2 Samuel 6:8-14 – And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that
place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of
the Lord come to me?” So David was not willing to
take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it
aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and
all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of
God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
Joshua
24:14 – “Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in
faithfulness. Put away the gods
that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
Genesis 30:27 – But Laban said
to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, I have learned by divination that the Lord has
blessed me because of you.
Exodus 19:5-6 – Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my
covenant, you shall be my
treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall
be to me a kingdom
of priests and a holy
nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”
Application:
- · Fear the Lord means to trust, serve and worship Him.
- · Divination was strictly forbidden to Israel because it reflected a pagan concept of the world controlled by evil forces, and therefore obviously not under the sovereign rule of the Lord.
- · Israel was to constitute the Lord’s kingdom and, like priests, was to be wholly consecrated to His service. God’s people, both individually and collectively, are to be “set apart” to do His will.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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