FAITH CAPSULE: Is there any area where you have withdrawn from God rather than drawing near unto Him?

2 Chronicles26, Isaiah 6:1-13
 
The word of God is not a decoration; it is a declaration to bring clarity and understanding for terminating all kinds of bondage. Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became King in Judah instead of his father. He did all things right in the eyes of God when he became king because he sought God and God made him prosper. He fought wars of conquest and expansion. The Bible testifies that his fame spread far and wide. Despite all Uzziah’s doing, he fell short of God’s glory by not being consistent to the end. It is written,“But when he was strong his heart was lifted up, to his destruction, for he transgressed against the Lord his God by entering the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. So Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him were eighty priests of the Lord—valiant men. And they withstood King Uzziah, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed! You shall have no honor from the Lord God.” 2 Chronicles 26:16-18)King Uzziah could not maintain consistency. Is there any area of your walk with God that has changed from when you first received a promotion as the overall supervisor? Is there any area where you have withdrawn from God rather than drawing near unto Him? If your answer is yes then you are headed for trouble. You have allowed inconsistency to settle in your life.
God does not need man for attainment but man needs God for his own attainment. God can always raise stone where man is not available. The Bible makes us to realize that with Uzziah’s inconsistent God raised another man in Isaiah that was consistent. It is written, “In the year that King Uzziah died, ‘I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.”
Isaiah 6:1, Isaiah must have been seeing before that year of King Uzziah’s death. In all that he was seeing, nothing brought transformation into the life of Isaiah. However, as recorded in the scripture, the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah saw beyond what ordinary eyes can see. He saw the Lord, and that culminated in a transformation that settled Isaiah all the days of his life for the glory of God. The life of King Uzziah represented a life of inconsistency in seeking God. Right after Uzziah’s death God caused Isaiah to see and to take over with consistency.
 
Prayer for today:Ask God that any representative of King Uzziah (inconsistency) in your life should die a permanent death.