FAITH CAPSULE: Always do right before God with no wrong. 

2 Samuel 6

Before God, there is no excuse to do wrong in the right way or to do right in the wrong way.
After God created Adam, He decided on His perfect understanding to create a helper for Adam, saying, “It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him.” (Genesis 2:18) 
Adam did not demonstrate the need for help, but God knows it was good to create Eve as a helper for Adam. 
Adam chose to violate the command of God by responding to the suggestion of Eve by eating from the forbidden tree. 
At the time of the visitation of God to Adam and Eve, God asked why they ate from the forbidden tree.
Adam responded to God, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” (Genesis 3:12) 
The answer of Adam to the question by God was an indirect excuse for his disobedience and a way of blaming God for his act of disobedience. Before the Perfect God, there is no excuse to do wrong in the right way or to do right in the wrong way. 
God demands full compliance to His command without any excuse for disobedience. 
Adam had a very appealing reason, but action is what weighs before God. As Adam violated the word of God, Uzzah, the son of Abinadab, violated the word of God. 
Uzzah did the right wrongly when he put out his hand to the ark of God in an attempt to prevent it when the ox that was transporting the ark stumbled. 
The effort of Uzzah provoked God, “Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and he died there by the ark of God.” (2 Samuel 6:7) 
Uzzah attempted to do right wrongly.
Uzzah should not have put his hand on the holy thing. 
Numbers 4:15 records, “…but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These are the things in the tabernacle of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.” 
The law was specific that the ark was to be carried by the sons of Kohath, not by any other means of transportation, and no one should touch by hand. 
The Psalmist describes the character of God, “All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth, to such as keep His covenant and His testimonies.” (Psalm 25:10) 
God is merciful and very truthful to His word.
His testimonies are very consistent from the past to the future. 
Are you doing right wrongly or doing wrong rightly? 
With God, doing right in the right way is all that counts. 
Also, there is no excusable excuse that counts. 
Adam had reasonable excuse but does not count before God. 

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you not to miss your steps in any of His paths.