Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were 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 Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying,Asa was looking so promising. He was obedient to God. He had done what was right, removing the idols. He removed his own mother as queen mother because of her idolatry. He brought new items to the temple, to replace those his father had lost to Egypt. He hadn't removed the high places, but he himself was good and following God's commands.
Why then, did he strip the temple of all those items he'd just added, and give them to another king? He had come so far, why couldn't he have gone the one step further to calling upon God to assist him in this crisis? Surely God could have spontaneously caused that king to decide to break his treaty, or raised up another for that would divert Israel.
Just as Asa failed to trust God here, how often do I fail to trust God to fix my problems? I know it happens daily. I even know what I fail most often on. So why can't I make that next step, either?
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