Apparently, David didn’t seek the Lord — or read the Torah — about how the ark should be transported. Rather, his method of transport seems to be similar to the Philistine approach of putting the ark on a new cart pulled by two cows (1 Sam. 6:7).The celebration of bringing the ark to Jerusalem begins with great joy, but soon tragedy, “…they set the ark of God on a new cart…when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for THE OXEN STUMBLED…the anger of the LORD was aroused against Uzzah, and God STRUCK HIM THERE FOR HIS ERROR (God forbid anyone to touch the ark); and he died…” (2 Sam. 6:3-7) This is peculiar because the threshing floor is the smoothest ground around so, what caused the oxen to stumble? God caused it to wake His people up! They did not seek the Word of God about the proper way to transport the ark. “For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because WE DID NOT CONSULT HIM ABOUT THE PROPER ORDER.” (1 Chron. 15:13) AFTER DOING IT GOD’S WAY, “…David and all the house of Israel BROUGHT UP THE ARK OF THE LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.” (2 Sam. 6:15) With great victory!!!
HOW WE NEED GODLY WISDOM AND VERY UNDERSTANDING HEARTS…
-Bill Stockham