1 Chronicles 15:11-13 (ESV Strong's)
11 Then David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it. 13 Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.”
God Wants His Word Obeyed, Exactly!!
In the above verses we are reading about King David attempting to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem a second time. The first time, here is what happened:
2 Samuel 6:5-7 (ESV Strong's)
5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.
This time, David is going to do what God’s Word says, exactly. He is going to have the priest attend to the Ark and he is going to have the “carry” the Ark. that is what God’s Word says to do, whenever the Ark is to be moved. God wants His Word followed exactly. Think of Moses and the rock. The first time Moses was supposed to strike the rock and God would have water come out of the Ark. The second time God told Moses to simply “speak” to the rock. Instead Moses struck it (Numbers 20:10-13). Because he didn’t do what God told him to do, this is one of the reasons Moses did not enter the promise land.
Think also about Samuel telling Saul to wait to worship. Instead, Saul, being impatient, worshipped without Samuel, in the wrong way. What did God say to him, through Samuel:
1 Samuel 13:13-14 (ESV Strong's)
13 And Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.”
God is NOT messing around with His Word. Note what the author of Hebrews says about God’s Word:
Hebrews 4:12-13 (ESV Strong's)
12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
We are to obey the Word of God - Exactly!!!
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