Then David again gathered all the
elite troops in Israel, 30,000 in all. He led them to Judah to bring back the
Ark of God.
They placed the Ark of God on a new
cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house, which was on a hill.
Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab’s sons,
were guiding the cart that carried the Ark of God.
David and all the people of Israel
were celebrating before the LORD, singing songs and playing all kinds of
musical instruments. But when they arrived at the threshing floor of
Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark
of God.
Then the LORD’s anger was
aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this. David got
angry because the LORD’s anger had burst out against Uzzah.
David was now afraid of the
LORD, and said that, how could he bring the Ark of the LORD in his care. So
David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David.
To ponder:
Though David enjoyed the presence of
God singing and dancing he got scared when Uzzah died and that the ark
shouldn't cause danger to the people. So he did not wish to take it to David's
city.
Many times we too though we prioritize
God. We are not happy with what God does in our life like David.
His ways are higher and wiser, that
our small brain cannot comprehend. So let's humble ourselves under the
mighty hand of God that He will exalt us in due time.
The Ark was being pulled in a cart
but the law says that only Levites were to carry it on wooden rods on their
shoulders (Deuteronomy 31:25 & Exodus 25:14-15).
Since the ark was in Uzzah's house
only for a long period of time. Uzzah should have got familiar with the ark and
the presence of God and its holiness so wouldn't have minded touching the ark. Bible
says the ox stumbled but the cart dint stumble.
Whatever it was, God is a Holy God! How much ever we are in His
presence His holiness cannot be taken for granted.
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