Some thoughts:
As venerated as the Prophet Elijah was....The Book of James gives him as an example of the kind of results that righteous folks can get in prayer.
He was a man...just like us, the Bible says!
This should encourage!

James 5:16-17 NLT
Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. [17] Elijah was as human as we are, and yet when he prayed earnestly that no rain would fall, none fell for three and a half years!