SEEKING HELP FROM THE WRONG SOURCE
"And Ahaziah...was sick, ...and said unto them,
Go,inquire of Baalzebub ...whether Ishall recover of this disease"
2 Kings 1:2
In the story of our lesson today, Ahaziah requests his messengers to inquire of Baalzebub, the god of Ekron, whether he should recover of his affliction. It was a classic case of "the blind leading the blind". Ahaziah sought help from a source that could not help; and sought answers from someone who had no answers. In this case, not merely was he seeking help from the wrong source, but the source he turned to was likely to lead him in a deliberately wrong direction.
Often we have a tendency to seek help from the wrong source. Turn to friends for advice who are in no better position than we are to give it. Seek our fortune in numbers. Turn to luck to determine our fate.The angel of the Lord told Eliijah to ask the king, why didn't you just go to God? "Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub , the god of Ekron?" I Kings 1:3
Why not go to God first? "IIt is He that has made us, and not we ourselves; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture" , Psalm 100:3. He knows the very hairs on our head. He not merely knows whether we'll recover, but He can help us recover. Turn to Jesus. Turn to God. "In God is my salvation and my glory:the rock of my strength , and my refuge, is in God." Psalm 62:7.
Because He Lives,
Rev. Rodrick K. Green, April 28, 2024