Like Enoch, Elijah would be taken to heaven without experiencing physical death. The prophet finally left his survival hideaway and began to serve his Lord again. Elijah once again became a man on the move in the work of God. In the one week period of his life, Elijah learned that the safest place to be and the surest place to survive is in the center of the heavenly Father's will. His feelings of fear and defeat had been needless.
Christians are people with a mission.
If we spend our time, energy, and money preparing for disasters that may not even occur, we will not be effective in our God-given tasks. Fear will limit our usefulness and rob us of blessings and rewards we could have possessed if we had kept our priorities right. In order to survive, they must go where it is necessary. They live in fear, never driving a long distance from their fortress. As faith increases, fear decreases .