Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Chronicles 26:16-19

Today's Favorite Verse: 2 Chronicles 26:16-19
"But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the LORD God.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar."

Uzziah name spread far and wide because cunning men invented an engine to shoot arrows and great stones from their towers. His heart was lifted up, which I believe means he was full of pride. Pride leads to destruction and Uzziah met his. He went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar, which he had no authority to do so. He may have been king but he could not assume the authority of a priest. They told him to leave and that made him angry. The Lord would have none of that and struck Uzziah with leprosy.

Sometimes it makes me wonder why the Lord can't just solve matters so quickly now? I do understand we live a higher law, and am grateful it isn't an eye for an eye anymore. You would think with these punishments it would make people straighten up. But, as I read the scriptures even with all the quick punishments the children of Israel witness they don't seem to learn from it.

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