Open Heaven For Teens 19 November 2024 – Familiar With God?

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TOPIC: Familiar With God? (Open Heaven for Teens 19 November 2024)

MEMORISE: But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. 1 Corinthians 7:17

READ: 2 Chronicles 26:1-21

1 Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.

2 He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers.

3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem.

4 And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did.

5 And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper.

6 And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

7 And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.

8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.

9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them.

10 Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

11 Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king’s captains.

12 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

13 And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.

14 And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones.

15 And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

16 But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the Lord his God, and went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

17 And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men:

18 And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.

19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

20 And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him.

21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.

MESSAGE:

King Uzziah was 16 years old when he succeeded his father, King Amaziah, and He reigned for 52 years as king.

King Uzziah did certain things that greatly blessed the people of Judah because God was with him. He built towers in Jerusalem and the desert and dug wells for his great herds of cattle. He had farmers and vinedressers to take care of the produce of the land. As a result, the people of Judah had plenty to eat and drink. God also helped him to defeat Judah’s enemies. However, pride made him overstep the boundaries that God had put in place in the temple. He wasn’t content with just being king; he wanted to show that he could be a high priest as well, even though it wasn’t a ministry that he was called into. Uzziah became too familiar with God.

My dear child, never get to a point where you get too familiar with God; it is dangerous. God is loving, but He is also a Consuming Fire. Also, don’t get too familiar with His priests such that you begin to talk to them or about them anyhow. Give honour to whom it is due.

KEY POINT:
Give honour to whom it is due.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Ezekiel 39:1-40:27, James 2:18-3:18

HYMN 45: O God Our Help In Ages Past

1. O God, Our Help In Ages Past
   Our Hope For Years To Come
   Our Shelter From The Stormy Blast
   And Our Eternal Home
2. Under The Shadow Of Thy Throne
   Thy Saints Have Dwelt Secure
   Sufficient Is Thine Arm Alone
   And Our Defence Is Sure
3. Before The Hills In Order Stood
   Or Earth Received Her Frame
   From Everlasting Thou Art God
   To Endless Years The Same
4. A Thousand Ages In Thy Sight
   Are Like An Evening Gone
   Short As The Watch That Ends The Night
   Before The Rising Sun
5. Time, Like An Ever-Rolling Stream
   Bears All Its Sons Away
   They Fly Forgotten, As A Dream
   Dies At The Opening Day
6. O God, Our Help In Ages Past
   Our Hope For Years To Come
   Be Thou Our Guard While Trouble Last
   And Our Eternal Home

Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries

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