Perez-uzzah means the breaking forth on Uzzah.
David, a man after God's own heart, took care of God's habitation on earth. And while bringing back the Ark of God out of the house of Abinadab and on the way at Nachon's threshing floor, the ox carrying the Ark stumbled. To prevent the Ark from falling Uzzah reached out for the Ark, but God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the Ark of God. 2 Samuel 6:1-7
And David was angry because Jehovah had broken forth with an outburst upon Uzzah; and that place had been called Perez-uzzah to this day-v.8
1. Influence of the Gentiles :
According to God's ordination the Ark of God should have been borne by the Levites, but they carried the Ark with an oxen cart which was the way of the Philistines. A defilement and contamination in service to God.
2. Natural Goodness is Evil in God's Sight :
Under God's sovereignty the oxen stumbled and Uzzah reached out to stop the Ark from falling, but God did not need man's natural goodness in caring for His things, something divine.
In our service to God there is a need to be purged from all leaven of the world, religion and society. Our way of serving God should be as ordained by God. And our natural zeal to serve God should be dealt with, for God would not tolerate anything natural. In our service to God, we must be crucified in our old and natural man that we may serve in the newness of the Spirit according to His ordination.
Lord, deal with me; my intention, my being that I may offer nothing leaven and that my service may be in spirit, in resurrection as a sweet fragrance to you.
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