So pray for us as we travel if you would but thank you again for the privilege to allow us to do that and Brother Aaron looking forward to what you have to preach tonight. Turn with me to, uh, back on the lapel now. Turn to 2 Chronicles chapter 16. 2 Chronicles chapter 16. As I believe we're going to be wrapping up the life of Asa, King Asa. And what a blessing to know that my name is written in the land's book of life and he knows my name. I mean, that's, that's a beautiful song that was sung tonight. Thank you, Maddie, for that. And thank you, Pastor, again, for the opportunity to preach and trust me with the opportunity to preach too. And so, uh, He's seen pretty much when I started preaching. I mean, that first message is out of Matthew chapter 6 about being the light. And I was too scared to use my illustration, which was having a flashlight in the room, and I was going to have someone turn off the lights, but I'm like, I was too scared. But He gave me my first opportunity to preach, and then preaching in nursing homes, and then Here I am. I praise the Lord because He's allowed me to be here today and pass you the opportunity to preach the Word of God. And thank you so much. But if you're there, 2 Chronicles 16, please stand with me for the reading of God's Word. 2 Chronicles 16. I was joking around earlier. I'm like, I'm preaching about hell. That's why I took out, that's why I turned out the AC units. But I didn't know one of them went out, but that's not the real thing. We're preaching about hell. We're preaching about King Asa here. We'll be reading verse number one. In the sixth and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa, the bachelor king of Israel came up against Judah and built Ramah to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa, king of Judah. Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent to Ben-Hadad, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father. Behold, I have sent thee silver and gold. Go, break thy league with Bashar, king of Israel, that he may depart from me. And Ben-Hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel. And they smote Ijon and Dan, Abel, Maam, Maam? No, I don't think that's, but, and all the store cities of Naphtali. And it came to pass, and Bashak heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. Then Asa the king took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and timber thereof were with Bashar that was building, and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah." And we'll get to the rest of the passage during this message. But today's message is entitled, Misplaced Trust. misplaced trust. Trust in man's arms instead of arms of God. Those who trust in man's arms instead of trusting in the arms of God. Misplaced trust. Let's pray. Lord, thank you for a wonderful day. Give me the words to say. Only through you can I preach this message, Lord, and give me the words to say and just calm my nerves, Lord, and be with myself in Jesus' name. Amen. You may be seated. So we had just started talking about King Asa's life last Sunday morning in chapter 14, where he had just taken out all the idols, all those false gods, and he tried to say, all right, Israel, you need to put away those false idols, put away those false gods. so that you can serve the true God. I mean, they're at a point where they want to receive the blessings of God, but they also want to please their flesh. And Asa's like, that's not right. That's not okay. So he said, put that away so you can fully commit to serving God. And that's how he started off his reign. And in 2 Chronicles 14, it says that he was doing that which is right and that which is good in the eyes of the Lord. And so he was doing the best as he could be as a king. And many people compared him to King David because he started off his kingdom in such a godly manner. And in Russia, chapter 14, verses 9 through 15, we come to the part where they had just had 10 years of peace, no wars, nothing going on, complete peace going on, prosperity possibly, and they restored their relationship with God. But they come to verse 9, and then Zerah and the Ethiopians come, 1,301 problems all of a sudden come up from the south. And they go to this city that was only 20 miles from Jerusalem. And so Asa, he's like, I had no idea how to handle this situation. And Asa, the only way he could handle the situation was to cry out to God. That was the only reasonable response to this problem. I mean, Christians have to call out to God to handle their problems. That's the first thing you have to do is call out to God. And that message is going to be working perfectly with this message today. We see the right response. to a physical problem that Asa had no control over. And yes, he had 580,000 soldiers, but he served the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, and he trusted in God. And he knew that in nothing of himself could he defeat the Ethiopians. And when he relied upon God, God took care of his problems. And there's areas in our life, different areas in your life and in my life, that we face problems, physical, spiritual, Mental, maybe, if you're of that problem. I guess if you have, if you're wrapped up like this all day long, I guess you have mental problems. If you know, a straight jacket, all white. But if you have mental problems, I guess God can help you with that problem. But if you have financial problems, family problems, God can help you with those problems. But we came to one of the most common verses in the Bible about trust. Proverbs 3, verses 5 and 6. So... This is where Asa, I don't know if he had knowledge of this verse. I'm sure he did because his great-grandfather was Solomon. And so he may have read his readings, his Proverbs towards Rehoboam. And so he's like, no, Lord, I cannot do this on my own. So he fully trusted the Lord. And then the next part of his life, there's five more years of peace. And we come to the 15th year of his reign in three months. And there was this another problem that had just come. And this problem was in Asa and Judah's life. And it was because there was still an idol problem in the land of Judah. And so Azariah was God sent to deliver Asa and Judah a message, a message of revival for the lives of the Jews. So how did Asa respond to Azariah's message? Well, Asa responded to Azariah's message by putting away the abominable idols, and made an oath to God. See, a Christian today should respond to the message of God for revival by putting away idols in their life and recommitting themselves to God. We have to commit ourselves to God. But how can we serve God when we have things of this world in our lives? And we talked about the different things. I mean, how often has this plagued Christians, churches, pastors, pastor's wives, not you guys. I know that you guys are limiting on this. I mean, Amazon, I'm joking. Listen, I received, there's so many packages from Ms. Crystal, but that's alright, because it helps out the church. So, but like, a lot of people make this their idol. A lot of people make their hobbies their idols. And we want to serve the Lord with all thine heart, with all thy might, with all thy soul. We, I mean, yes, we like our hobbies. Yes, we like being on our phone. Yes, there's a lot of things we like to do. Yes, we like to watch sports, maybe fish, hunt, whatever you like to do. And when it comes, to a place where you serve that more than God, you have placed God beneath whatever that is. And today in junior church, we remember the 10 commandments, and number two, well, number one, first off, have no other gods before me. I mean, that's simple, right? I mean, the first commandment, the first thing that they were ever taught as a child, a Jew, was have no other gods before me. Talking about God, I mean, I mean, that literally will take care of the rest of all of our problems in life, that we just wholly serve God with all of our heart, with all of our... And that's where Asa's like, you know what? Azariah, you're right. I needed to do this. As a king, I need to show in my life to put away these idols. And in his own home, his grandmother, who had served this idol, he said, you know what? No more from this woman. He threw her out of the royalty. and he cut down her idol. Not only did he cut it down, he crumbled it to pieces, then he burnt it, and then he threw it into the water that was in Kidron. And so he's like, enough of this idol worship. And he wanted fully to serve God. So that's year 15. And here we find ourselves right here in chapter 16. All was going great again for these past 21 years. And nothing huge had any problems that the Bible has mentioned here. I mean, at the end of verse, chapter 15, verse 18 and 19, and he brought into the house of God that the things that his father had dedicated and that he himself had dedicated, silver and gold and vessels, and there were no more war. until the fifth and thirteenth year of the reign of Asa. So all was going good. I mean, I'm sure that the relationship that the Israelites, sorry, the Jews had during this time was wholly serving the Lord. I'm sure, I'm not completely sure that everybody was doing it, but the whole nation had seen that Asa was willing to give up, I mean, his own family members reject him so that he can serve God. And nothing was going wrong again. I mean, after 10 years of peace, they had that major problem right there in where he trusted God. And then he came to a point where he trusted, he, sorry, not trusted, he, yes, trusted in God, but he listened to the man of God's message, Azariah, and where he needed to trust and lean on God and his life and to serve God with his whole entire life. And we come here to our another problem. Not, and it's like, I was thinking like, not another problem. I mean last week I talked about having ants in my pants and how that was a major problem and how I had the same experience last Saturday how I just threw my shoe in the air when all the ants started flying off. I forgot to mention there's another solution to deal with fire ants. It's called a fire ant powder that you can just like sprinkle. I mean that can solve your problems a lot but I neglected to tell you that but that's alright because fleeing off your shoe. Yeah, you saw that. Yeah. So those who weren't here, if you ever step in an ant pile, take off your shoe immediately, throw in the air, and they'll take care of the problem. So that's free for you. And invitation by our hands, close your eyes. No, I'm joking. But here we have another problem. And it's coming from the north. I mean, a Jew attacking a Jew. I mean, it's like in the American Civil War, I mean, you see brothers and cousins fighting across, fathers and sons fighting against each other. I'm sure that there was relatives that were fighting against each other during this time that would have fought. And so Basha is the new king, and he had just murdered Jeroboam's family when he was away. and then eventually killed Jeroboam, and so he took his place. And this man was wicked, he was vile, he was the complete opposite of Asa. How Asa was, he tried to be as perfect as possible for God, but Basha was, he was a wicked, vile man. and this king, King Basha had built in Rama. And Rama is in the land of Benjamin, the tribe of Benjamin, which is part of the kingdom of Judah. So he's literally crossing the lines. It's like if somebody from Canada had start building a fortress without the United States permission in Sioux City, South Dakota. Like it's like that type of situation. But the thing is, I mentioned earlier that the Ethiopians had attacked the city only 20 miles away. And only 20 miles away, Asa still called out to God for help. But Rama is only five miles away from Jerusalem. So wouldn't you think that Asa would have like a sense of urgency to say, God, I need your help once again. I mean, five miles away is pretty stinking close. That's less than a day to get there to Jerusalem to knock them out. But instead, oh, I'm getting a hold of myself. Hold on. Parker right there. But, Basha had started taking control over Judah's exports and imports and had literally had made a blockade. And so, it was so impactful that they needed help with their problem. As I mentioned earlier in 2 Chronicles 14 verses 9-15, Asa had called out to God to help him and Judah. Would it make sense that he would call out to God again? But honestly, The Bible has surprises, and every time I read through this passage, I'm surprised. Because Asa did not do what he did all those 21 years, sorry, 26 years ago. I mean, you would think a guy with the brain of Asa, who called out to God for a problem 20 miles away, would have called out to God 5 miles away. But in his eyes, he's like, I'm a big boy now. I'm King Asa. I've been here for 36 years, and I'm going to handle my own problems here. I know how to handle this. And Asa, and he's like, no, I'm going to reach out to a bigger and stronger nation who can help me with my problems. And so he gives all the gold and the silver, which he dedicated to the house of the Lord at the end of chapter 15, and now he's taking him out to send to Syria, not only from the house of the Lord, but also his own house. He's giving most of the silver and gold in Israel, in Judah, to please, to ask help from the king of Syria. And this massive amount of gold and silver, he sends to Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria. And he wanted Syria to break their league or alliance with Israel and Basha. And let me tell you, money speaks for help. I mean, today, if somebody's speaking money, you want to listen to them, right? I mean, I don't know if that had been a lot of gold and silver from the house of the Lord, And from the House of the King, I mean, 1,301,000 soldiers, chariots, and a king had to have a lot of gold and silver in their tents. Maybe if they were like spending money going to McDonald's, maybe, I don't know, on their way up there. So they would have brought a lot of money, too, and all the wealth that they accumulated during the reign of King Saul, King David, and King Solomon. So all that wealth, all that gold and silver was there in the house of God or in the king's house. And so that was a lot of gold and silver that he sent off like, hey, come help me. I had the money for it, but I kind of just gave you all my bank account. And hey, come help me. But don't attack me, but come help me. And so Ben-Hadad's like, I'm going to listen to this guy. And so he breaks off his alliance. And he starts attacking these cities, and Aijan, and Dan, and Abel, Ma'am, Ma'am, Ma'am, Ma'am, Alyssa, I'm not a Jew, I don't know how to pronounce half these words. But also the store cities of Naphtali. Now Basha had heard of this destruction going on in his kingdom and he's like, I got to get out of Dodge, right? He had to get out of this city of Ramah. And so he skedaddles back to Israel and he leaves this city completely empty. And so Judah's like, we won. Look at what you can do. Ace is like, I won. I beat you, Israel. I have a powerful friend. And so the victory is for Judah, and Asa took the stones and timber to Geba and Mizpah, which are only a couple miles away from Mama. He's like, look at what I can do with gold and silver. Look at what I can do. I had delivered Judah from Israel. Who do I need help from? Look at what I can do without asking God for help. And I don't know if he exactly said this, or did he assume I think this is more likely to happen that he assumed that God was on his side. He assumed that after all this time that God was still on his side because he trusted God all those 26 years ago. And all I'm thinking is, what are you thinking, Asa? Like, what are you thinking? Like, you thought you were right, huh? Like, you thought your big brain, Asa, you thought you were doing the right thing. Well, Hananiah the seer comes in verse 7, he was a prophet, and he comes and has a message for big boy Asa, who thinks he can handle his own problems. And he said, hey, Asa, because you relied on Syria, They will be out of your hands." And I'm like, what are you talking about? Of course they're out of your hands because they're no longer there. But, but, him and I was simply saying, if you had trusted in God, if you would have called out to God for help, then you could, then you would have been able to defeat Israel and Syria. I mean, Asa thought Israel was the bigger problem, but Syria was the bigger problem of this issue right here. But you didn't. Now you are out of the gold and silver in the house of the Lord and your house. If you simply had just called out to God, you would have still had the silver and the gold in the house of God and in your house and maybe even more. But did you not remember the Ethiopians? Did you not remember those who helped in the Libyans and what you all did to them? I mean, do you not remember? What had happened all those 26 years ago? Do you not remember that? How that 1 million men, 300 chariots, and a nasty vile man of Zerah came up to defeat you. Do you not remember that? Like what happened to trusting in God? That's the question that's going through my mind. What happened to trusting in God? From chapter 14 to here in chapter 16, from year 10 to year 36, what happened to trusting in God? God sees all things going on earth because he is omnipresent. From the time he has in the past, present, and future, he always has been. And chapter, sorry, verse eight, we're not the Ethiopians and the Libyans, a huge host of very many chariots and horse men, yet because thou didst rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro, throughout the whole earth to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him." So God is looking for those who are faithful to him to be so that God can use them in his life, and he's looking for those who are willing to call out to God. And He wants to show Himself faithful to those who are walking with Him. But we come to the end of that verse, verse 9, The rest of that message right there. I mean, it pricked him right in the heart. I mean, you are a fool, Asa, for what you had done. You are a fool for not trusting in God. Now, for those who don't comprehend that in a King James Version or in the Hebrew, it means you are a buffoon, as it were. You're a clown, man. What are you thinking? Like, why have you just done that? Why have you not trusted in God? And Hananiah, and Asa's like, Hananiah, I do not like your message. I do not like the way you're talking to me because I'm the king. I'm going to take you to prison. I mean, as I mentioned earlier, in chapter 14, verses 9 through 15, he had a large problem with an army and he trusted in God. And then in chapter 15 at the beginning, Azariah, the prophet, came to him and delivered a message from God, and he listened. But we come here to chapter 16, two times, two times he did not trust in God to deliver this army from Israel, and he did not listen to the man of God. Ultimately, he did not listen to God. And talk about a vice versa, like he's a hypocrite. Like right here, he's doing so well. He's doing so good. He was the best king of Judah after they broke up. And I mean, everything was going great for those 35 years. But then over here in year 36, he decides not to trust in God and decides not to listen to the man of God. What are you thinking, Asa? What has happened in your life? Not only Hananiah suffered from his words, but also there was people who suffered during this time. Rather than confessing his guilt, Asa became angry and oppressed his own kingdom. It may have looked for a while as if Asa was a son of David who would perfectly trust and obey God, but unfortunately, he did not remain faithful. I mean, everything was going so good for Asa because he trusted in God, because he listened to the man of God. But we come here, chapter 16. I mean, it's such a pinnacle at this point. Everything is going well, but then he didn't trust in God. And then he didn't listen to the man of God. And he threw the man of God into prison because he didn't like what he had to say. And he was being a tyrant to his people. And then here comes another problem and another strikeout, the final strikeout. Asa contracts a disease in his feet. And some people have an idea as to what it is, but all I know is he eventually died from this disease in his feet. It became exceeding great in verse 12. And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his foot until his disease was exceeding great. Yet in his disease he sought the Lord. No, that's not what it says. He sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians. Asa had a problem with his feet. I mean, sometimes we do too, but his feet problem would eventually cause him to his death. But instead of trusting in God, where it says here, he sought not to the Lord. He sought not yet, but he trusted in those physicians. You'd think he would have learned from his past experiences. God delivered the Ethiopians into his hands. But when Asa trusted a man, it did not turn out the best for him. And misplaced trust led to Asa's demise. Asa had contracted this disease in his 39th year, and he lived two full years before he died in his 41st year of his reign. He trusted in physicians and medicines instead of trusting in the healer to heal him. Look where his trust led him, to his death. Asa trusted in others because he thought God was on his side. Look where that led him, to his defeat and to his death. And Asa lived two full years, two full years, knowing that he had a disease in his feet. And instead of turning to God, instead of trusting the healer who could heal anybody who would come to him in the Old Testament, instead of trusting Jehovah God, he's like, you know what, I'm going to trust the creation instead of the creator. I'm going to trust these physicians who they think they know what they're talking about. I'm going to trust the medicine. He may even reach out to the king of Syria for help. But nothing had helped him. And the only thing he literally had to do, all he had to do was get on his knees and pray to God, Lord, I'm sorry. I've been living my life selfishly. I have not been trusting you in my life. I have thrown the man of God away in your life. Instead, he said no to God. and he trusted in himself to the day he died. A believer can trust in others because they believe they are in God's side. But we know that's not true at all because trusting in others will ultimately lead us to possibly our demise in different areas of our life. And you're saying, it's been a while since you've had a problem in your life. A few months ago or a few years ago, you had a problem with life and you had trusted fully on God. And you were like King Asa in chapter 14, where you had called out to God for help and he helped you with this massive problem. And now, but now you have faced a problem of life, physically, spiritually, family, or financial problem. And since God helped you way back then, or just a few moments ago, a few years ago, you think that God is with you. He's, because he is already, he's, sorry, I can't speak. Since God helped you back then, you don't have to call out to God because he is already with you. You think God is on your side, but when you go through this problem, you have left God's side to trust on yourself or others' help. You're like, I'm a big boy now. I know how to handle my own problems. Well, look out. We see here in chapter 16 where that led King Asa, where he trusted in himself or trusted in man's help, trusting the Syrians, trusting the physicians. Where did it lead him? To his death. The problems you may have, you could have probably solved your problems on your own, but at what cost? Did you find some help from a doctor or financial aid, a counselor? You fixed your problems, but you have started to isolate yourself from the presence of God and not trusting in Him. You might say, look at what I can do. I don't need God. It was so easy. And you have misplaced your trust in something or someone instead of Him. Your problems is fixed and God is trying to speak to you. And then you're like, Lord, I can handle my own problems. I can do this on my own. I don't need you anymore. and God is trying to speak to you, and he's trying to get to your attention, and this situation could have been better. The situation that you fixed, it could have been a whole lot better, whatever the problems of life it may be, it could have been a lot better if you first had trusted in me, had called out to me for help first. And yes, I could have helped you through godly people in your life, but if you first had trusted in me, I would have helped you out, and the situation could have been better. But since you took the situation into your own hands, You have made the situation 10 times worse, not better, 10 times worse. So God is trying to speak to you and he wants you to listen because he wants you to see that you have not trusted God in your life. And since you handled this on your own, you ask God, where were you at when I needed help? Don't get mad at the preacher who is just delivering a message that you should have never heard because you should have trusted in God first, as here for Hannah and I came to Asa. Don't lash out at God because you didn't trust in God. You have been through a problem that God has helped you through. and one, that you didn't ask God for help. Now you think God will never help you anymore because he didn't help you that one time. We're on God's side, right? We're on God's side, right? Now you only trust in physicians of this world to fix your problems, man to fix your problems, or yourself to fix your problems instead of trusting God. What a sad place when we misplace our trust and find ourselves blaming God for not helping us out. Mistrust can lead many Christians down a dangerous path. I have tried, I was struggling to find how this applied to Christians. And I really was trying to figure out how this applied to us today. And the Lord's like, well, it applies to you first. And so I have tried in my own ability a couple of times to preach and study the Word of God in my own ability and doing it in my own power, and let me tell you, those probably were the worst messages of my life. Like, every single aspect of it, just going through the Scripture, delivering it, and it was terrible. And all because I trusted in my own ability, I trusted in my own power, and let me tell you, I do not have a lot of experience in preaching. And those times that I tried trusting in myself, they were absolutely miserable. But the times I did trust in God, I mean, God used them so much and He used them in my life because I trusted in God. I mean, we can... I know preachers, I mean I know I have, tried trusting in commentaries to help me study the passage out. I tried looking up word studies, lexicons, dictionaries. I tried everything to help me study these words and I sought man's wisdom. instead of first going to God directly. I mean, there's nothing wrong with a good commentary as long as it's not going contrary to the Word of God or dictionaries. There are help to us preachers to deliver the Word of God, but if I put my trust in them more than I do trust in God, what am I doing? I'm literally preaching His Word and I'm not calling out to God for help to deliver His Word. I mean, that's so ironic right there. It's so hypocritical for me to do that as a preacher. But there's areas in your life where you are trying to do it on yourself. You're trusting in yourself because you think you can do it in your own ability, in your own experiences. And it turns out it may work out, but it's not how God would have it planned. I mean, Asa... at the beginning of his, not ministry, but his kingship was so, it was awesome king. He was doing so good. He was doing so right. He was perfect in the ways of the Lord. And he had put away those idols and he was doing things for God. But then we come to chapter 16 and he is literally not trusting in God. He's thrown a man of God because he didn't like his message. He's trusting in a man and you have here to there. And there's areas, you know, I may not know, but God knows and you know, that there's problems in your life that you're trying to handle by yourself and you literally cannot handle them because God doesn't want them to be handled by you. You have to simply call to God. And so I mentioned how that this message and the Sunday morning message fit along is because As I mentioned on last Sunday morning, what is stopping you from getting on your knees? God wants to help you in your time of problems. All we have to do is call out to God. Pray to him, have faith in him to help you with your problem or problems. Rest on him, trust on him, or lean on him. As I mentioned last week, how that this chair, I can trust in it, I can lean on it, I can have full trust in this chair, because I believe that this chair can hold me up. Now, Sam, you can come up here real quick. I'm going to tell you I'm borrowing Sam from the message. And also, can I get this mic? Can I trust you with this mic? Sure. OK. Let's hold this mic right here. All right. So I have asked. I'll stand here so that the camera can. It should be under HH or invitation. It should be there. But if not, that's all right. Don't worry about it. I'm going to seize my own belt. All right. So, Sam, I have a question for you. All right. Would you trust me or an aunt to carry you? You. Okay. Okay. That's a good question. Good answer. All right. So, would you trust me or your baby little brother, three-year-old Daniel, to carry you? You. Right, I mean, that's simple, right? I mean, it's simple to trust in somebody who's bigger, who's stronger than you. And how silly, thank you, Sam. I mean, I was going to do a trust fall, but I mean, I don't see Daniel here, and I don't think he can trust. Like, if we're being honest, it's laughable, right? If Daniel, who's like, yay high, tries to catch Sam, who's probably twice his weight, it would be laughable. It would be almost impossible for him to do it, right? But if Sam were to trust and follow me, it would be more reliable, more trustworthy. And all you had to do is just fall back. Thank you for your help, man. But that's how Asa was in his life. He had somebody like Daniel's size and he trusted in Syria instead of somebody who's trustworthy, who's always reliable, who's always there. I mean, I'm not trying to make myself as God. I'm just trying to use an example that Sam would rather trust in somebody who's bigger, who's stronger than somebody who's smaller or inferior to me. And that's how the Lord wanted Asa to see that I'm bigger, I'm stronger than the king of Syria. I could have handled this problem better than any way you could have handled the problem. But instead, he trusted a little insignificant nation compared to God. And there's problems in your life that you're like, Lord, I know you're big. I know you're strong. I know you're capable of doing everything. You created everything. But I don't trust in you in this situation. I trust and some nerd from Harvard who has too many letters after his name that he thinks he knows what he's talking about. I trust in him more than I trust in you, God. I mean, what are you doing as a Christian if you're not fully trusting in God? We have to plea for His help. God wants to help you with your problems. All we have to do is simply call out to God first. God wants us to bring our problems to Him. God will bring the answer to your problems through people or ways we would never have thought would work. A believer must trust in God first before anybody else. We must first horizontally ask for help from myself to God. It has to go here first, to trust. It cannot go from here to there. It cannot go from here vertically out for asking for help first. It first should go up to God, and God may give you the answer or the help through your problems out here. It may ask God, Lord help me with this problem. The answer is seek counsel from pastor or read through the Bible. Now you get the answer, but we have to first call out to God. As One of my favorite verses, we're going to go back there again, Proverbs 3, verses 5 and 6. I mean, it's that simple, and yet, I like saying, it's easy to say things, but it's hard to do those things. It's easy to say, I love McDonald's, but it's hard to say that when you're eating McDonald's, right? It's easy to say that I love to work out, but it's harder to work out, right? It's easy to say things, but it's hard to do the actions. It's easy to say, I will trust in you, Lord, but it's hard to actually do the actions of trusting. It's easy to say, I will call to God in my hard times of life. It's easy to say that, but when the trials of life come, when there's problems in your life, and you say it's easy, but you have not even called out to God. And it's so easy. All we have to do is literally just seconds, literally just a few seconds or a minute or two and call out to God and bring our problems to Him. And that's what He wants, us to bring our problems to Him. And He will help us in our problems. And King Asa represents many Christians today. They start off their Christian life so wholeheartedly, serving the Lord with all their heart, with all their mind, trusting in the Lord for 10 years, for 20 years, for 35 years they trust the Lord all their life, and then they come to over here, year 36, and they're wondering, Lord, where are you at? I don't see you helping me in this problem of life. Well, maybe because you left trusting in God, somewhere back there, and you're trying to handle those problems of life based on your experiences of life, instead of trusting in God. And you come to year 39, and maybe not have a physical disease, but you have a spiritual disease in your life, and you try reading books by secular authors, even by Christian authors, maybe just reading different things, listening to messages to fix your problems. But all you have to do is simply call to God. And that's all Asa had to do at the end of his life. but instead he trusted in the physicians. Yet in his disease, he sought not to the Lord. And I pray for you today that you would seek the Lord, that you would sought out the Lord because he has the answer for your problems. And you may not know what the answer to your problem is right now, but he knows. And all we have to do, I mean, it's so easy. Yeah, we make it so hard. I mean, just to go down on our knees and say, Lord, I need your help. And it's that easy, but yet we make it so hard. made it so hard in his life that he left God out of his life and stopped trusting in God and relied on his own experiences, on his own powers, on his own money. And money cannot fix your problems in life, and people cannot fix your problems in life. Maybe they will, but it's not the best results as God wanted them to be. So we simply have to trust in God. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not into thy own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. We must trust in God.