-June 6, 2024-
Good morning beloved, happy Wednesday,
“For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.”
(2 Chronicles 16:9).
Asa was a good king of Judah who started off well, but then did not trust the Lord as he did before. Early in his reign he relied fully on the Lord when the Ethiopians attacked Judah with an army of one million men and three hundred chariots.
He called on the Lord for His help. 2 Chronicles 14:11 says, “And Asa cried out to the Lord his God, ‘Lord it is nothing for You to help, with many or with those who have no power; help us, O Lord our God, for we rest on you, and in Your name we go against this multitude, O Lord, You are our God; do not let man prevail against You!’”
What a victory God won for them! “So the Lord struck the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled” (2 Chronicles 14:12).
Fast forward to another attack, this time by Israel who came against them. In stead of trusting the Lord, Asa brought silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the Lord, and sent it to the Syrians to break their treaty with Israel and it worked, but it was not God’s. God sent His prophet Hanani to rebuke him.
He relied on man not God. This sometimes happens in our lives. We trust Him and He gives us a great victory, does a wonderful miracle. Then something else much smaller happens and we start to rely on ourselves or someone else, and then we fail and fall.
May the Lord help us to trust Him in big things and in little things, and in all things. God sees not only what we do, but our attitudes, motives, and desires. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.
Relying on the reliable, almighty God.
Dean
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