Lessons on Asa (1)—Making Good Use of Quiet Times - All The LORD is near Daily Devotionals for 2024

[Asa] said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and make walls around them, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered.
2 Chronicles 14:7

Lessons on Asa (1)—Making Good Use of Quiet Times
We see a good attitude in Asa right at the beginning of his reign, as the land was quiet for ten years. He used that time to put things in order. First of all, he removed what is against the Lord, the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, which were there since the reign of Solomon. Then he positively commanded Judah , we will be strengthened in the Lord and be ready to face the times of trial that may, and surely will, come our way. This will manifest the reality and depth of our faith.

Let us take it to heart, especially when we know times of tranquility, to seek the Lord, to grow in His knowledge, to strengthen ourselves as well as our brothers and sisters in Christ, and to do good.

Alexandre Leclerc