Pride comes before the fall (2 Chronicles 26: 16-20)

King Uzziah became proud of his power, and this led to his downfall. One day, Uzziah disobeyed the LORD his God by going into the temple and burning insense as an offering to him. Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests followed Uziah into the temple. and said, "Your Majesty, this isn't right! You are not allowed to burn incense to the LORD. That must be done only by priests who are descendants of Aaron. You will have to leave! You have sinned against the LORD, and so he will no longer bless you." Uzziah, who was standing next to the incense altar at the time, was holding the incense burner, ready to offer incense to the LORD. He became very angry when he heard Azariah's warning, and leprosy suddenly appeared on his forehead! Azaariah and the other priests saw it and immediately told him to leave the temple. Uzziah realized that the LORD had punished him, so he hurried to get outside. King Uzziah had a long 50 year and very prosperous reign. He should have known that God will not permit unauthorized burning of incense, because Aaron's own son's Nadab & Abihu offered up unauthorized incense and were stricken down dead by God. The King is supposed to be about the law so when he took the law into his own hands, he as the king had violated God's Covenant and was removed from the temple permanently because those who are unclean cannot enter. The temple was the center of all religious life. Daily Prayer: Lord, the penalty for sin is death and nobody is holy before you. I thank you for sending the Son so that he can walk in a just manner before you and teach me true obedience. It is by his work that we can be saved and I have no other way apart from him. In Jesus name I pray Amen.