Day5
Week10
1Samuel
“And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go away from us? And 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.”
1 Samuel 6:20-21 AMPC
Cross references
1Chronicles 13:5-6;
Joshua 9:17;
Malachi 3:2
Burden or Joy
d. And to whom shall it go up from us?
For the men of Beth Shemesh, the holiness of God was a problem, a problem that could be fixed by putting distance between themselves and God. Their question was not, “How can we be made right with a holy God,” but it was “Who can we give this problem to so the holiness of God is no longer a burden to us?”
Pride is an abomination to God. Proverbs 16:5
The simplest answer is not always the easiest.
Repentance is simple and causes great joy.
Pride causes us to reject the simple and thus simple becomes a burden.
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Luke 11:4
The love of God creates in us a soft, humble heart.
Action Step
Burden or joy?
Pride or repentance?
Simple isn’t easy, but it is necessary.
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