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1 Chronicles chapter 15 verses 13 through 15.

Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us,

because we did not seek him according to the rule.

So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the Ark of the Lord,

the God of Israel, and the Levites carried the Ark of God on their shoulders with the polls

as Moses had commanded according to the Word of the Lord.

There is so much to be learned and prayed through and these three verses.

So this story is recounting when David was bringing the Ark to Jerusalem and we remember what

happened the last time people were carrying the Ark and it started to fall and use a stuck his

hand out to catch it and immediately died. And everyone, of course, was overwhelmed,

odd, and fear of God at that moment in the days to come to where they left the Ark right there.

But then David goes back and he says, okay, we need to bring the Ark, but he goes back to God's

Word and how God had prescribed the Ark to be carried. And it was supposed to be carried by the

Levites in a certain way. So by certain people in a certain way, the language is according to the

rule. And David looks back and he says, we did not seek God according to the rule, according to

his Word. And so what he does, he calls the priests and the Levites together and says, this is how

it needs to be carried and the Levites carry the Ark of God on their shoulders according to the

Word of the Lord. And as we read these verses, we all need to pause and ask in our lives,

what are we doing? Or what are we not doing that is out of accord with the Word of the Lord to

pause and examine our thoughts, our desires, our words, our actions, our interactions, and our

relationships, and our work, and everything. In the church, are we living, thinking,

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