The Reign of King Asa

Reading 1 Kings 15:9-31. In this reading, we see a picture of two kings, one of Judah, one of Israel. Nadab who had a short-lived reign or reign of only two years compared to Asa who had a reign of 41 years. Nadab did what was evil in the Lord's sight and followed the example of his father. King Asa made a choice to follow after God. They thought they had come up with the solution they need, but nothing has changed. These idols are manmade things that are elevated instead of God. It's about humbling ourselves and lifting up God. 2 Chronicles, chapter 16, in verse 12, “In the 39th year of his reign, Asa developed a serious foot disease. Yet even with the severity of his disease, he did not seek the Lord's help but turned only to his physicians.” So, despite this long reign, a long life, in the end he's distracted, his eyes are taken off the Lord. He goes to the king of Aram for protection. He goes to doctors and physicians for healing when he should have been going to God. Without God's Holy Spirit to bring God's own word and truth back to remembrance, we are stuck in the same pattern. God is good. It's lowering these things that we make ourselves and elevating God, letting him bring us up, giving all of our cares and worries to him because he cares about us.