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(moving the ark to Jerusalem) They set the ark of God on a new cart (God had given specific instructions for the ark to be carried on poles by priests). 2 Samuel 6:3

Our ignorance of God and His word leaves us to serve and worship Him in a precarious way.

(Escorting the ark of God to Jerusalem on a cart rather than as God directed) Uzzah put out his hand to (steady the ark when) the oxen stumbled . and God struck him there for his error; and he died. 2 Samuel 6:6-7

Any time people choose to exalt a move of God above the Creator himself, they risk the danger of falling into mere religion and idolatry instead of a growing and changing relationship with God. “The Voice of the Lord” Lewis and Harriet Lederer Foundation, Inc. Messianic Jewish Publishers

Then David was angry because the Lord's wrath had broken out against Uzzah. 2 Samuel 6:8a

There are those who insist that it is a very bad thing to question God. To them, "why?" is a rude question. That depends, I believe, on whether it is an honest search, in faith, for His meaning, or whether it is the challenge of unbelief and rebellion. Elisabeth Elliot Gateway to Joy

David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, "How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me? 2 Samuel 6:9

Give me an open mind, O God, a mind ready to receive and to welcome such new light of knowledge as it is Thy will to reveal to me. Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915 John Baillie

(Because he was angry and afraid of the Lord) David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom . for three months. And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. 2 Samuel 6:10,11

It is not of God's severity that He requires much from man; it is of His great kindness that He will have the soul to open herself wider, to be able to receive much, that He may bestow much upon her. Johannes Tauler

"Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life" from Tom Kelley

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