Irony: King Asa remember's his country's covanant with the King of Syria at the expense of His covanant with the only living God (v2). Then add to this Asa's remarkvto King of Syra: 'break your covanant with King Baasha'. He obviously has a low view of covanant keeping, which is a shame because he and his people had done so well previously in ch. 15 in regards to covanant-making.
Who knows what happened to Asa to bring him down from his former reliance on God? Maybe he became too used to success, or maybe success, with it's wealth, and the passing of time, with its dumbing effect, got the better of him. But God knew exactly what Asa had done in v2 and so sends a messenger in v7.
What's my reliance on to get me through difficult times? "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless towards him". What does 'blameless' mean? In the context, it means relying totally on God; being not at fault of relying on anything but God.
Wow! what a character change! It's as if his heart had turned, sin had darkened and so he hated the light of truth the seer hard brought. (v10)Hate the message, hurt the messenger.
v12- a word for our day: how often do we seek the Lord as opposed to physicians?
Asa's story is a lesson in dependance. Depend on God all of your days, do not turn aside from him in prayer (for it certainly happens!). v9. Reliance on God changes things; He is a strong support and seeks to be one for all who rely on Him.
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