Scripture tells us: Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows (James 1:17). 2. 7:11). Jesus, His glory, His beauty and His FINISHED WORKMUST BECENTRAL. The second of Jesse's eight sons ( 1 Sam 16:8; 1 Chron 2:13 ). 21). She is the author of 17 books, including the best-selling When Women Walk Alone (more than 125,000 copies sold), When God Sees Your Tears, and When a Woman Overcomes Lifes Hurts. This is why Christians within congregations where their pastors are trying to balance GRACE with law, (the righteousness by works model), fall sick and/or die before their time. Lets look at the rest of the pieces to this puzzle to understand why this incident happened at all. Provoke me not and I will do you no hurt says God (Jeremiah 25:6). On the third morning, what did they find? The Other Disciple on the Emmaus Road. (LogOut/ So, if Hes not blessing, perhaps the relationship is strained through disobedience in your life or habitual sin that you are not surrendering to Him. You saw how they fell before Him when He said, I Am He. Well, notice the word,He,is initalicsbecause it isnt in the original text but was added by translators to make the text flow better. But sometimes we havent stopped to consider if what we are asking or expecting from God is truly good and perfect for us. 14 And David danced before the Lord . Both Hophni and Phinehas were killed in the battle on that day that the Ark taken captive.. Even though Jerusalem was the CENTER of worship for the Jewish people, it never occurred to him to restore it to its rightful place. Abinadab and Obed-edom were in very deed not the same men. But God didnt cut His own people any slack. I will check it out and correct it if necessary. If He hadnt, they would not have been able to carry it anywhere. His gracw is BEYOND AMAZING! Something financially rewarding? In other words, if you pushJesus aside.What you are doing, in effect, is saying to God, I dont need your mercy. PICK ONE. We know from Scripture that God is a good God who loves to bless His children (Matt. Maybe too familiar and lack of reverence? Well David, upon hearing all this, came back to the house of Obed Edom for the Ark, this time with a whole new attitude! Thank you for your sharing and writing it down. Are you looking around at other believers lives and feeling skipped over when it comes to Gods blessings? Trust God with what you dont see. I say Captured in quotation marks because it cannot just be Captured. No one takes God by surprise or captures Him. This is where the oxen stumbled and Uzzah made hisfatal mistake, reaching out his hand to steady the Ark. And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. (1Samuel 7:1) We here encounter the first mention of the house of Abinadab on the hill.
