26:1-28:27 - We must not take
God’s blessing for granted. King Uzziah began well - ‘He did what was
right in the eyes of the Lord... He set himself to seek God’ (26:4-5).
Things went wrong - ‘When he was strong he grew proud’ and ‘he was false
to the Lord his God’ (26:16). We must choose to live the Lord’s way -
King Jotham ‘did what was right in the eyes of the Lord’. Even when we
do this, it does not guarantee that others will follow our example -
‘the people still followed corrupt practices’ (27:2). In times of
trouble, we can become bitter people - ‘In his time of trouble King Ahaz
became even more unfaithful to the Lord’ - or better people - ‘the God
of all comfort ... comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can
comfort those in any trouble...’ (28:22; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4). Bitter or
better - Which will it be?
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