Hello, and thank you so much for joining me today for Give Him 15, the pleasure of his company.

I hope you're enjoying these. We just have a few more we're going to do. The title of today's is

The Spoiler.

One of the greatest offers in history, in the history of the world, was made centuries

ago to a man named Obed Edom.

At the instruction of David, King of Israel, he was asked if his living room

could be the Holy of Holies for a while. Second Samuel 6, 10 through 11. And David was unwilling

to move the Ark of the Lord into the city of David with him.

But David took it aside to the house of Obed Edom, the Gittite. Thus, the Ark of the Lord

remained in the House of Obed Edom, the Gittite, for three months. And the Lord blessed Obed Edom and all his household. Can you imagine being asked?

In Obed Edom's Day, by the way, when the very presence and glory of God hovered over the ark.

Would you mind if we place the ark of the covenant in your home for a few months?

If you were a lover of God, this honor would have been unimaginable. How would you respond? I don't know, King. I'll have to think about whether or not I want the Shikina glory of God hovering in my living room for the next three months.

I don't think I'd have had to pray about it.

Obviously, Obed Edom didn't.

Can you imagine running to your wife and blurting out?

You'll never guess what's in our living room.

What about the conversation with your kids?

Now, guys, you can look, but don't touch.

And don't you just imagine that Obed's house became the first choice for the neighborhood home group.

One can only guess what it was like at Obed Edom's home for the three months the Ark was there.

Did they sit for hours and stare at it?

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