- Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul. 1 Chronicles 13:3- Just because at one time you didn’t chase after a life with God doesn’t mean you can’t chase after it now. It’s heartbreaking to me when I hear someone say the feel like their past cancels them out from pursuing God. That for years of their life they chased after everything other than God yet now their eyes are open to how that type of life ends and they truly believe they’ve lost their chance at life with God. So why chase after something you have no chance of getting? What we see happening in our passage is God reminding us that simply because we didn’t seek Him out before doesn’t mean we can’t seek Him now. That’s our story of grace. Sure we shouldn’t be able to have that choice to choose Him and have life with Him, but He’s giving it to any and all that seek Him. You included. Don’t let your past be what stops you from pursing God today, even if that past reached to a minute ago. You are free to seek after God today, so go after Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1376
- And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark, and he died there before God. 1 Chronicles 13:9-10 – King David is traveling with the ark of the Lord to bring it back home with him, yet on the journey the above story unfolds. The oxen pulling the cart with the ark on it stumbles, the ark must have appeared to be falling off the cart so Uzzah reached out to stop the ark from falling. Know there are different ways Bible scholars approach Uzzah’s actions, from harmless and just wanting to help, to him taking this as his opportunity to look inside the ark as it was falling. We don’t know for certain his reasoning for reaching, but as I heard in a sermon one time about this, apparently Uzzah thought his hand was cleaner than the dirt on the ground for the ark to land on. Uzzah was wrong. It’s a humbling truth to realize that our sin makes us dirtier than dirt. It would have been “cleaner” for the ark to fall in the mud than for our hands apart from God’s forgiveness to touch it. Thanks be to God we have a Savior who can wash us white as snow. See the difference now because of Jesus; the veil of the temple that separated all from the ark of God has been torn and any who believe in Him can approach Him now. We are now clean because of Jesus. Let’s praise Jesus today that we are made holy all because of Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2567
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