Monday, March 27, 2006

Who do you turn to?

2 Kings is underway... and God has been speaking to me through it pretty powerfully...
I'll share a little:
In the first chapter of 2nd Kings, King Ahaziah is injured in an accident and he sends a messenger to ask Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if he will recover from the injury. The Lord tells Elijah this, and tells Elijah to go and ask them: 'Is there it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?'
In total, 103 men died because Ahaziah turned to the wrong god. 2 messengers, 100 men, and Ahaziah himself.

This caused me to think about who I turn to when things are tough, or if some sort of 'accident' occurs in life. It is absolutely crucial that we turn to God. To turn to anything else can, but for the grace of God, have fatal consequences, and depending on how we go about it, can affect the lives of those around us as well as ourselves. And if we think about it, would Baal-Zebub have given the right answer? Would he have given any sort of answer at all? Why, why, why would one turn to anyone or anything other than God when we know that we have access to God - the King of kings and Lord of lords?! It does not make sense to do anything other than turn to God. Sometimes, as I keep discovering, we do not see what is so manifest before us: Praise God that He abounds with grace!

1 comment:

Anthony said...

That's true Ee-Rah. How much do we need to see that we have an awesome, holy, magnificent, all powerful Father!