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(2 King's 1:3,6,16) ... Is it because there is not God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the God of Ekron?...
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God is ever available, even to people who reject Him. Ahazaiah "did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, he clung to the sins of his fathers, and he made all Israel to sin" (from 2 King's 3:2,3); yet God interceded on his behalf three times. Ahazaiah fell and needed help, but amazingly, he stubbornly refused God's help and sought answers from Baal-Zebub, which means "The Lord of Flies" and was later called "Lord of Dung" or Satan (Luke 11:14-23).
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I'm embarrassed by Ahazaiah. God clearly knows our behaviors, thoughts, and motive--past, present, and future. Therefore, I ask myself: Am I (unlike Ahazaiah) open to the corrections and interventions that God sends to me? Am I filled with respect for the God who lives, listens, and intercedes? Or am I seeking help from false "higher powers" instead of the one true God (Galatians 4:8)?
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Lord, thank You for causing Jude's prayer to echo in my soul. I turn my allegiance to You, for You are able to keep me from stumbling and to present me blameless before the presence of Your glory with great joy. To You, the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, belongs majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time, now and forever. Amen (Jude 1:24,25).
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