David arranges for the ark to be returned to the City of David. However, it didn't make it there. They moved the ark on an oxen cart with two men guiding it, Uzzah and Ahio. Uzzah reaches up to steady the ark. Uzzah is killed. Sounds like pretty stiff punishment, doesn't it?

Well....we, humans always want to rationalize with statements such as this. "Uzzah was only trying to help. The oxen had stumbled. He was only trying to steady the ark. He only touched the ark. Why was he killed?"

Well....Suppose it has anything to do with God's commandments about who was to carry the ark, how they were to carry the ark, etc.???
Num 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set forward, then after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it. But they shall not touch any holy thing lest they die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Quite often in the readings lately, David inquires of the Lord. Things go much better for David when he does this. We can learn from David how to fight our "battles" too.
1. Ask God's will
2. Ask advice from other godly people
3. Search God's word
4. Give God the glory

In today's reading, we find this most wonderful of verses!
Ps 18:35b
you stoop down to make me great.

Think about the significance of that verse. You (God) stoop down to make me (put your name there) great. God certainly did stoop down when He came to earth to die for our sins so that we could be made great. Wow!