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6^TH ,JUNE 2022

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 21-24

TEXT: 1 Kings 15:16-24

16 Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 

17 And Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 

18 Then Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and the treasuries of the king’s house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-Hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt in Damascus, saying, 

19 “Let there be a treaty between you and me, as there was between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a present of silver and gold. Come and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

20 So Ben-Hadad heeded King Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. He attacked Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maachah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 

21 Now it happened, when Baasha heard it, that he stopped building Ramah, and remained in Tirzah.

22 Then King Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted. And they took away the stones and timber of Ramah, which Baasha had used for building; and with them King Asa built Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. 

24 So Asa rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David his father. Then Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place.

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1 Kings 15:19

“There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me."

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

The life that pleases God is a marathon, not a quick and easy dash.

THE MESSAGE:

Men often seek short cut to success in life. Rather than live by God's righteous standard, they seek to achieve success by any means possible. They justify their action by arguing that the end justifies the means. This is despite their moral failings and character flaws, all of which contravene God's expectations from His children.

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Such was the beginning of the end for King Asa, who had begun well to rule Judah, and introduced great reforms in the land. He brought back true worship of God and destroyed all objects of idolatry in Judah. He generally lived and ruled righteously. In return, God gave the land rest and prospered his reign.

However, at the time he faced an onslaught from Baasha, the king of Israel, instead of turning to God, he sought help from Benhadad, the king of Syria. When challenged by a prophet of God that he had gone astray, he arrested and imprisoned him, and oppressed anyone else who raised his voice against his excesses. He was soon struck by God with a disease in his feet. Yet in that condition, he would not turn to God, but sought treatment from physicians. They could not help him and he died from that sickness.

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Often, choosing the easy rather than the right way results in greater problems. You may get the reprieve you seek, but in the process incur the anger of the Lord. Never withdraw your trust from God because of present suffering, nor seek solution to your problem, other than from God. It is the surest way to avoid a life of regret and eternal separation from Him.

DO HAVE A BLESSED DAY

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