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The Bucket part 2
Uzziah provided the entire army with shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and sling stones.
And he built structures on the walls of Jerusalem, designed by experts to protect those who shot arrows and hurled large stones from the towers and the corners of the wall.
His fame spread far and wide, for the LORD gave him marvelous help, and he became very powerful.
But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall.
He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD's Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.
INTRODUCTION
Good morning Southpointe!
We are in this new series on the Bucket!
Last week we talked about King Uzziah.
And about how a person stop growing spiritually in the first 5 to 7 years in their walk with God and the majority of them are leaders.
And the reason why is because they were missing the Sunday morning message.
And we deal with how when we surrender our life to God, that God takes and pour His Spirit into our life.
(Pour the water into the bucket)
And as we look at King Uzziah’s life, what we see is a man that being blessed by God but now growing in God instead growing in self.
The biblical account of King Uzziah is a classic example of what happens to a man who gets too big for his spiritual britches.
The biblical account of King Uzziah is a classic example of what happens to a man who gets too big for his spiritual britches.
Uzziah’s rise to the throne had no doubt filled the hearts of the people of Judah with renewed hope.
The last two kings of Judah had started well enough, but after a while, they had led the kingdom back into idolatry, bringing judgment upon the nation.
As a result, both of the former kings, Joash and Amaziah, met their death due to conspiracy.
Like his father and grandfather before him, Uzziah began his reign well.
He showed much promise as a godly ruler that would lead Judah back to God and the restoration of God’s blessings.
But over the years, as God blessed Uzziah, a secret enemy began to invade his heart.
So subtle was this enemy that Uzziah likely wasn’t aware of what was happening to him until he had been dealt the fatal blow.
This enemy that defeated Uzziah was basically, that he let his V.I.P. status go to his head.
In other words, Uzziah became proud and haughty.
Somewhere amidst all the blessings, he lost sight of the fact that God was the source of his power, popularity, and prosperity.
Pride is a killer.
It will kill your spiritual growth.
It will kill your intimacy with the Savior.
Why is pride so spiritually fatal?
It is because pride moves one to focus on self instead of Christ.
Pride enthrones self rather than the Savior.
That condition can produce but one result:
Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
Pride is kinda like the pen-hole that we put in this bucket, you see the water in this bucket will evenly and slowly drain this bucket dry.
As we look into the life of King Uzziah today, we must be warned that God’s blessings can have the unintended result of pride if we are not careful.
As we look into the life of King Uzziah today, we must be warned that God’s blessings can have the unintended result of pride if we are not careful.
We must stay alert; ever staying focused on the true source of every blessing—God Himself.
As we look into the life of King Uzziah today, we must be warned that God’s blessings can have the unintended result of pride if we are not careful.
We must stay alert; ever staying focused on the true source of every blessing—God Himself.
We must stay alert; always focusing on the true source of every blessing—God Himself.
You can only imagine how insecure a sixteen-year-old boy must have felt knowing that a whole nation was looking to him for leadership.
I. UZZIAH’S SUCCESSION TO THE THRONE
A. He Became King As A Youth.
No doubt this led him to seek God’s face and to depend upon God for leadership and guidance and that’s what made him a good king.
“Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.”
NOTE: One can only imagine how insecure a sixteen-year-old boy must have felt knowing that a whole nation was looking to him for leadership.
No doubt this prompted him to seek God’s face often, and depend upon God for leadership and guidance.
But that’s precisely what made him a good king.
It’s very sad to think about the fact that Uzziah started his reign in humbleness and humility and ended his reign in humiliation.
NOTE: It’s very sad to think about the fact that Uzziah started his reign in humbleness and humility and ended his reign in humiliation.
As long as he remained humble before God, he prospered.
But the moment pride took over, it brought fifty-two years of blessing to a halt.
Pride can destroy what humility and dependence upon God has built up.
As long as he remained humble before God, he prospered.
“Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem…”
But the moment pride took over, it brought fifty-two years of blessing to a halt.
Pride can destroy what humility and dependence upon God has built up.
Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.
NOTE: It’s very sad to think about the fact that Uzziah started his reign in humbleness and humility and ended his reign in humiliation.
As long as he remained humble before God, he prospered.
But the moment pride took over, it brought fifty-two years of blessing to a halt.
Pride can destroy what humility and dependence upon God has built up.
As long as Uzziah walked with God, God fought his battles.
“And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.
5 And 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 to prosper.”
NOTE: Notice that the basis of Uzziah’s success was the fact that he was humble and obedient before God.
As long as King Uzziah stayed focused and dependent on God, he prospered in all that he did.
A. He Prospered In Battle.
Folks, we need to remember that we need to maintain a close relationship with the Lord Jesus if we are to be victorious.
“And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
James speaks of this when he says,
8a And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah…”
So humble yourselves before God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
NOTE: As long as Uzziah walked with God, God fought his battles.
Folks, we need to remember that we need to maintain a close relationship with the Lord Jesus if we are to be victorious in the spiritual warfare.
James speaks of this when he says, “Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you” ().
Louis the Eleventh: said “When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely.”
It is evident that pride can become something problematic in the lives of human beings.
Though pride may benefit us, it may also be the cause of pain, suffering, and destruction.
Hubris pride is extreme pride and arrogance shown by a person, which ultimately brings about his downfall.
Hubris is a typical flaw in the personality of a person who enjoys a powerful position; as a result of which, he overestimates his capabilities to such an extent that he loses contact with reality.
A person suffering from hubris tries to cross normal human limits, and violates moral codes.
Basically, this pride lead to thinking that I am like God.
Uzziah was operating in all this: He was enjoying a powerful position, He had lose touch with reality and with God.
He was trying to do too much, because he was superman.
(Play the original superman theme song)
Look, He was building cities, He was building forts, He was building towers, He had dug wells, He had cattle, fields and vineyards and He had builded himself a name.
And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
B. He Prospered In Building.
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He built cities in the land once occupied by the enemy.
“…and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.”
Uzziah had got caught up in the pride game.
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He built many fortifications.
Uzziah had stop seeking God, because he had become his own god.
“Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.
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