Power and Pride
There are some things that just don't go together. When we put these things together, we get something very bad or harmful. When we have a fire, it is disastrous to add gasoline. We cause an explosion and harm to those nearby. If we give small objects to young children, we are asking for trouble. Since they tend to put everything in their mouth, there is a great danger of them swallowing the object and choking. We always have to be very careful of what we allow to exist together. This applies to the things in our hearts and lives, too. Uzziah started off his reign as king of Judah very well. He sought the Lord, and the Lord blessed him. He won victories over the Philistines and built up the military and their defenses. (II Chronicles 26:16) "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." The combina...