UNEXPECTED BLESSING

“David was afraid of God that day and asked, ‘How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?’ He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he had” (1 Chronicles 13:12-14 NIV).
The Lord had just established the kingdom of the whole Israel in the hand of David. David was returning the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem the new capital amidst jubilation with the Levites, the priests, and the whole people of Israel, but the Lord killed Uzzah because he was preventing the ark from falling. David was afraid to bring the ark to his city. He left it at the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
What was the intention of King David? Did he mean well for Obed-Edom? Only God knows.>>more