An unusual thing about the Bible is its description of the failures along with the victories of its heroes: Abraham lied; Moses said he was incapable; David committed adultery; etc. The Bible isn鈥檛 a book about heroes - it鈥檚 a book about flawed people God used to do amazing things. God responded to Elijah鈥檚 fear with a clear message, but also with patience.
We are all mixtures of success and failure, and our failures can come at times when things are going well. It鈥檚 good that God is patient with us, but hopefully we are making some progress toward more faith in God.