Step 5. Redirect your life. God gave Elijah a new assignment. “Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram” (I Kings 19:15). The fastest way to defeat depression is to quit drowning in self-pity. Take your eyes off yourself and start looking at the needs of others. Find people who are less fortunate and invest your life in them. When you give yourself to others, God will give to you. Jesus said, “Whosoever loses his life for me will find it” (Matthew 16:25).
第五,重新开始生活。神给了以利亚一个新的指示“你回去,从旷野往大马士革去。到了那里,就要膏哈薛作亚兰王”(列王记上19:15)。对付抑郁最快速的方法就是放弃沉溺在自怜中。把视线移离自己并开始关注他人的需要。寻找那些生活不太顺利的人并把你的生命投入其中。当你把自己奉献给他人时,神就会给你。耶稣说:“凡为我丧掉生命的,必得着生命”(马太福音16:25)。