Sometimes, it seems, we may be going in the right direction, doing the right thing, and then for whatever reason we go off and do something that is totally not like us.
This is exactly what Asa has done. After relying on the LORD for all those years, it seems, he gets a little nervous and decides he needs to strike up an alliance with Syria. There are consequences to Asa's lack of trust and he is warned of them by a man of God sent to him. His peace will definitely be disturbed for depending, for trusting man before God to help him.
Asa becomes greatly diseased in his feet, yet, even then, scripture says, he did not seek the help of the LORD, rather he sought only the advice of the physicians. We should seek the LORD's help. We should rely on Him above all things and remember, too... He gives gifts to Dr's and Nurses so that God might heal us through the gifts He has given others.
But, I think, too, that if we would only turn to the LORD, rely on Him, and walk with Him, we would know a wholeness that can only come from God - a wholeness - reconciliation with God and our neighbor - that comes only through the love of God in Christ Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the wholeness, that healing, one will know peace.
God's Peace be with you.......
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