2 Chronicles 15:2 The LORD is with you when you are with him, and if you seek him he will be found; but if you abandon him, he will abandon you.
King Asa had just finished a great victory because of the Lord. It is easy to think that because we have won God’s favor, that we will never be without it. We are promised grace and mercy because of Jesus’s death and resurrection. That grace and mercy only applies if we actually follow God, repent our sins, and mean. Asa didn’t just say the words, “Ok God, we will seek you and only you.” Asa showed God he meant it by going through the villages and destroying idols. He even destroyed one of his own mother’s, showing that even in a family circle we are put to the test.
In our own lives, we must make sure there are no hidden places where idols may lay. If there is a place where we are afraid to walk away from because of embarrassment or getting made fun of, we need to seriously think about all the lessons in the Bible of those who don’t surrender all the wrongs. God has said multiple times that he is with us when we are with him. If we reject him, he will reject us. Why do we keep thinking these messages don’t apply to our individual stories?
I’m praying for you, reader, that you may find the courage to truly search your heart and make sure there are no idols in there. That there is nothing that is keeping you from fully accepting God’s love. Let go of all the “idols” you may have been turning to, even the ones you are afraid to let go of. No person is more important that God’s forgiveness. If someone walks away from you because you have turned to God, it is their loss. Pray for them that they too may turn from their falsities and find God’s love.
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