A discouraged prophet

But he himself [Elijah] went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for 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.  (1 Kings 19:4)  The history of the Old Testament prophet Elijah found in 1 Kings 18 and 19 demonstrates a radical change in circumstances that is helpful for us to examine in the context of discouragement and depression. In 1 Kings 18, we find...