1 Chronicles 13 :: 9-12
When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
Then David was angry because the LORD's wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?"
Notice here that David is actually angry at God! Have you ever been angry at God? Although God is completely just in His actions....do we always believe that He is good at the same time? What David has run into here with his upset at Uzzah's death is, low and behold, the classic problem of evil! If God is all good, why is there evil - like death? It's a great question and can yield some great answers as well as a few unsatisfactory ones. If you were with David when this happened, what would you say to console him and restore his trust in God? What if you were David? What do you think you would be misunderstanding about the situation to bring you to be angry with God?
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