<TITLE>05. Par 29-38</TITLE>L-29 But Uzziah had been brought up right. And he was, we understand now, in Second Chronicles 26, you can read the story, that at the age of sixteen he was made king, after the death of his father. And he become king at sixteen. Having had these godly parents, he started right off with his kingdom, to do that which was right. He never catered to popular opinions or politics of that day. He served God.

L-30 Now, that is a good man to be influenced by, a man that will take his stand for that which is right, in the time of when popular opinion is running contrary, and politics is running contrary; but a man that will set right straight in the road.

L-31   This new President that's just taken over since... President Johnson, since the assassination of President Kennedy. When he asked, the other day, that he called for all the clergy throughout the nation for prayer, to help him. I--I admired that in the man. See, he's calling for God to--to help him. I understand that he is a believer, and trusts in God. So, we need men like that.

L-32   And we find out that Uzziah, in his time, his kingdom spread all the way into Egypt and all the countries around about, till his... It was so great until his kingdom become next to Solomon's kingdom. The glory of the Lord was with him.

L-33 This give great help to the young prophet, Isaiah, who was watching this man, this young king, because he was brought to the palace during the time of the reign of this young king. And Isaiah being a young prophet at the time, and seeing how God blessed him, and influenced him and gave him the right thing. And we know that all the nations around about paid tribute to him; there was no wars, and it was a great thing, a lesson to Isaiah.

L-34 And Isaiah found something else in here, that, how God will bless them that will be true to His Word and His Commandments. Uzziah set the example for Isaiah. And what a glorious kingdom it was!

L-35   And now here we find, where that a Christian testimony, no matter how great it's been in the past, it must always continue that way.

L-36 Uzziah, when he got to the spot to where he thought he was secure, then he got lifted up in his heart. He got to a place that no one could tell him anything.

L-37 If that isn't kind of an example of too many today! Even we find it amongst our--our--our Christian leaders. They work all their life, nearly, to become some bishop or some great influential man, and, as soon as they get to that spot, they get lifted up. We find evangelists in the field, that God blessed their ministry, and, the first thing, they become lifted up till they get to a spot that they feel that--that they're secured, all around their--their people. They're just... They've reached that place to where they can do anything they want to, and get by with it.

L-38   How many, wonder, we're thinking of just now, of great men, great servants, who God has used, and finally comes to a place till they feel that they know so much about the Word of God, till they don't even have that time off to pray no more. It's always social visits, visit somebody, go out to dinner. And the time that they should be spending with God, alone, alone in preparing to come out in the sweetness of the Spirit, before the congregation, they're out somewhere with some entertainments. You can't serve God and man at the same time. God's servant should be an isolated person, to Him only. If we could only let the people see that.


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