Lessons on Uzziah (1)—God Made Him Prosper - All The LORD is near Daily Devotionals for 2025

[Uzziah] sought God in the days of Zechariah and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him prosper.
2 Chronicles 26:5

Lessons on Uzziah (1)—God Made Him Prosper
Contrarily to his father, Uzziah prospered! And it is interesting to read this because when Uzziah started to reign, at 16 years old, it was when his father had been made captive by the king of Israel. This means that Uzziah was co-regent over the kingdom with his father Amaziah for 24 years! While Amaziah turned away from God and stubbornly kept that path, his son Uzziah sought the Lord with the same tenacity. And he prospered in everything: wherever he turned, and in whatever he did! We read that "his fame spread far and wide, for he was marvelously helped" (2 Chr. 26:15).

Was this prosperity only for saints and faithful kings of old? Is God still interested in the prosperity of His people today? It depends how you define prosperity. The Lord absolutely desires us to prosper greatly spiritually! This is why He has given us "every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ" (Eph. 1:3). We cannot acquire this prosperity by our own strength. These are spiritual blessings, and it is "not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit," "the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God" (Zech. 4:6; 1 Cor. 2:12).

Uzziah was blessed against his enemies, to defeat and dominate them, in his building projects, in the fields, in power, in wealth, and in fame. Do we want to have victories in the Lord's work against the spiritual powers that are blinding people to salvation and hindering spiritual progress? And what about bearing fruit in the Lord's work? And about having the Spirit of God work His power through us for every service, as we are weak? And about growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus that our progress be visible to all for His glory? Well then, let's start right now! Yes, let's seek the Lord in everything we do this very day! He will make us prosper and grow spiritually as we walk with Him.

Alexandre Leclerc