Welcome to the second and final installment of my pride and humility two-part series. Let's have a quick review. Yesterday we focused on Proverbs 11:2. We found out that pride is bad and humility is good. Today we will look at an actual incident about someone that was proud. His future didn't end too well.Our story is found in 2 Chronicles 26. The main part is 2 Chronicles 26:16-23. If you don't want to read the whole story, I'll give you the short version: There was this teenage king, named Uzziah. He followed God. In return, God gave Uzziah all sorts of victories and fame and fortune. But, uh-oh, Uzziah got proud. One day he went into the temple to burn incense on the altar (big no-no). Back then, only the priests could do that. Uzziah thought that he was so great, he could burn incense himself. The Lord got mad at Uzziah. Big surprise. He made leprosy break out on his forehead, of all places! Uzziah didn't die, but he did have leprosy for the rest of his life. Leprosy is not a fun, comfortable disease.
We can learn from Uzziah. He was proud; he was punished. Simple enough. What would have happened if Uzziah was humble? Maybe we will never know. Uzziah is known more for his pride then his victories. His one big sin covered most of the victories he achieved. I don't know about you, but I don't want that to happen to me.