Harold Peterson was still missing and the police department had gotten involved. Robert Grey, Harold's grandfather, had put together a search party with the help of one the police officers and now Sergeant Halfway was trying to follow up on the search to try and figure out the next move. As Halfway walked up the sidewalk to Robert's house, he wondered if he would even find him home.
After several knocks, Sergeant Halfway
turned to leave, figuring nobody was home at the Grey's home when he
heard someone call out “Robert, Over here.” Turning around to
see who was calling and from where, Halfway almost fell off the
steps. After catching his balance, Sergeant Halfway headed towards
the garage where he found who was calling him, Mr Grey himself.
“Did you find Harold yet?”
Sergeant Halfway called out. “No Robert replied, “I was just
getting ready to come down to the station to see if you or your men
had found him yet.” “My officer did say you put a search team
together, right?” Halfway asked. “Finally.” Mr Grey answered,
“But it took a lot of work to convince the town that Harold was
worth looking for.”
“I take it then,” Halfway asked,
“You still haven’t found him?” “No!” Robert said sadly,
“And we've looked everywhere.” “Where all have you looked?”
Sergeant Halfway asked. “For starters,” Robert started to say,
“His dad and mom searched his bedroom. It took them six hours. As
you may know, Harold’s room is a condemned disaster zone.”
“Wow!” Halfway injected, “I
didn't realize his room was that bad.” “We’ve checked his tree
house but all that we found there was a bunch of empty pop cans.”
Robert continued, “We sent nearly twenty people out to the woods
where he and Muffy used to go and play but all they found out there
were a bunch of uncompleted and half eaten school assignments.”
“Is there any where else he would
hide out?” Halfway asked. “We checked with the dock guide at the
lake and he hadn't been down there all summer. We did learn though at
the supermarket that he had been there and had bought six cases of
candy bars.” “That sounds like Harold.” Sergeant Halfway
laughed.”
“We've looked everywhere.” Robert
said shaking his head, “ I’m beginning to believe space aliens
really did capture Harold and take him away.” “But there is no
such thing as space aliens.” Halfway protested, “They couldn't
have taken him.” “Are you sure?” Robert asked, “We even
tried putting a plate of food out for him and that didn't work.
We've tried everything.”
“How about a prayer meeting?”
Sergeant Halfway asked, “Did you hold a prayer meeting and ask God
to help?” “Oops.” Mr. Grey said bowing his head in shame. “That
should have been the first thing we did and we forgot all about it.”
“Maybe you should try that next.” Halfway suggested. “And let
me know when you hold the prayer meeting so I can attend.” “I'll
do that.” Robert said and then got busy calling everyone.
How many of us can say that we know
everything? If we don't know something we could just forget it, not
worry about knowing, we could wait for the answer to some how appear,
we could go look it up in a book or on the Internet or we to could go
ask someone. Of course we could find our selves asking the wrong
person like Ahaziah. King Ahaziah wanted to know something about
himself but things didn't work out they way he had planned for he
went looking for answers in the wrong place.
2 Kings 1:2-17 (NASB)
How often do we look for answers in
the wrong places? - like the question - “Why are we here?”
Solomon sought out such an answer. Ecclesiastes 1:12-13 I, the
Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I set my mind
to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under
heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men
to be afflicted with. (NASB)
Solomon found the answer and he has
shared it with us in Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 The conclusion, when
all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because
this applies to every person. For God will bring every act to
judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.
(NASB)
In the New Testament we find more talk
on how are being here is tied to not only God but to Christ as well.
- Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. (NASB)
- John 6:67-69 So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?" Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. "We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God." (NASB)
- John 15:1-5 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. (NASB)
When Ahaziah went looking for an
answer, he may have got one from the prophets of the so called god
Baal-zebub but chances are it would not have been right. People
today often look for answers in horoscopes, taro cards, etc
Here's Something To Ponder
- When you have questions relating to life – where do you go looking?
- Is God and His word your first place to look?
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