1 Chr 13

This is one of the most memorable chapters and incidents in the OT. David has now rallied the nation around himself by addressing the leaders of armies both big and small. He then addressed the entire nation to bring the Lord in the center of the nation by bringing back the ark of the God. He was careful to point out the nation that the rule under Saul did not focus on God. The Ark was then brought back by a cart and for an uncharacteristic bump in the flat terrain, the ark was shifting and thus Uzzah placed his hands on the ark to steady it. The Lord stuck him dead for his act which left David angry with God and renamed the place Perez Uzzah (outbreak agains Uzzah). The fear that gripped David after this incident kept him from bringing the ark inside the city but rather in a place nearby for 3 months where the Lord blessed the family who kept it for that time.

The commentary was pretty clear about the Uzzah incident: The action of Uzzah may seem reasonable. He just wanted to make the ark safe on the cart. But there are reasons for the death of Uzzah. The ark should not have been on a cart. The Levites ought to have carried it. Nobody should have touched the ark. Those who touch holy things will die (Numbers 4:15). The ark had poles by it. Because of these poles, the Levites would not touch the ark when they moved it. And that is how God ordered them to move the ark. There was a lesson for the people. They must give proper honour to God’s holy things. They must obey the rules that God had given about them. The ark was a sign that God was with his people. 

Good but long day on Friday with my niece's grad from Rider U and working in Princeton. The evening was capped off with a minor league bball game with the Trenton Thunder sponsored by my financial advisor. Hope to meet with him over the coming weeks to tweak by portfolio. Long day on Sat which started early at the DMV and some stuff around the house before heading out to NYC for Irene's MD dinner at Hill Country and the show Ghost. Both the dinner and show was good and enjoyable but still led to a long day afterall. Glad to see the Rangers won and advance in the Stanley Cup playoffs but the Mets should have swept the Lins - closing situation stinks. Sunday started out early with the picking up at the bakery at 7AM and getting down here at 6:30 PM. Praiseful for all of the Mothers that were honored yesterday. Saw the final episode of DH and glad they cleared up the loose ends and the finality of the show was complete. OUAT was decent as that season closed as well.  Today was looking forward to getting out to play a round of golf but that seems to be a washout today. Oh well....

Praise for today: O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all of the earth! Ps 8:9