KING ASA

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTERS 14-16
“ Then Asa was angry with the seer , and put him in prison for he was enraged at him because of this...” v10
Asa inherited the Kingdom from King Abijah. Like King Saul, this man started off well but failed to stride in balance. He led a spiritual revival and strengthened the military. When the Ethiopians came against him with a million troops, he defeated them with a smaller army because he relied on God for the success. Right after the battle, a prophet called Azariah has a word with him. The message? “ Don't be presumptuous when you go to war, you have to trust Me for your victories.” 

But Bible stories rarely have a happy ending.  The blunder came just before another war with the King of Israel Baasha. Its a different Asa now. He had faced the Ethiopian army but now he immediately asked for assistance from King Ben- Hadad the King of Syria and offered to buy him over!!“ Then Asa bought silver and gold from the treasuries .....Let there be a treaty between you and me......v 2,3”

After the war,a  prophet called Hanani confronts King Asa and pronounces  “...from now on you shall have wars.”v 9 By this time, Asa's ego had swelled. He ordered the prophet to be arrested. Anyway he had won the war, what else was there to fear from an old prophet? Who was he to talk to a King like that?

But the divine chastisement soon came without any further warnings. King Asa subsequently became diseased in his feet. (v12). He died in his sickness. With the leadership comes the responsibility. Any man who thinks that God would not require an accounting, need to look at this King. What a turn of events!! Learn  from Asa's dishonourable exit and you will avoid your own.
Therefore be ye steadfast, immovable, always labouring in the labour of Lord, knowing that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15: