Caves are good shelter in a storm, but they are a bad place to live. In 1 Kings 19, Elijah ends up in a cave after a great victory. God never sent him there. Then God asks him a plain question: what are you doing here?

Seth Yancey follows the cave through Scripture. Lot hid in one out of fear. David's distressed and discontented followers gathered in one. Five kings fled to one, and it became a prison and then a grave. Hiding starts as protection and slowly turns into captivity.

Fear, disappointment, and promises that did not go as planned send many of us to our own caves. But Jesus walked out of his tomb, and he called Lazarus out of his. He does not plan to stay in the cave, and he does not want you to either. If you have been hiding, it is time to come out.