Christian Healing Ministry - Devotionals

Devotional for March 27, 2026

DON’T GIVE UP ON GOD AND DON’T GIVE UP ON LIFE

SCRIPTURE READING - 📖 1 Kings 19:8

So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.

Additional Verses

📖 1 Kings 19:1-21; Matthew 4:1-11; Acts 12:1-25

Many people including children of God, whenever they face challenges, rather than running to God, they instead run away from God. When Elijah saw that his life was being threatened by Jezebel, Elijah ran to God. Of course, in the process of his escape, because of fear, he almost gave up on life and pleaded with God that if only he could die. (1 Kings 19:4). “Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an angel touched him, and said to him, “Arise and eat.” Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals and a jar of water. So he ate and drank, and lay down again. And the angel of the LORD came back the second time, and touched him, and said, “Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.” So he arose, and ate and drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.” (1 Kings 19:5-8). Just like Elijah, at first, many children of God subject themselves to a kind of fasting that is more of a hunger strike rather than as a tool to get closer to God. Fasting through self-effort will lead you to pray to God for the wrong things just like what Elijah initially did in 1 Kings 19:4. However, when you fast and pray under the check and direction of the Holy Spirit, you can never go wrong. After Elijah was fed by the angel of the LORD twice, he was able to go without food or water forty days and forty nights. When he came to the presence of God at Mount Horeb, God restored his ministry and gave him a fresh assignment. I do not know what your situation is, or what your fears are which may lead you to give up on God. But what I would like to say to you is that never give up on God. Instead allow Him to shape and re-shape your destiny just as He did for Elijah. Put your fears behind you and let God feed you with the right food and your body, soul and spirit will be revitalized for the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

Prayer

Thank You Father for encouraging me never to give up on You no matter the size of my adversaries. May You feed me as You fed Your servant Elijah and reestablish and illuminate me in order that You may send me where ever You desire me to go to preach Your Gospel. In Jesus Christ’s mighty name I pray. Amen.