In Second Chronicles, chapter fourteen, verse four, it is essential to any reformation or revival among God’s people is seeking the Lord. Eight times, “seek the Lord” appears in verses from chapters fourteen through sixteen, starting from Second Chronicles fourteen, verses four, seven, chapter fifteen, verse two, four, verses twelve through thirteen, fifteen, and chapter sixteen, verse twelve, and thirty times altogether. Seek the Lord means to desire and pursue the Lord’s presence, fellowship, kingdom, and holiness, as in First Chronicles sixteen, verse eleven. Seeking the Lord involves turning to the Lord with a whole heart and fervent prayer, as in Isaiah fifty-five, verse six, and Jeremiah twenty-nine, verses twelve through thirteen, hungering and thirsting for righteousness and presence of God, as in chapter fifteen, verse two, Psalms twenty-four, verses three through six, Isaiah fifty-one, verse one, Matthew five, verse eight, and John four, verses fourteen, committing to firmly do God’s will and abandoning all actions that offend God, believing and relying on God as the ultimate helper as in Hebrews thirteen, verse six, and confident that he is a rewarder of them that seek Him.
We find by experience that it is good to seek the Lord; it gives us rest; while we pursue the world, we meet with nothing but vexation. Asa consulted with his people on how to make sufficient use of the peace they enjoyed and concluded that they must not be idle nor secure. A formidable army of Ethiopians invaded Asa’s kingdom. This evil came that their faith in God might be under trial. Asa’s prayer is short, but it is the language of faith and expectation from God. When we go forth in God’s name, we cannot but prosper, and all things work together for the good of those He shows favor towards in the end.