Peace is the gift of God to an obedient king and people

2 Chronicles 14:1-15
Asa his son succeeded him as king, and in his days the country was at peace for ten years. Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. He removed the foreign altars and the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He built up the fortified cities of Judah since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.
Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, Lord, our God, for we rely on you, and in your name, we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you.”
The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, and Asa and his army pursued them as far as Gerar.
The writer of Kings approves of Asa: the Chronicles sees good and bad in his reign. Peace is the gift of God to an obedient king and people. The great victory, too, is God's doing.
Why?
Peace and victory are the gifts of the Lord, only God can give peace and victory to those who obey the word of the Lord.
Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God, so Asa is a good king in the writer and God's eyes.
Good or bad according to what we are doing instead of what I am saying.
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亞撒得勝繁榮是因為尋求耶和華
除掉丘壇、柱像，顯然所羅門及前王國中有偶像。今天我們雖然不去拜偶像，但是只要以別的取代神的地位，這就是偶像。拆毀這些才能積極尋求神，認真走主的道路。
沒有戰爭、雖然太平是還是建造堅固城。神的帶領雖然每天都過好日子，但是平常還是預備萬一。神賜平安還是要為以後可能有戰爭而預備。
人得到恩典、財富後以為屬於自己的，這些是因為神給的。人的看守不夠，還要有神的看守。若非神看守城池，人看守也是枉然。這裏有兩個看守。我們常常在窮困時倚靠神、然而豐富時不知倚靠神！因為人沒有辦法而尋求神！有田地時，自己種就好了，似乎不用倚靠神。
我們都是器皿，不是我們的工作，都是神的工作。不要容人勝過你(神). 這些
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How?
Do what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord my God! Peace and property will be with us.