How Shall We Go On?

In the days of Israel’s kings, the small minority of believers were in desperate straits. All odds were stacked against them. Spiritual apathy, idolatry, and false religion ruled the day. True believers were despised by the influential and powerful. On top of that, the one prevailing voice of faith in the land was coming to the end of his ministry. Would faith dwindle to nothing like a stream at the end of its course? There are parallels between their world and ours. Maybe you have felt the same way? How can this ancient story speak to and inspire us?