Saturday, December 7, 2019

But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall

2 Chronicles 26:16-23
But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Uzziah, who had a censer in his hand ready to burn incense, became angry. While he was raging at the priests in their presence before the incense altar in the Lord’s temple, leprosy broke out on his forehead.
King Uzziah had leprosy until the day he died. He lived in a separate house—leprous and banned from the temple of the Lord. Jotham his son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
In his pride, he takes on the role of priest. God strikes him with leprosy, a visible token of that unseen defilement of sin which makes him unfit for God's presence.
Why?
Maybe Uzziah likes to do like David in the Temple, but David did not burn incense on the altar of incense. This is the duty of the priest. The priest is chosen by the Lord and they are been consecrated to burn incense.
When people have honor, power, and property, he wants more honor and be a god. But pride leads people to downfall.
How?
Be humble always, don't proud of anything I have or I can do, all of these are the grace of the Lord to honor his name.


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