In Second Chronicles, chapter fourteen, verse two, begins with the reign of Kings. However, the dynasty starts with Rehoboam in chapter twelve, Abijah, in Second Chronicles thirteen and First Kings fifteen, verses one through eight, respectively. During their reigns, the true worship of God declined, and idolatry increased with various places for idolatrous were erected, as in First Kings fourteen, verses twenty-one through twenty-four, and chapter fifteen, verse three, accordingly. When Asa became King, he set out to purge idolatry and to urge Judah to seek God and obey His commandments in verses three to five of this theme chapter. The Bible records times of revival in the reign of Asa, Jehosaphat, Hezekiah, and Josiah.
Happy are they that walk by this rule; that do not only that which is right in their own eyes, or the eyes of the world, but in God’s eyes. Asa aimed to please God and saw that God’s eye was always upon him, and he kept his eye always upon God, studied to approve himself to him, and endeavored in all things to please him. Asa, the third King in line of Judah after Rehoboam and Abijah, desired to pursue righteousness, which is right doing for himself, the people of God, and the environment. The motive of a leader is to correct the wrongdoings of past Kings and receive favor from God, which Asa did during his reign. He also urged the people to seek the Lord to purge the contaminants from the previous Kings that reign before him.
Today, believers who stand for God should consider the example of Asa to purge from worldly ways and other family traditions that oppose the Word of God. The situation will not be easy, and guidance from the Lord to accomplish this will be necessary because it is not by physical strength or human ideas but by the Spirit of God, as in Zechariah four, verse six.