There is a lot to learn from King Uzziah mentioned in 2 Chronicles 26. Here is a man who began his reign at a young age pursuing God and seeking to do what was right in His eyes, not his own and God came along side and blessed Uzziah. Yet, we see a shift in verse 16 where Uzziah began to drift away from God because He was no longer the object of his focus, nor the anchor in his life; power, control and all the distractions and temptations of life uprooted Uzziah and pride caused him to drift away from God. You and I are prone to drifting when we lose focus on Christ. When we pursue Him for the simple joy of His presence, God blesses us in ways we can't imagine and He anchors us in His grace and mercy but when we allow the temptations of the world to pull our gaze away from Jesus, we, like Uzziah, begin to drift away from scriptural truth. In his album, Camp Songs, my friend, Scott Brownson, has a song titled "Turning Back To You" and in this song he records "I didn't mean to forget, I got caught in a gentle drift and lost my way." Are you caught in a gentle drift today?
Caught in a Gentle Drift
There is a lot to learn from King Uzziah mentioned in 2 Chronicles 26. Here is a man who began his reign at a young age pursuing God and seeking to do what was right in His eyes, not his own and God came along side and blessed Uzziah. Yet, we see a shift in verse 16 where Uzziah began to drift away from God because He was no longer the object of his focus, nor the anchor in his life; power, control and all the distractions and temptations of life uprooted Uzziah and pride caused him to drift away from God. You and I are prone to drifting when we lose focus on Christ. When we pursue Him for the simple joy of His presence, God blesses us in ways we can't imagine and He anchors us in His grace and mercy but when we allow the temptations of the world to pull our gaze away from Jesus, we, like Uzziah, begin to drift away from scriptural truth. In his album, Camp Songs, my friend, Scott Brownson, has a song titled "Turning Back To You" and in this song he records "I didn't mean to forget, I got caught in a gentle drift and lost my way." Are you caught in a gentle drift today?