FAITH CAPSULE: Are you obeying or disobeying the word of God?

2 Samuel 6

God is a good and gracious God that will not violate His own word and neither shall there be any excuse for anyone to violate His word. The order in place for the ark of God was without exception. God had warned His people including the Levites not touch holy objects such as the ark of God. While the ark was being transferred to Jerusalem, at a threshing floor (a place for processing grain) Uzzah reached out and touched the ark. It was unintentional of Uzzah when he touched the ark. However, it was out of order to reach out and touch the ark. Uzzah’s action was unintentional but the word of God is with intention for man to keep orderliness in the word of God. In the word of God, death penalty was in place for anyone that goes out of order and touch the holy object of the tabernacle of God (Numbers 4:15)
In the word of God there is always condition to achieve His promise.
Word of God stands to perform with perfection when there is obedience without violation. Word of God stands and not meant to return void to God. Isaiah 55:11 buttressed, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.”  Disobedient to the word of God does not excuse destruction as the consequence for disobedient.
Are you obeying or disobeying the word of God?
Proverbs 13:13 warned us, “He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.” Indeed Uzzah lived in the days of law and we are living in the days of His grace but, this is no excuse to be living a life of disobedient to the word of God. The book of Roman 6:1 asked, “…Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?” God’s direction is His order. Living outside of His direction is living in disorder which is a way of death and eternal damnation.
Moses was a giant in the hand of God. Despite his status before God there was evidence that no man’s status excuses man from the consequence of going out of God’s order. Once Moses received an orderly direction from God but delivered it in disorder. It is written, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock, and give drink to the congregation and their animals.” (Numbers 20:8) Moses went and struck instead of speak to the rock. He went further and spoke to the people by calling them rebels. Out of God’s order is out of God’s ordination.

Prayer for today: Ask for the grace of God to keep you from falling from His word.