Good morning!
Text: 1 Kings 13-15; Psalm 81
The kings of Israel and Judah we are reading about have “issues.” One of the “good guys” however we meet is Asa. Asa was a reformer.
And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, as David his father had done. He put away the male cult prostitutes out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother because she had made an abominable image for Asherah. And Asa cut down her image and burned it at the brook Kidron. (1 Kings 15:11-13)
When we get serious about doing things God’s way, there can be some difficult choices. Asa had to take action to get rid of idols in the land and even had to depose his own grandmother because of her sin. I bet that was unpleasant.
This makes me think. We are called to holiness in the Body of Christ and in our own households. That means we may need to confront sin even when it is difficult. Here is a challenge: Are there any uncomfortable things we need to do for the sake of holiness that we have been avoiding?
in Him, Mike