Some Give All
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He ran. Day after day, he ran. Before school. After school. On weekends. Everywhere he went people would say to him: “Is that all you do? Run?” He was used to the teasing. He was used to being asked why he ran all the time. But in his heart, he didn’t care. He remembered bitterly the pain of last year’s defeat. He’d lost the gold medal in the state cross country meet by just a few seconds, which kept him from his dream of standing on the highest place on the podium. So he ran. He would give it all he had.
Read 2 Samuel 6:12-15 and check out what David was doing in verse 14.
Why did God bless the house of Obed-Edom?
What did this signify to David?
When David went down and brought up the ark of God from Obed-Edom’s house, how did he and his men remove it this time?
After six steps, what did David do?
Verse 14 says David danced with all his might before the Lord. Why did David dance?
What have you given all your might to in the past?
Have you ever worshiped God with everything in you? If not, what is holding you back?
David knew God’s grace and forgiveness. He also knew His holiness. A right relationship with God helps us to recognize who God is, and only when we know that truth can we truly worship Him. He is the Maker of all things. He is the Lover of our souls. He is forgiveness, mercy, and love. He is holy. He deserves our worship and praise. With everything in us, we should worship God.
David was dancing with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod. —2 Samuel 6:14
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Some Give All
Posted by phil
He ran. Day after day, he ran. Before school. After school. On weekends. Everywhere he went people would say to him: “Is that all you do? Run?” He was used to the teasing. He was used to being asked why he ran all the time. But in his heart, he didn’t care. He remembered bitterly the pain of last year’s defeat. He’d lost the gold medal in the state cross country meet by just a few seconds, which kept him from his dream of standing on the highest place on the podium. So he ran. He would give it all he had.
Read 2 Samuel 6:12-15 and check out what David was doing in verse 14.
Why did God bless the house of Obed-Edom?
What did this signify to David?
When David went down and brought up the ark of God from Obed-Edom’s house, how did he and his men remove it this time?
After six steps, what did David do?
Verse 14 says David danced with all his might before the Lord. Why did David dance?
What have you given all your might to in the past?
Have you ever worshiped God with everything in you? If not, what is holding you back?
David knew God’s grace and forgiveness. He also knew His holiness. A right relationship with God helps us to recognize who God is, and only when we know that truth can we truly worship Him. He is the Maker of all things. He is the Lover of our souls. He is forgiveness, mercy, and love. He is holy. He deserves our worship and praise. With everything in us, we should worship God.
David was dancing with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod. —2 Samuel 6:14
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Enthusiasm ≠ Obedience
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Earlier this year, American missionaries tried to take Haitian children out of Haiti and into the Dominican Republic where they were setting up an orphanage. The problem? The missionaries didn’t have the required documents to take the children from the country. No matter how good their intentions, they weren’t properly obeying the laws in Haiti, and it cost them greatly.
Read 2 Samuel 6:6-11. See what happened in verses 6 and 7.
Why did Uzzah reach out and grab the ark?
What happened to Uzzah when he reached out and took hold of the ark of God?
Why does the Bible say the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah?
What does it mean to be irreverent?
What did Uzzah’s disobedience cost him?
Think back to a time in your life when you were disobedient to God. What did it cost you?
The fact is, David didn’t properly follow the instructions found in Exodus about how to move the ark of the covenant. Instead, he followed the Philistine’s example and moved the ark on a cart. David’s reason for moving the ark was understandable; he simply wanted to bring the ark, a revered, holy object, to Jerusalem. He wanted to honor God and the ark by putting it in a place of prominence. But God had very specifically laid out how the ark was to be moved, and David didn’t follow God’s directions. Because of this, a man lost his life.
God is serious about His holiness. He calls us to respect that holiness and to live a certain way because of it. David was enthusiastic about moving the ark and wanted it to be in a place of importance and prominence, but he wasn’t obedient. We can do the same thing when we’re enthusiastic in our worship of God, but we don’t obey Him. Enthusiasm is never a substitute for obedience.
When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled. Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God. —2 Samuel 6:6-7
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Enthusiasm ≠ Obedience
Posted by phil
Earlier this year, American missionaries tried to take Haitian children out of Haiti and into the Dominican Republic where they were setting up an orphanage. The problem? The missionaries didn’t have the required documents to take the children from the country. No matter how good their intentions, they weren’t properly obeying the laws in Haiti, and it cost them greatly.
Read 2 Samuel 6:6-11. See what happened in verses 6 and 7.
Why did Uzzah reach out and grab the ark?
What happened to Uzzah when he reached out and took hold of the ark of God?
Why does the Bible say the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah?
What does it mean to be irreverent?
What did Uzzah’s disobedience cost him?
Think back to a time in your life when you were disobedient to God. What did it cost you?
The fact is, David didn’t properly follow the instructions found in Exodus about how to move the ark of the covenant. Instead, he followed the Philistine’s example and moved the ark on a cart. David’s reason for moving the ark was understandable; he simply wanted to bring the ark, a revered, holy object, to Jerusalem. He wanted to honor God and the ark by putting it in a place of prominence. But God had very specifically laid out how the ark was to be moved, and David didn’t follow God’s directions. Because of this, a man lost his life.
God is serious about His holiness. He calls us to respect that holiness and to live a certain way because of it. David was enthusiastic about moving the ark and wanted it to be in a place of importance and prominence, but he wasn’t obedient. We can do the same thing when we’re enthusiastic in our worship of God, but we don’t obey Him. Enthusiasm is never a substitute for obedience.
When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled. Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God. —2 Samuel 6:6-7
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When you know God, you really worship
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It used to be rusty. Very rusty, with torn seats and cracked windows. (Almost like an old Camp truck.) But even then, it looked like a million bucks to him. As he stared at the 1967 pickup truck, he remembered back to his childhood when he spent hours riding in it with his grandpa. Those images brought a tear to his eye. He’d spent 10 years restoring that truck to what it looked like the day his grandpa drove it off the car lot, and now, he was proudly driving it to his first car show.
Focus on verse 2 as you read 2 Samuel 6:1-5.
How many men did David gather together out of Israel?
What was the task David gave his men?
What was the name of the ark?
What was the great significance of the ark?
On what did they place the ark?
What does verse 5 say David and his men were doing?
Why was the ark of the covenant considered holy?
What did showing respect to the ark have to do with showing respect to God?
How do you show respect and honor to God with your life?
David recognized the great value of the ark of the covenant. It was the earthly throne of Israel’s God. It wasn’t valuable because it was made of exotic wood or priceless gold, but rather because of the Name attached to it. Think about the man with the truck at the beginning of today’s devotion. That truck was valuable to him because he knew the original owner. It wouldn’t have had such value if it were just any old truck. The ark was valuable to David and his men because the Name of God was attached to it. To respect the ark was to respect God. The point? True worship means knowing the One we worship. It only comes from a relationship with our Holy God.
He and all his troops set out to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah. The ark is called by the Name, the name of Yahweh of Hosts who dwells between the cherubim.
—2 Samuel 6:2
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