02/17/2025 – “Taking the Initiative Against Depression” / 1 of 5 daily devotions today – Why? See comment below
“The angel in this passage did not give Elijah a vision, or explain the Scriptures to him, or do anything remarkable. He simply told Elijah to do a very ordinary thing, that is, to get up and eat. If we were never depressed, we would not be alive – only material things don’t suffer depression. If human beings were not capable of depression, we would have no capacity for happiness and exaltation. There are things in life that are designed to depress us; for example, things that are associated with death. Whenever you examine yourself, always take into account your capacity for depression.
When the Spirit of God comes to us. He does not give us glorious visions, but He tells us to do the most ordinary things imaginable. Depression tends to turn us away from the everyday things of God’s creation. But whenever God steps in, His inspiration is to do the most natural, simple things — things we w0ould never have imagined God was in, but as we do them we find Him there. The inspiration that comes to us in this way is an initiative against depression. But we must take the the first step and do it in the inspiration of God. If however, we do something simply to overcome our depression, we will only do we will only deepen it. (*A – see below) But when the Spirit of God leads us instinctively to do something, the moment we do it the depression is gone. As soon as we arise and obey, we enter a higher plane of life.”
Soli Deo Gloria!
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Insert comment – For the most part, I post one daily devotional per day amongst six regular choices. But today, I am posting five by the end of the day, between morning and evening devotionals, three different sources. Why? They all seem in sync on the same overall message. Maybe I should post the sixth, Jonathan Cahn’s “Sapphires”, but I’ll let y’all check that out if you are of a mind.
Thoughts? , particularly on (*A)? I found that to be true : Take my eyes off myself and put them on the LORD! The depression leaves me, even when the worldly circumstances linger or even worsen!