1 Kings 15:9-15 ESV
9 In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah, 10 and he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. 11 And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. 12 He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron. 14 But the high places were not taken away. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was wholly true to the Lord all his days. 15 And he brought into the house of the Lord the sacred gifts of his father and his own sacred gifts, silver, and gold, and vessels.

ASA, A GOOD KING.
Unlike his predecessors, Asa ‘did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as David his father had done.’ We understand that he was not perfect but that he followed His father David’s reign, the abstinence from any form idolatry. He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. He even stripped his own mother Maacah her crown as the queen. Why? She had made an abominable image for Asherah. He cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron.

Asa did not allow her relationship with family to shroud his relationship with God. How many believers had mellowed down in their commitment to God by consenting to their erring family member? Our relationship with God should be paramount in all things, should it be not? For the reputation of the family before the world, they would sacrifice their relationship with God.

However, the high places were not taken away. There was a reform at Jerusalem. However, outside of the city, he let the high places to continue for 41 years. He could have been a better king should he completely removed the idol worship. Thus, it was his son Hezekiah who would remove all these in the future. [ 2 Kings 18:4]. Asa was a good king but he was not the best.

Perhaps, we are plagued by complacency in our lives. Thus, we allow the seemingly lesser or secondary dangers as the ‘high places” and taken them for granted. Let’s not allow the little foxes to ruin the vines. [Song 2:15] Should we be acceptable before God, let us present our everything to Him.

As Rom 12:1,2 says, “ I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

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