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Doing the Right Thing in The Wrong Way
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by Andrew Corbin
Samuel 6:1-7 David wanted to make a permanent place for the ark of God. He had the right intention.
1 Chronicles 13:3 states, “And let us bring again the
but the Philistines were the enemy of God and His people. The Philistines sent the ark back on a cart (1 Samuel 6:11). I guess David saw the ark of theaaaaZZ v
ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days
covenant coming up on a cart and thought that it
of Saul.” David, in 2 Samuel 7:2, said, “I am dwelling
would make it so much easier to go from place to
in a house of cedar, but the ark of God is dwelling within
place. Why in the world are we getting the priests to carry
curtains.” The ark of God deserves better than
it on their shoulders when we could put it on a cart? The
that. David had the right intention and the right
reason: God said to carry it on the priests’ shoulders. It really doesn’t matter if the way of the world is easier, you need to do it God’s way. There will be times when doing it God’s way will be more difficult than our own. We will probably try to question why it can’t be easier, but God knows and He has a plan. David did the right thing in the wrong way, and it cost Uzzah his life. The ark was going to fall off the cart, and Uzzah put his hand on the
mentality. While he was trying to do right thing, he
ark and he died right then and there. Your actions will
did it in the wrong way.
always affect someone else. There’s a large magnitude
In Exodus 25, God commanded that the ark of the
placed on every decision we make, especially our
covenant be carried in a specific way. There were four
decisions that have to do with our Spirituality. Often
golden rings that were made into the ark and put on
times, we look at the effects of doing the wrong
each corner. Then God commanded they made staves
thing. On the flip side, we look at the effects of doing
or some wooden plank and overlay those with gold,
the right thing, but in the wrong way. It is not only
and put the staves through the rings, and the priests
important to be doing the right thing, but it is just as
were supposed to carry it on their shoulders.
important to be doing the right thing in the right way.
God laid specific and clear instructions on how it God’s way. He did it by the way of the Philistines,
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About The Author
the ark should have been carried, but David didn’t do
Andrew Corbin is the husband to Amber, father to Reed, and pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church in Chatsworth, Georgia. The Church’s address is 3155 Hwy 225; Chatsworth, Georgia 30705.
