「你當走的路甚遠。」－列王紀上19:7
祂賜他美味食物，然後哄他安祥入夢。
以利亞剛剛才為神行了大事，還神采奕奕地疾奔在亞哈王的馬車前；如今他的體力已耗盡，身體的機能到了極致，於是他變得沮喪消沉。
人都受到身體的限制，我們需要休息，需要調適，需要照顧身體的軟弱。
許多偉大的人物，有一天都會被帶到以利亞的窘境，在羅騰樹下不願苟活。
這時，他們卻要聽見主溫柔安慰的言語：「你要走的路還遠得很呢！讓我來為你增添心力。」
所以，我們切勿將屬靈下沉和身體軟弱混為一談。
"The journey is too great for thee" (1 King 19:7).And what did God do with His tired servant? Gave him something good to eat, and put him to sleep. Elijah had done splendid work, and had run alongside of the chariot in his excitement, and it had been too much for his physical strength, and the reaction had come on, and he was depressed. The physical needed to be cared for. What many people want is sleep, and the physical ailment attended to. There are grand men and women who get where Elijah was--under the juniper tree! and it comes very soothingly to such to hear the words of the Master: "The journey is too great for thee, and I am going to refresh you." Let us not confound physical weariness with spiritual weakness.
