1 Kings 15-16; Psalm 89
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King after king are listed as doing evil in the eyes of the Lord
both in Israel and Judah…until Asa.
Asa is the third king of Judah.
Rehoboam and Abijah before him did not follow God’s commands and led people
in idol worship. Asa had grown up
in a world of war and idol worship, but somehow in spite of his surroundings,
He chose to follow the one true God.
According to “A Lineup of Rulers” in The Student Bible:
“Asa and his son Jehoshaphat were the
only kings mentioned in 1 Kings who did ‘what was right in the eyes of the
Lord.’ Asa began religious reforms
that turned into a kind of wildfire revival. He drove heathen cults out of the land-even removing his own
grandmother as queen mother because of her idolatry. Asa also welcomed to Judah many refugees from Israel.”
It says in 2 Chronicles 15 about Asa, that large numbers had come
over to him from Israel when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. “They entered into a covenant to seek
the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. They took an oath to the Lord with loud
acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns. All Judah rejoiced about the oath
because they had sworn it wholeheartedly.
They sought God eagerly, and he was found by them.” (2 Chronicles 15:12, 14-15)
A couple things I learned from Asa:
~No matter who you are, where you are from, or what you’ve grown
up believing, you can choose God.
He can show up in the least likely places! Anyone who seeks Him will find Him! It takes boldness and courage to step
away from what you’ve always known.
It takes sacrifice. But God
will show up in amazing ways!
~What a difference one person can make! “A mass movement never starts with the masses. It starts with individuals.” –unknown.
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