Sunday, February 23, 2014

Time to bring Him back the right way!

Don't ignore and neglect the presence of God. Be in communication with Him.. I see an uprising, and an army being built up. I can see God moving through this city,  and around the globe. I even see it on my face book. People who never spoke of God before are now speaking of Him, and becoming apart of His church. Tonight as I was reading, I was seeing how alive the old testament is. It is beautiful and amazing. God speaks to me through the old just as much as He does the new. If you are apart of this army bring God back to the hearts the right way.. Always be in communication with Him, never ignoring His voice, or hardening your hearts. Listen for His will with everything you do, and don't ignore His presence around you.



“If you approve and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasture lands. Let us invite them to come and join us. It is time to bring back the Ark of our God, for we neglected it during the reign of Saul.”

David wanted to bring the Presence of God back. They neglected Him during the reign of Saul. David consulted with the officials about bringing back the Presence of God back and if it was Gods will do to so, but David never actually talked to God about this.. 

But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon,[c] the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark. 10 Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God

Whenever I have read this scripture I never really understood why Gods anger was aroused towards Uzzah because it was an accident, but now I see why..  The sin of David by not talking to God about bringing the Ark back caused Uzzah to die. If David would of have heard from God first, God would of shown David what He already spoke to Moses before. That the Levites must carry the Ark.

  David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.

Notice how David is mad at God for this? How many of us blame God for the way things happen in life, but we never look to see if we had any part of the outcome. How many things fail that we try to do for God but we never consulted Him in the first place?

 
12 David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?” 13 So David did not move the Ark into the City of David.. 
  
Then because you failed the first time you give up for awhile.. The nice spiral affect of not being in the presence of God, or listening to His voice.

When David finally decided to bring the Ark back..

Then he commanded, “No one except the Levites may carry the Ark of God. The Lord has chosen them to carry the Ark of the Lord and to serve him forever.” Then David summoned all Israel to Jerusalem to bring the Ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it. Because you Levites did not carry the Ark the first time, the anger of the Lord our God burst out against us. We failed to ask God how to move it properly. You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

God told David how to move the Ark, and where to bring it.. He also told the levites they must purify themselves.  

With my spiritual eyes and ears, I see God revealing the future to us through the old. The place God had prepared for His presence is in our hearts! If you want to carry Gods presence, purify yourselves! Not only that if you want to bring God to the lost, purify yourselves and always be in communication with God listening to how He wants you to do so. Otherwise you might just fail trying to move for God.

You must purify yourselves and all your fellow Levites, so you can bring the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

 We failed to ask God how to move it properly. (this is the key verse in this scripture)

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