showdown. The altars were built and sacrifices made. You know the rest of the story; God consumed Elijah’s sacrifice showing everyone God was God. Following this victory, Elijah learned Jezebel put out a contract for his death. I’m not sure if a Sopranos style hit was ordered but Elijah feared for his life. He skipped town and hid in the wilderness.

Chapter 19

5. Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat."
6. He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again.
7. The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said, "Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you."

8. So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God.

Check this out! Following his spiritual victory and subsequent retreat, God provided much needed nourishment. In verse 6, the meal was to replenish Elijah from what he had lost during the spiritual battle. In verse 7, God does something amazing. He provides a second meal. “The journey is too much for you.” The second meal wasn’t to replenish, it was for provision for where Elijah was going! God provides nourishment for where we have been but more importantly, He provides for where we are going. All too often we are like Elijah trying to make the journey in our own strength. It is too much for us.

Whether you have faced a spiritual valley or climbed a spiritual mountain, God will provide what you need for the journey! If you caught that, you need to call somebody; forget that, maybe you should text somebody or tweet somebody. This should be all over your wall! The God who hung the moon and scattered the stars cares enough about us to take us on a journey and He is the provision for where we are going.