I need answers, hope, something to cling to. Maybe I should turn to Facebook, Google it or find some book that might have answers for me. Frustration caused by circumstances not going his way, the king of Israel, brought before us in the first chapter of 2Kings, sends messengers to find out if he would recover from a sickness that came upon him after a bad fall. His situation is not the issue. It's where he was going for answers.Why was he seeking answers where there woud be none? Why? The angel of the lord sent Elijah to inquire, "Is it because there is no God in Israel?" Sitting around the room under lamplight with our Bibles open, this question repeated 3 times made us question where we go for answers; whom do we turn to when there are issues in our life? The words of Jesus recorded in the 6th chapter of Matthew remind us that our heavenly Father knows what we need. "But, seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you." Do you get what is being said? Stop the craziness! The Lord wants His people to turn first to Him, to seek answers and direction from His word, to depend on Him.
The God of Israel spoke to the exiles in Babylon through the prophet Jeremiah telling them that He knew what was ahead for them, that he would restore them, give them hope. What did He ask? "Call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart" (Jerimiah 29:12-13).
