DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 9; Isaiah 6; Luke 23:13-46
They set the ark of God upon a new cart. 2 Samuel 6:3
When David decided to transport the ark back to Jerusalem, he put it on a new cart. He specially chose Uzzah and Ahio to drive the cart. Later, the oxen pulling the cart stumbled, and Uzzah stretched out his hand to steady it. God struck him dead! David had good intentions. He put the ark on a new cart. Uzzah had good intentions. He steadied the ark to prevent it from falling. But both broke God’s holy law. The ark was to be carried by its staves on the shoulders of the Levites (1 Chron. 15:2, 15) and no one was to touch it. Both had good intentions, but they were doing the right things in the wrong way. Good intentions are not enough. God’s way must be obeyed. —K. C. Ung
Master, speak! And make me ready, when Thy voice is truly heard,
With obedience glad and steady, still to follow every word.
—Frances Ridley Havergal