The oxen stumbled and upset the cart, Uzza reached out to keep the Ark from falling, none the less, God struck him dead. David in anger named the place Perez-uzza, literally breakthrough against Uzza. Well intentioned though he was, you have a sinful man touching the place where God is enthroned. Think about it, when God's glory filled the Tabernacle, Moses couldn't even go in; and when the priest came out of the Holy Place of the Temple, the cloud - God's glory, filled the house and ran the priests out of it. You see, sinful hands grabbed what Moses only touched under God's direction.
David was angry, and in the very next verse, he was afraid. Why? He full of zeal and completely off base on the method of his service. But, his heart was in the right place, you might say. No! It was not. Not until he was humbled by God; he then took to the Scriptures and learned how to please God. I think, as I am writing this, about all of those times that I had a heart full of zeal and a head full of nonsense. Hurt, embarrassed and just plain old fashioned shamed; but what was the end result, the same as for David, I had to learn by study of the Scriptures how to please God. That is exactly what is meant by II Timothy 2:15 when Paul tells him if he studies, he won't ever need to be ashamed.
Look, when your two-year old first scribbles a circle with one or two dots and a "u", you're overjoyed; but, when he's old enough for school and daddy's "portrait" is still a cyclops, you get concerned about the child's development. It is only in Christendom that a person comes year after year and no one is bothered by a complete lack of development. The fifty year old, who has been a member of the church for years, and can't even make it through a church service without losing his temper; and yet, everyone clears the way for him, instead of someone meeting him face to face and telling him to stop acting like a three year old. But, that's why we pay the pastor. Bologna! It is your job good Christian!
More tomorrow, loved ones.
Additional Scriptures: I Kings 8, Exodus 40 and I Chronicle 13
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