Chronicles: Positioned for Promise (11)

Aligning you Life with God’s Will- Removing the High Places- Keeping God on the throne

God’s will for man is nothing other then what Jesus came to give us: Jer 29:11-13

Jeremiah 29:11–13 ESV

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

God isn’t interested in share his people

Exodus 34:14 NKJV

(for you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

God’s loves His people and deosn’t share their hearts with other “gods”

God is the Source we need not turn to any other thing, because all blessing flows from Him

James 1:17 NKJV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

God’s Desire is for you to be Holy unto Him

Set apart unto the Lord- Meaning that you aren’t mixed ith other things

The Command for the Israelites was Deut 12:1-2

Deuteronomy 12:1–2 NKJV

“These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth. You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations which you shall dispossess served their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.

There can being nothing Higher then the Lord in our lives

Jesus says in John 15:9

John 15:9–10 NKJV

“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.

How do you abide?

You keep the commands of the Lord-

The greatest command is love the Lord- Love is the Greatest motivator

That is why God is Jealous God because He loves us, and doesn’t want to share our hearts with other

Reform that bring blessings- This is when we realign our hearts toward the Lord

2 Chronicles 14:2–5 NKJV

Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, for he removed the altars of the foreign gods and the high places, and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the wooden images. He commanded Judah to seek the Lord God of their fathers, and to observe the law and the commandment. He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah, and the kingdom was quiet under him.

“the kingdom was quiet”- the Kingdom experienced Peace

Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Hebrew (Old Testament) 9200 שָׁקַט

be in a favorable circumstance, implying ease, security, and satisfaction, with lack of tumult or strife (

When We are in right alignment with God Peace is the Outcome

Now Peace is something that is in our lives because of God and not because of situation

It was Jesus presence in the boat that brough the peace for the Disciples

Philippians 4:6–7 NKJV

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament based on Semantic Domains 22.42 εἰρήνη, ης

22.42 εἰρήνηa, ης f: a set of favorable circumstances involving peace and tranquility

When We draw near to God He draws near to Us

2 Chronicles 15:1–7 ESV

The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded, and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you while you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, but when in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for great disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. They were broken in pieces. Nation was crushed by nation and city by city, for God troubled them with every sort of distress. But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”

The Word of God Builds our faith for Actions

Romans 10:17 NKJV

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Faith always must be married to action otherwise it won’t give birth to promise

James 2:14–26 ESV

What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. And in the same way was not also Rahab the prostitute justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.

We cannot be people who only say we beleive in God- But Faith is seen in acts of obedience

Abraham Believed God

Asa Acts on the Word 2 Chron15:8

2 Chronicles 15:8 ESV

As soon as Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, he took courage and put away the detestable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities that he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim, and he repaired the altar of the Lord that was in front of the vestibule of the house of the Lord.

WE need to Remain Faithful to God

God never changes- The faithful God who give you peace at the beginning is the same faithful God who see you through to the end!

1 Peter 1:3–5 NKJV

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Corinthians 4:2 NKJV

Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful.

John the Apostle is a great example of faithful- Never turned away from the Lord

Oh may we be found faithful unto God

2 Chronicles 16:7–12 ESV

At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, “Because you relied on the king of Syria, and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. Were not the Ethiopians and the Libyans a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the Lord, he gave them into your hand. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.” Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in the stocks in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time. The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but sought help from physicians.

Don’t let your life begin so well they end in tragedy

Lamentations 3:20–23 ESV

My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

WE don’t need to have to go through hard times in order to remeber God’s faithfulness- We need to stay loyal to Him at all times

Jeremiah 33:3 NKJV

‘Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’

Asa teaches us something sobering and something hopeful. It is possible to start well, walk in victory, experience peace—and still drift if we stop actively keeping God on the throne. High places don’t always return as idols of stone; they return as subtle substitutions. They rise when we begin trusting what once helped us instead of the God who delivered us.

High places today often look like:

Trusting systems more than the Spirit

Depending on provision instead of the Provider

Seeking counsel everywhere except the presence of God

Allowing comfort, familiarity, or past victories to replace current obedience

Asa didn’t fall in a moment—he drifted over time. The tragedy wasn’t that he faced adversity; the tragedy was that when adversity came, he relied on something other than the Lord. What once brought peace became the very place where peace was lost.

Here’s the application:

1. Identify the High Places

Ask the Holy Spirit this question honestly:

“Lord, is there anything in my life that has risen higher than You?”

High places are anything that competes with wholehearted devotion. God doesn’t remove them for us—He calls us to tear them down. Revival always begins with honest repentance and intentional obedience.

2. Repair the Altar

Notice what Asa did when he heard the Word:

“He repaired the altar of the LORD” (2 Chronicles 15:8).

You don’t just remove idols—you restore worship. Altars represent priority, devotion, and daily surrender. This is where prayer is renewed, the Word becomes central again, and intimacy with God is restored.

3. Choose Faithful Obedience Over Familiar Security

Faith is not passive belief—it is active trust. Faith that doesn’t move us to obedience will never bring us into promise. God’s promises are accessed by alignment, not agreement alone.

As a Word-of-Faith people, we declare boldly:

God is our source

God is our healer

God is our provider

God is our peace

But those confessions must be supported by a life that relies on Him fully.

4. Finish Well

The goal isn’t just a strong beginning—it’s a faithful finish.

God is still searching the earth:

“The eyes of the LORD run to and fro… to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward Him.”

May He find us loyal. May He find us obedient. May He find no rival thrones in our hearts.

Final Call

Church, this is a moment of alignment.

Not condemnation—but consecration. Not fear—but faithful devotion. Not striving—but returning.

Let today be the day we say:

“Lord, You alone sit on the throne of my life. Tear down every high place. Restore every altar. And position me—fully aligned—for the promise.”

Because the same faithful God who brought you peace at the beginning will carry you faithfully to the end, if you remain loyal to Him.

Finish well. Stay faithful. Keep God on the throne.