Assured Success - 2 Chronicles 26:5

"Uzziah sought God during the days of Zechariah, who taught him to fear God. And as long as the king sought guidance from the Lord, God gave him success." Uzziah became king of Judah at sixteen years of age. Though a young king, Uzziah was faithful to God: "He did what was pleasing in the Lord’s sight, just as his father, Amaziah, had done" (vs. 4). The same thing was said about Uzziah's son, Jotham, when he became king over Judah: "King Jotham became powerful because he was careful to live in obedience to the Lord his God" (vs. 27:6). When you are obedient to God and do His will, then you are assured of success in whatever you are doing. Really, how can you go wrong if do God's will? Of course, the hitch is that you have to seek God's guidance in whatever you do--in other words, everything you do--so that you know God's will! And therein lies our difficulty. We move forward with our lives without consulting God on everything we intend to do and then tragedy strikes or problems arise. Only then do we diligently seek God to find explanations and guidance. What if walking in God's will became our daily routine? Don't you think that if God is telling you to do something that He is surely going to give you success in doing it? Thus, we are assured that if we stay in God's will, we will be successful when we seek God's guidance in everything we do. Yes, we will still have problems. You always experience resistance from the evil one when you are doing God's will. But you are assured that God gives you success in spite of problems when you are doing His will and you can be assured you are doing God's will when you seek guidance from God in everything you do!