A Flash of Wrath

450 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 2Sa 6:8-11, “ And David became angry because of the LORD'S outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah to this day. 9 David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?" 10 So David would not move the ark of the LORD with him into the City of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. (2 Sam 6:8-11) The word “anger” here comes with the sense of “fretting.” David was fretting about this whole situation. Who wouldn't? Uzzah became the flashpoint of God's just anger right before David's eyes. The word “outbreak” here is just another way of saying “breach.” Uzzah's actions caused a breach, a sudden outpouring of the wrath of God. We could almost liken it to a flash of lightning. A spark jumping the gap. Then David “was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?" Oh that we all would grasp what is being said here. Maybe then, we wouldn't have such a casual attitude about sinning against a holy God. David was saying, “How can a holy God come to a sinner like me?” We should all live our lives in this same realization. We all deserve the sudden lightning strike judgment (the flash of wrath) that Uzzah received, but God in His grace, love, and mercy, sent His only Son, who became Uzzah for us. And on that Good Friday , on a hill just outside Jerusalem, God flashed His wrath against all your sins, my sins, and the sins of the world. Jesus took it all for you and I. Look again at Calvary. Look often at the cross and see the price of sin, and perhaps we will not take our own breaches with God's Word so lightly. Father, I am a sinner who justly deserves Thy punishment. Thank You for sending Jesus to take the punishment that I deserve. Help me from this day forward to gain a better understanding of Your displeasure with sin, that I may turn from it, and live a life pleasing to You.