Max Lucado by Facing Your Giants

Author:Facing Your Giants [Giants, Facing Your]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc.
Published: 2009-05-29T05:00:00+00:00

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Don’t grow lax before the holy.

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before the holy. God won’t be loaded on convenient wagons or toted about by dumb animals. Don’t confuse him with a genie who pops out at the rub of a lamp or a butler who appears at the ring of a bell.

God comes, mind you. But he comes on his own terms. He comes when commands are revered, hearts are clean, and confession is made.

But what of the second figure? What is the message of one man dancing?

David’s initial response to the slaying of Uzzah is anything but joyful. He retreats to Jerusalem, confused and hurt, “angry because the Lord had punished Uzzah in his anger” (1 Chron. 13:11 NCV). Three months pass before David returns for the ark. He does so with a different protocol. Priests replace bulls. Sacrifice replaces convenience. Levites prepare “themselves for service to the Lord.” They use “special poles to carry the Ark of God on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded, just as the Lord had said they should” (1 Chron. 15:14–15 NCV).

No one hurries. “And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he [David] sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep” (2 Sam. 6:13). When David realizes that God is not angry, he offers a sacrifice and _____________________. Select the correct answer from the following:

a. kneels before the Lord

b. falls prostrate before the Lord

c. bows his head before the Lord

d. dances with all his might before the Lord

If you answered d, you win a pass to the church square dance. David dances mightily before the Lord (6:14). Somersaults, high kicks. Spinning, jumping. This is no tapping of the feet or swaying of

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