READ: 1 KINGS 19; MATTHEW 11:28-30 Elijah is arguably one of the fiercest, most epic prophets of the Old Testament. God worked through him in so many ways. Called fire out of the sky? Yep. Raised the dead? Yep. Repeatedly matched wits with the evilest king in the historical nation of Israel? You know it. But after a particularly public—and victorious—confrontation with idolatry, when he was directly threatened with death, Elijah got spooked. He took off, curled up, and wanted to die. He was convinced he was all alone, and that the weight of God’s call was just too much to carry. While there are so many great elements to this story (including an angel reminding him to sleep and eat—which is terrific advice when we feel empty), I want to point out what else he did: he ran to the mountain of God and hid in a cave. Natural disasters raged outside, and for a time, he didn’t engage. He stayed hidden in God, knowing he had nothing in his own strength to give, that he was empty, f...