Doing a Right Thing in a Wrong Way. II Samuel 6

 

II Samuel 6, Doing a Right Thing in a Wrong Way

 

The day that David brought the Ark of God to Jerusalem and the day David purposed in his heart to build God a house, these are probably the two greatest days in David’s life. The ark is mentioned fifteen times in the first seventeen verses.

David knew where the Lord was, and he knew He was not in that box. He knew that the approach to God was made through the ark which spoke of a mediator between God and man.

God had given specific instructions about moving the tabernacle and its furniture, but David did not follow those instructions. The ark was constructed with rings on the four corners. Staves were put through those rings, and the ark was carried on the shoulders of the Levites. The Kohathites were the ones that carried the ark on their shoulders. Not the Levites.

Jesus Christ must be carried through the world on the shoulders of those who are His own. That is God’s way of doing it today. That was God’s way of doing it in David’s day.

The ark was on the cart, and the oxen were shaking the cart. When Uzzah tried to steady the ark with his hand, the Lord struck him, and he died. Uzzah’s death affected David that he stopped the procession and left the ark in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.  David was shaken and angry with the Lord. The Lord was angry too. God was angry because David was moving the ark in the wrong way. David was afraid of the Lord that day, and finally asked, “How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?” The answer would be, On the shoulder of the priests. When David did it right and brought it to the house of David, he rejoiced before God.

We are to come into His presence with joy. Michal, David’s wife, did not like to see anyone who was in love with God like that, and she despised David for it.

Here is a man who is in love with God. He is rightly related to Him and thrilled to be able to serve Him. You and I should have the same joy of the Lord in our lives!

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and New King James Bible.