In the time of his distress King Ahaz became increasingly unfaithful to his Lord

“And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.” - 2 Chronicles 28v22

It is not only personal strength and power which can lead us away from God, adversity and trouble can also lead to forgetting about God.

Ahaz’ reign was the opposite of Uzziah’s. There were troubles aplenty under Ahaz’ reign. He was the ultimate pragmatist and when he saw defeat after defeat he sinned more and more. He decided that if the enemy was winning they must be right to he began to adopt the false gods on the enemy.

Uzziah forgot about God when he became strong. Ahaz forgot about God when we became weak. The problem is obvious – neither man had a right view of God and their hearts were never truly turned toward God.

When our heart is right the circumstances become irrelevant to us. Lets be sure that we never base our relationship to the Lord on our circumstances. May we learn to follow the Lord and trust Him in our strength and in our weakness.