Power to Protect

 … through God's Presence

 Protection from ourselves

 lack of perspective

 despair

 Sustaining power

 hunger

 fatigue

 … through Purpose

 Elijah is given a mission

 God's not finished with him

 Encouragement

 … through Companionship

 Elijah is given Elisha

 Burden shared …

 Relieves the pressure

 We are given the church

 cf. Pilgrim's Progress

 God is always ready and willing to rescue us, to strengthen us. He is always prepared to restore us - sometimes in quite unexpected ways.