Elijah & the Mountain

I Kings 19:7

So, God having just conquered the prophets of Baal, the people starts cheering, in Hebrew probably: “Elijah! Elijah!” Guess Elijah must have been stoked!

Then Jezebel comes after him, and maybe Elijah realises that the Lord is God. But that’s me speculating.

And he starts running for Sinai. But no, he’s not running away from Jezebel, he’s running to God. Because remember this about the mount Sinai: it’s the mountain where God first gave His covenant to His people. Elijah knows he will ‘find’ God there.

And God wants him there. So, when Elijah feints, God sends an angel to bring him sustenance. Twice. “Get up and eat some more, or the journey ahead will be too much for you”.

~***~

We know what happened in the cave. Elijah meets with God, not in the storm, or the earthquake, or the fire, but afterwards, in the sound of a gentle whisper. And he finds his (His?) perspective, and a new mission. The purpose of the storm was in that lesson Elijah learnt.

We don’t really know what Elijah learnt – the story doesn’t tell.

Maybe he learnt the meaning of his (His?) name…

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