Elijah’s discernment

Elijah’s Discernment

Tempo: 84 BPM (steady, intentional)

Key: E minor → subtle lift to G major in the final section

Style: cinematic worship / musical storytelling

Core Instruments:

• Piano (anchor + narrative)

• Violin (discernment / divine response)

• Low strings (tension, drought)

• Soft percussion (heartbeat, restraint)

• Ambient pad (presence, not emotion)

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Movement I — The Brook (1 Kings 17:2–6)

Provision without explanation

Intro (instrumental – 6 bars)

• Piano plays sparse minor chords

• Low strings hum underneath

• Violin enters with a single repeated note

Verse 1

The word came quietly

Turn east, hide away

By a narrow stream

Where no one stays

No rain in the sky

No proof in my hands

Just a voice I trust

And dry, broken land

Pre-Chorus

I didn’t ask how

I didn’t look around

I stayed where I was sent

And waited it out

Chorus

By the brook I stayed

While the world ran dry

Ravens knew my name

When the earth denied

I learned to discern

What fear could not see

Provision doesn’t shout

It comes quietly

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Movement II — The Widow (1 Kings 17:7–16)

Obedience that outlives logic

Instrumental Shift (2 bars)

• Violin picks up a gentle moving line

• Piano becomes more rhythmic

Verse 2

The water failed

The ground gave way

But the word said rise

So I walked away

A widow stood

With her last in hand

Just enough faith

To not understand

Pre-Chorus

She gave what she had

Before it made sense

And the oil learned

How not to end

Chorus

The jar stayed full

The oil stayed near

Day after day

The end disappeared

Discernment knows

When to release

What looks like loss

Becomes increase

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Movement III — The Child (1 Kings 17:17–24)

Faith beyond provision — into resurrection

Bridge (tempo pulls back, emotional center)

• Piano drops to single notes

• Violin holds long, aching tones

Bridge Lyrics

Then the breath was gone

And the room stood still

No miracle left

Just faith and will

I carried the weight

Up the stairs alone

And spoke to God

With nothing to hold

Build (violin begins to climb)

I stretched myself

Over what was lost

And trusted life

Could hear my call

Final Chorus (key lift to G major)

And the child rose up

And the breath returned

What discernment knows

Is when to intercede

Not every test

Is about bread

Some battles ask

If you’ll stand for the dead

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Outro

• Violin ascends gently

• Piano lands on a resolved major chord

• Pad fades — not dramatic, certain

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Core Message (embedded, not spoken)

• Provision teaches trust

• Sustaining teaches obedience

• Resurrection teaches authority through discernment