As Long As

 Scripture:

“He sought God during the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.”  ‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭26:5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Observation:

King Uzziah became king as.a young man and was king for many, many years.  Here it says about him the Zechariah instructed him in the fear of God and as long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.  As long as he sought the Lord and the Lord’s counsel, he was blessed and successful.  When he got away from that, he fell quickly.

Application:

There is never a time in our lives that we should just coast along on what God has done in our history.  We need to continually seek the Lord throughout our lives.  As long as we seek Him, we will see success and the blessing of the Lord.  It is dangerous to get to the place where we feel we can do things in our own flesh without seeking the Lord.  We must always seek the Lord’s counsel and guidance all the days of our lives.

Prayer:

Father, help me to always be a God-seeker.  I want to know You more in my old age than I did when I was young.  Help me to never rely on yesterday’s stories of what You have done, but on my current walk with You.  I want to walk in step with You until the end of my life.  Give me the strength and the passion to do it and do it well.

Yours,

Jeff