1Ch 13:3-4, and LET US BRING THE ARK OF OUR GOD BACK TO US, FOR WE HAVE NOT inquired at it since the days of Saul.” THEN ALL THE ASSEMBLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO SO, FOR THE THING WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF ALL THE PEOPLE.
This is a good thing to bring back the ARK of the LORD, Yet they consulted everyone except the LORD HIMSELF!
1Ch 13:8-10, Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets. And when they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, UZZA PUT OUT HIS HAND TO HOLD THE ARK, for the oxen stumbled. THEN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS AROUSED AGAINST UZZA, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and HE DIED THERE BEFORE GOD.
The reason to worship is to please GOD, yet they proved themselves ignorant of HIS word!
Num 4:15, …then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; BUT THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH ANY HOLY THING, LEST THEY DIE…
1Ch 13:12, David was afraid of God that day, saying, “HOW CAN I BRING THE ARK OF GOD TO ME?”
Isa 8:20, To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM.
Everything needs to be done HIS way not ours! There is a reason we have HIS word
Pro 3:1, My son, DO NOT FORGET MY LAW, But let your heart keep my commands;
Pro 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.