Day 30

Today is day 30 of reading the Bible. They say it takes 30 days to

form a habit. If that is true then you have either made a habit of

reading the Bible or given up along the way. I hope you are becoming a

habitual Bible reader; that is more profitable than giving up ;-)

Anyway, I wanted to highlight God's response to Uzza touching the ark.

We read about this in Kings, but we see it again in Chronicles. If you

missed it, David commanded the men of Israel to bring the Ark of the

Covenant home, so they loaded it on a new cart driven by animals. When

the ox stumbled and the cart was in danger of falling to the ground,

Uzza reached his hand out to hold the ark. God killed him for it.

There are several things wrong with what they did and David corrected

the error of how to move the cart in 15:13-15. The ark was never

intended to be carried on a cart driven by animals, but to be carried

on the shoulders of holy men. But it was not this spiritual laziness

that God killed Uzza for. Let's just say that Uzza assumed his hands

were cleaner than the dirt of the ground.

He did not intend to offend God, nevertheless, he did. It was a

combination of spiritual laziness, ignorance, and thinking they knew

what was best all mixed together with best intentions. However, God is

not pleased with our "best intentions". He wants our obedience; and

our devotion should be in line with what he has revealed to us.

So how can you know if your worship is offensive? Do you read your

Bible? How can you know what God expects if you don't read it? Do you

simply rely on your pastor to tell you how to approach God?

I hope you have not given up in our 90 day quest to read what God has

written to you and me. If you are like me then you easily forget those

things which have been long written down. I know I need to keep

reading or I will forget.