Tuesday 19 November 2013

Those constantly seeking to be stronger in God, will be blessed by God in all that they do.



Ps 150:6  Let every living, breathing creature praise GOD! Hallelujah! 

Ps 150:1  Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies; 
Ps 150:2  Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness; 
Ps150:3   Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings; 
Ps 150:4  Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute; 
Ps 150:5  Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin. 
Ps 150:6  Let every living, breathing creature praise GOD! Hallelujah! 




2 Chronicles 26:5 

"keep seeking God and staying humble and always giving glory to God"

He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him prosper.
 (About Uzziah who was made king at age 16 years and reigned in Jerusalem for 52 years.)

Here in this text we have a very important lesson: Those constantly seeking to be stronger in God, will be blessed by God in all that they do.
When all goes well for you most of the time it is called prospering. Psalm 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly. Self and our ego can take over. That is what happened to king Uzziah, he considered he was equal to God. His pride took over. He transgressed against the LORD his God by entering the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.

The priest Azariah, and 80 other priests stopped the King and told him to leave the sanctuary, it was only the priests who were descended from Aaron who were allowed to burn incense at the altar (Numbers 16:40). Instead of admitting he was wrong, King Uzziah got very angry with the priests, and while he standing there leprosy came upon his forehead in front of all the priests, and they pushed him out. The Lord had punished him for his sin.

The consequence was that King Uzziah spent the rest of his days as a leper. The lessons for us is that we should finish as we started, keep seeking God and staying humble and always giving glory to God.

Prayer: Thank you our God and Father for showing us that we must keep seeking and not give up, that your will be done and your kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

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