1 Kings 19:18 KJV — Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Elijah thought he was the only prophet left, the last man standing, and he was completely wrong.
He was 7,000 times wrong in his assessment of the situation he was experiencing.
The Bible says that Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are (James 5:17).
Elijah stopped there being rain on the earth for three years and six months.
Elijah called down fire from heaven.
Elijah was a mighty prophet of God, moving in demonstrable power under the Old Covenant.
And he was completely wrong about being ‘the only one left’.
This is great news.
Because when you feel discouraged and your emotions are telling you about how hopeless the situation is…rejoice.
Rejoice because you know that that message of doom and gloom could be 7,000 times wrong.
You actually are at least 7,000 times more prosperous, successful and advantaged than you feel right now.
So if a mighty prophet of God can be 7,000 times wrong in his doom-and-gloom assessment…it’s possible you could be as well.