2 Kings 1

After the showdown between God and Baal on the top of Mount Carmel, it’s hard to imagine how there could have been anybody left in Israel who still believed in false gods. However, truth is usually stranger than fiction! So, when Ahab’s son Ahaziah wanted to know if his health condition was going to get better, he sent a coalition to talk to Baal: "Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, 'Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.'" (vs 2)

Ahaziah had apparently forgotten that the Lord, the God of Israel, was the only one who "talked back" on Mount Carmel. But he didn’t forget for long... because God "talked back" to Ahaziah on this occasion as well—even when He hadn’t been asked anything! "But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, 'Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?" Therefore this is what the Lord says: "You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!"'" (vs 3-4)

I love the fact that God gives us answers... even when we haven’t bothered to ask Him the question. In this case, if it hadn’t been for God, Ahaziah wouldn’t have gotten an answer at all. But God doesn’t leave us in the dark. He knows all the answers to all the questions we could ever have, and even if we haven’t given Him the courtesy of an initial consult, He will provide us with the answers we need to know.