The Blessing of the Ark

The Blessing

 By William M. Self, Sr.

 

 

Do you live a life of luck or a life of blessing?

A life of chance or a life of covenant?

"The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom

and everything he has, because of the ark of God."

God still honors His covenant, do you?

 

The Blessing of the Ark

When I was a boy the rabbit’s foot

was a popular good luck charm.

 I never believed in luck but I liked

carrying around a rabbit’s foot.

I have a four inch scar on my arm where

on a dare in grade school I let a fellow

classmate use my rabbit’s foot to cut my arm.

Many people carry lucky charms

 in hopes of life going their way.

Some might say Obed-Edom was lucky

but the Bible says he was blessed.

For three month, the Ark of God also called

the Ark of the Covenant was at his house.

During that time, the Bible says…

"The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom

 and everything he has, because of the ark of God."

“Because of the Ark of God”

 How do we get the blessing of God on

our household and everything we have?

King David wanted the blessing of God

he wanted to bring the Ark back to Zion.

David loved God and wanted the right

things but he went about it the wrong way.

Bring the Ark back to Zion should have been

 a joyous thing but it ended in tragedy.

Because David did not consider God’s instruction,

a man died and the ark rested at Obed-Edom’s house.

David was angry because he was doing

something for God and was not blessed.

David sought God and found out how

God wanted the ark to be transported.

Good luck charms will not bring

the blessing to your household.

Our clever ideas will not bring the blessing.

The blessing comes as we seek to please God.

The Ark was to rest in the Holy of Holies.

If the ark was to rest in your house, how holy is it.

I wonder if Obed-Edom had to remove

things from his house or life to make

room for the Ark of the Covenant.

Having the Ark means you honor the covenant.

Where the Covenant is honored

there will be the blessing.

 

Scripture Reading

2 Samuel 6:11-12 NIV

The ark of the Lord remained in the house of

Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and

the Lord blessed him and his entire household.

12 Now King David was told,

"The Lord has blessed the household

of Obed-Edom and everything he has,

because of the ark of God."

So David went down and brought up the ark

 of God from the house of Obed-Edom

to the City of David with rejoicing.