Respect the Lord.

6 David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. ² He and all his men went to Baalah^[a] in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name,^[b] the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. ³ They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart ⁴ with the ark of God on it,^[c] and Ahio was walking in front of it. ⁵ David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,^[d] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.

⁶ When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. ⁷ The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

I think we understand that God is our friend and wants to build a relationship with Him. I think the idea has been proliferating in the church for enough time that it is quite clear that everyone should build this relationship with God. That our life is a walk with God, is building a relationship just like how a person fellowship and build a relationship with another person. Just like David. He understood that perfectly. He walked with God. David is God's creation and God is David's Lord. He really believed in that. However, we forgot one thing that David understood perfectly too. He understood that God is God. He is Lord and King over all. David recognized and respected God. The fear of the Lord is prevalent in his life. Then we look at Uzzah, God struck him down because of irreverence. It would not be possible for God to strike him because Uzzah just want to stabilize the ark. It must be more than that. He have done something that offended God. How much are we in reverence of God? Are we like Uzzah? Should we aspire to be like David? Do we really put God before everything else?