Day 299 - 2 Chronicles Tuesday (chapters 25-28)
"Then Uzziah was angry. Now he had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and when he became angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead in the presence of the priests in the house of the LORD, by the altar of incense.” (2 Chronicles 26:19 ESV)
Last Tuesday’s post from 2 Chronicles was entitled “No Regrets.” Today’s is “Regrets,” because I am sure that Uzziah had plenty of them. Like so many kings of Judah and Israel, Uzziah had started out well doing “what was right in the eyes of the Lord.” (26:4) “But when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction.” (26:16)
In his pride, Uzziah attempted to offer incense to the Lord, something only the priests were allowed to do. He disobeyed God, and then got angry when his sin was confronted.
Have you ever reacted in anger when you were called on the carpet for some wrong that you did?
God swiftly reacted to Uzziah’s stubborn pride in a manner that he could not miss - leprosy! Regret must have flooded Uzziah the moment he noticed that creepy death upon his forehead.
All thanksgiving be to God that He does not react that way to our disobedience. While we do regret our transgressions of God’s Law, we have God-given hope. Thank God He sent His Son to take the blame for us and to receive the punish we deserve in His body on the cross!
Almighty God, You take sin seriously, all sin. Please keep me in Your ways, obedient to Your will. And when I fail, when I too rebel, have mercy on me and grant me forgiveness for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
Pastor David Paape
The following link is to the 52 Week Reading Plan Bible upon which these devotions are based. http://www.bible-reading.com/bible-plan.pdf
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