Bread for the Journey
I Kings 19:4-8
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I Kings 19:4-8 (NRSV): Elijah Given Bread for His Journey:
4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.” 6 He looked, and there at his head was a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. He ate and drank and lay down again. 7 The angel of the Lord came a second time, touched him, and said, “Get up and eat, or the journey will be too much for you.” 8 He got up and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God.
Queries:
What important work am I doing? What is sustaining me in this work?
How can I provide sustenance to others, in the work they are doing?
What “bread” do I need for my journey? What even is my journey?