James 5:17 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
Over 10 years ago, i received an invitation to preach to a small group of believers on a retreat. The topic my host gave me was "The Power of One". I asked to know what he meant and what the focus of the message was. He told me that the focus of the message should be on the exploits one man can do, a visionary man. I got his intention and I began to prepare. The opening text that came to mind was James 5:17, " Elijah was a man" not two or more persons were described to us but one man who prayed and stopped rain for years. Just one man, not a committee of men. I did a survey of great characters in the bible, they existed as one. They pioneered and started kingdom exploits as one with a vision before they mobilized others.
When God wanted to send His redemptive message to the Gentiles, he raised Paul and sent him there. Even at creation, God started with Adam first, later created Eve and then the rest of the world came from their loins.
When God needed a saviour for mankind, God didn't send two persons but one. It is consistent with the nature of God to always search for one man whenever He wants a task done. In Ezekiel22:30, God said, "AND I SOUGHT FOR A MAN AMONG THEM, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none." When Saul failed, God sought for a man and He found David worthy for the throne.
Now, don't misunderstand the import of this message, no single man can fulfill a great vision alone but a great vision need to start with one man before others can be part of it. There are vacancies in the realm of the spirit and heaven is shopping for one man who will replace. Start getting yourself prepared for the great deployment of God's sons into key tasks in the kingdom. This phase of life you call "suffering" or "delay" may be God's training process for a bigger task. God prepared David for the throne in the wilderness tending sheep because God had human sheep in mind. When the affairs of a nation has gone comatose, God won't send foreign help. He has always raised men and send them out to do His bidding but He always start with one. I am glad to tell you that God is looking for you, just you. There's a cry, "who shall we send"? As a man that God has invested so much in, respond to God's call saying " Here am I, send me". Start getting prepared for destiny.
Father, here am I, send me.