Dealing with Mental Health
“And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.” (1 Kings 19:1-4)
Today’s Morsel: Mental health disorders and issues seem to be on the uprise. The medical community is reeling trying to find out why so many children are dealing with mental health disorders. I believe that one of the reasons is due in part to that children are having to deal with circumstances and situations that their minds are not yet developed enough for them to deal with. Some children don’t understand why Johnny and Sally can have a mother and a father, live in a nice home, and have a nice car to ride in and they don’t. They don’t understand why Johnny can have a Nintendo Switch and they cannot. Their minds are not yet developed to understand the why’s of life and how to make wise and adult decisions that are being cast at time daily. All the abusive language, name calling, and rejections being hurled their way daily is too much for them to handle. And so, they become fearful, lonely, hopeless, and depressed, when all they want is for someone to explain and to show them love and consideration. And so, in some cases, like Elijah, they only see death as a way out. But that is not the way out. Death is never the answer. The way out is for born-again believers to reach out. To reach out in love and consideration. Paul states: “If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” (Philippians 2:1-5) Jesus states: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.” (Luke 4:18-19) We can see through scripture how God restored Elijah to His calling and ministry when he wanted to end it all because of fatigue and fear. I think that it is time for the church, and those of us who say that we are born-again, to get the mind of Christ, and deliver those whom Satan is taking captive at his will. Reach out to the young around you and be sensitive to their needs. Be the love of Jesus in their life.
Sing: Because He lives, I can face tomorrow; because He lives, all fear is gone; because I know, He holds the future, and life is worth the living just because He live.
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