Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Kings 19:7

"And the angel of Jehovah came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for thee." — 1 Kings 19:7 (ASV)

And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you.

God exercises foresight on behalf of his people which they cannot themselves exercise. He knows when we are to be called either to unusual service or unusual suffering, and he prepares us for it. He not only gives us spiritual meat to eat because we know that we are hungry, but he also gives it to us because of our future needs which, for the present, are quite unknown to us.