In 2 Chronicles 14-16 we read of a king called Asa who was a very good king to start of with ,he did all in his power to turn the people of Judah back to God,exhorting them to seek the Lord and obey His laws and commands.He removed the false places of worship,he even removed his grandmother from her position as queen mother,because of her idolatry.And when he was faced with a foreign army equipped with many chariots ,and thousand of soldiers,he called on the Lord and he gave him the victory.After the battle God spoke to him through a person Azariah,and this is what he said,'The Lord is with you when you are with Him.If you seek Him,he will be found by you,but if you forsake Him,he will forsake you'(2Chron 15v 2) Many people from Israel joined him,because they saw the lord was with him.But sad to say it didn't last, for when another foreign power attacked his country ,instead of seeking for deliverance from God,he went for help to a foreign king instead of trusting in the Lord.When a prophet challenged him as regards what he had done,Asa became angry with him and threw him in prison,and then he brutally oppressed some of his people.Then he became very ill,but he did not seek help from the Lord,but only from his doctors,he eventally died.It seems to me that his stubborn will and pride took over,and he would not seek the lord.There is a very simple lesson we can learn from this as Michael Wilcock points out,'When Asa trusted the Lord he was strong; when he did not, he was weak'
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