Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.-Proverbs 11:2

King Uzziah at 16 years old became king of Judah. The Lord blessed him with fame and fortune, allowing his name to be even heard as far as Egypt. But if you're not strong, mature, and smart enough to realize when pride is sneaking up on you then you become an easy target for it. You start realizing little by little that because of it, blessings begin to disappear in your life.

James 4:10 instructs us to humble ourselves to the Lord. As long as we do that, He will lift us up. Uzziah believed he was a hotshot, the cream of the crop. He believed he could do whatever he wanted. And because he didn't rebuke the enemy's darts, Uzziah was struck with leprosy losing all that the Lord had blessed him with. Even in death, he was solely remembered as the one with leprosy not being buried in the royal palace.

Brothers and sisters, make sure you stay where the Lord has placed you in. Make sure you don't let your head get inflated because everyone is calling you, wanting to take a picture with you, because your bank account has more digits than you can count, and more. Jesus Christ put you in that position in your life. Not only that, but the Lord has called you to be a specific part of His body.

Don't cross any lines and constantly remind yourself: Jesus Christ did all this, not me.

And He gives grace generously. As the Scriptures say, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."-James 4:6