"Peace With A Holy God"

As I was reading the remaining verses in Hebrews 12, I could not get the story of when David was bringing the Ark into Zion (Jerusalem, The City of David) out of my head. I have shared on this before, but there is something which needs to be expressed in that illustration: Our approach to A Holy God. If you know the story, you might recall that David's first attempt was failed by the death of Uzzah, whom God smote for touching the Ark as he tried to stabilize it when it crossed Nachon's threshingfloor. When David first attempted to move the Ark, he placed it on a new cart and played music with all sorts of instruments as they traveled down the road; he felt peace in being able to move the Ark of God in whatever manor possible. But yet, as soon as Uzzah was slain, he no longer wanted anything to do with the Ark, and was displeased with God. What David had forgotten was how Holy God is, and how vital it is to adhere to God's Word. But later after hearing of how the Ark caused whoever had it to prosper, David had a change of heart, and then he realized that this task of moving the Ark of God must be performed as God has specified in His Word, and that it must be done with reverence. In doing so, David not only experienced Peace with a Holy God, but he experience Joy beyond containment; he danced before the Lord with all his might. This is how we must remember to approach God, for we are called to be Holy before our God; and what makes us Holy before Him is to adhere to His Word; which means to hold fast to His Word; which also includes The Word, which is Jesus Christ. It is because of Jesus that we have access to the Father, and we must never forget that. His sacrifice has made it possible for us to enter the Hollies of Holy, which is where the Ark dwells; and it is only Jesus that gives us the right to approach where we otherwise would not be allowed to go. This is the access we have been given to our Father; not like an unapproachable God, where we must beg, or seek His permission to enter in; but as long as we approach Him through His Word (Jesus), then we have free access to His throne; and we can enter in with Peace, not being ashamed or fearful. "(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) But ye are come unto mount Zion, and unto the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the Firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, And to Jesus the mediator of the New Covenant, and to the blood of the sprinkling, that speeketh better than the things of Abel." (Hebrews 12:20-24)