God is no terrorist. No He isn’t. When David met His uncompromising
holiness he became terrified. And David was
afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home
to me?" 1Chr 13:12 and he thrust
the responsibility of hosting His presence upon Obed-Edom. So David did not take the ark home into the city of
David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite 1Chr 13:13. That happens to quite a few people. They flee; and thrust the
visitation of God to another. Then the men
of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy
God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?" So they sent messengers to
the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned
the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up to you." 1Sam6:20-21 the same response as the Philistines when God dealt with them.
1Sam5:1-12. It’s strange that faced with clear evidence
of a more powerful deity they chose to get rid of Jehovah rather than seek to
serve and please Him. And many of us want to do that instead of yielding to His
demands, but that’s not for today.
It is not clear what the evidence of God’s blessing to the house of
Obed-edom was, but it was abundantly clear he was blessed. He with his entire
house and all he had; and the evidence was clear in 3 months! The chest stayed there for three months, and the
LORD blessed Obed-Edom, his family, and everything he owned 1Chr 13:14 can you beat
that?
When the Abrahams hosted God unawares, God’s decades’ long promise to
give them a son had a definite date pronounced. One of the
guests was the LORD, and he said, "I'll come back about this time next
year, and when I do, Sarah will already have a son." Gen 18:10. When Lot hosted
God’s messengers he was blessed with salvation from the wrath upon Sodom.
Hosting Elijah saved the widow from famine, and got her son back from death;
just as hosting Elisha got the Shunem woman a son and many other blessings
besides that. Jesus has truly said “I am telling
you the truth: whoever receives anyone I send receives me also; and whoever
receives me receives him who sent me” Jn 13:20 . Even unbelievers get
blessed when they host God’s people. Remember Potiphar? From the time he appointed Joseph to be overseer
over his entire household and everything that he owned, the LORD blessed the
household of the Egyptian because of Joseph Gen 39:5.
So what are we waiting for? Give Jesus a permanent place in your
heart, invite Him in today. And invite his messengers in too to your home for a
meal and a visit. Is it only cold water you have to offer? God will bless it Mt10:42. As with the time of David your
testimony will move others to follow suit: And it was
told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all
that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought
up the ark of God with shouting 2Sam 6:12
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