Can we Try, To Not Get Carried Away?

When good things happen, then it can be all to easy to get carried away.

Did Elijah get carried away, when he jeered the prophets of Baal?

I’m sure that someone spoke this thought to me at some time, in some way, and then suddenly, it’s just reconnecting.

When Elijah, had his great success against the prophets of Baal, when he had his time of, winning but becoming worn out, in 1 Kings 18:16-46, did he become worn out, because he got carried away?

Before, I’d often thought that it was funny when Elijah taunted the prophets of Baal.

1 Kings 18:27
²⁷ At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

It presents a fun picture to me. The true prophet of God, making fun of the false prophets of Baal. But, was it God’s will, for this to happen?
For Elijah to taunt, the prophets of Baal?
Was it the way of love, to taunt those, who were going down a wrong path?

Now please, don’t misunderstand me. I’m not trying to judge Elijah, as I don’t know if I would have done any better, and I know that there are times, when I’ve got carried away myself.

What I’m trying to work round to, is, can we try to recognise when we are starting to get carried away, and then, to stop it?
To not waste energy on, a bit of fun, but instead, to keep that energy, for when we really need it?

How much energy did Elijah spend, making fun of the prophets of Baal?
We read just one sentence, but how much time does that one sentence cover? 5 minutes, an hour or a longer time?

If Elijah had rested during that time, instead of spending the energy he had on making fun of the prophets of Baal, then would he have had enough energy, to deal with Jezebel’s threat, which she sent to him, through a messenger?

1 Kings 19:1-3
19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. ² So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.”

³ Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there,

When all is said and done, can we keep in step with our Lord God, and do what He would like for us to do?
Can we keep in step to the Beat of Our Lord God’s Drum?
If it speeds up, will we then speed up?
If it slows down, will we then slow down?
Will we do all that we can, so that we won’t get Carried Away, but instead get Carried Along, as we keep in step with Him?
Our Lord God Almighty.