Uzziah Who Reached for the Censer

Strong as long as he sought the LORD; when strong, his heart lifted up to destruction; enters the temple to burn incense which is the priests alone; opposed by Azariah and eighty priests; leprosy breaks out in his forehead at that moment; lives in a separate house leprous to the day of his death. Failure mode: Crossing the line of ones office when strong. Restoration path: Strength is the test that pride often fails; honor the boundary even when no one would stop you. Markers: long faithful service; strength as the unnoticed test; reaches for an office not given; priests stand in the way; instantly marked, separated until death