You remember King David
And you probably remember his son Solomon
When Solomon died, the nation of Israel
Split into two kingdoms they had a civil war
As America did in the 1800s
They ended up with a northern kingdom
Called Israel and a southern kingdom
Called Judah Uzziah was the tenth guy on the throne
In Judah after Solomon His father had been
King for six years and he elevated
His teenage son to serve with him
Uzziah had a long race and he was great
Out of the blocks he had a fine start at
His business of manhood and kinghood
Scripture had the record that he did
All that was right in the sight of God
Here’s a young man who had a heart for God
Early on in life He sought God
He wanted a relationship with God
He talked to the Lord and did his best
To live a life pleasing to the Lord
We all know that teenage years are
Difficult years because of incredibly
Intense peer pressure as teenage kids
We are pressured and encourage
To do what everybody else is doing
Even if it violates the moral we learned at home
But young Uzziah hung in there
He got off on the right foot and had his
Priorities set correctly from day one
He was a very fortunate young man
Today he would have been a leader
In church high school group
He would have been sharing his faith
He would have been involved in discipleship
Uzziah was excited and energized by the God
Of his father, what incredible potential
Uzziah had a long race and he was great
Out of the blocks he had a fine start at
His business of manhood and kinghood
Scripture had the record that he did
All that was right in the sight of God
Here’s a young man who had a heart for God
Early on in life He sought God
He wanted a relationship with God
He talked to the Lord and did his best
To live a life pleasing to the Lord
We all know that teenage years are
Difficult years because of incredibly
Intense peer pressure as teenage kids
We are pressured and encourage
To do what everybody else is doing
Even if it violates the moral we learned at home
But young Uzziah hung in there
He got off on the right foot and had his
Priorities set correctly from day one
He was a very fortunate young man
Today he would have been a leader
In church high school group
He would have been sharing his faith
He would have been involved in discipleship
Uzziah was excited and energized by the God
Of his father, what incredible potential
This teenage possessed!
Quick Questions for you…
Do you remember guys in your high school
Who seemed to have limitless potentials?
Where were those guys by your ten-year reunion?
I’ve talked to guys who came back from twenty years
Reunions just shaking their heads
But something else surprised me too
A few of the biggest nerds in the class
Who couldn’t seem to relate to anybody
Are millionaires now
Uzziah accomplished a great deal
Enough for two or three lifetimes
He began to spend more time
And attention on the external rather
Than the eternal his heart was lifted
He began to gave his relationship
With God lower and lower priority
He had been marvelously helped
To become all he had become and do
All he had done but he began to forjet
Just who helped him an emptiness began
To fall across his life..he lost it all forgotten his roots
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