Uzziah was now king. Like most of the kings he was not perfect, but he was generally a good leader. He is an interesting character as he had his ups and downs in his walk with God.
He had a big impact on the prophet Isaiah who deeply troubled when Uzziah died.
Here we read about the prosperity of Uzziah as he listened to the prophet Zechariah. We are told that as ‘long as he sought the Lord God made him prosper.’
That only makes sense doesn’t it? He couldn’t really expect God to prosper him when he was ignoring God could he?
I think there is a picture there for us as well. As the children of God we are His. That is not going to change, but we can't really expect God to ‘prosper’ us when we are ignoring Him and going on in our own way. That's why God may chasten us to bring us back into line when we do not seek Him.
This prosperity of course doesn’t mean that we are going to have loads of money and lots of things. This prosperity is that blessed prosperity of walking in sweet fellowship with Him and seeing work in our lives and provide for and protect us.
Wouldn't it be best if we just regularly seek Him in His word?
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