The angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain
the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable. He simply told Elijah
to do a very ordinary thing, that is, to get up and eat. If we were
never depressed, we would not be alive—only material things don’t suffer
depression. If human beings were not capable of depression, we would
have no capacity for happiness and exaltation. There are things in life
that are designed to depress us; for example, things that are associated
with death. Whenever you examine yourself, always take into account
your capacity for depression.
When the Spirit of God comes to us, He does not give us glorious
visions, but He tells us to do the most ordinary things imaginable.
Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God’s
creation. But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to do the most
natural, simple things-things we would never have imagined God was in,
but as we do them we find Him there. The inspiration that comes to us in
this way is an initiative against depression. But we must take the
first step and do it in the inspiration of God. If, however, we do
something simply to overcome our depression, we will only deepen it. But
when the Spirit of God leads us instinctively to do something, the
moment we do it the depression is gone. As soon as we arise and obey, we
enter a higher plane of life.
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