Shalom! Sometimes when a new leader gets into position of authority, he would get there with his own agenda. Sometimes it's an agenda to embezzle money and many other evil plans. But few times we've found leaders whose agenda is establish what is right, changing the tide and direction of their nation. Such is the new king of Israel, Asa:
2 Chronicles 14: 1-2
1 So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2 And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
3 For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves:
4 And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment.
When a nation experience continual peace for a long enough time there will be development in every area. Such was the experience the acts of King Asa brought Israel for ten years solid.
But my concern is why just ten years - what happened? Why not all his years as king? Let's see what happened:
Asa formed an alliance with Baasha, King of Syria in order to protect himself instead of trusting God to protect him, and he lost out with God. The Lord said that he failed on this point, "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars" (2 Chronicles 16:9).
Never stop trusting God Who had come through for you many times in the past and start trusting in the arm of flesh. You will lose out if you do, and things will not be well with you again untill you return back to your God Who is faithful and true.
Till next posting, God bless.
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