The chaos of life drives me to seek order. That is so not a familiar spirit in my soul. I am after all the gal who leaps and believes the net will appear. If Iâm honest I can tell you that there have been several instances where the net did not appear because perhaps I jumped off the wrong cliff. I didnât think things through, or perhaps half-heartedly listened to God, desiring to fulfil my own agenda.
But something happened, medically speaking, a few months ago that caused me to get my physical self in order which had an effect on my spiritual self. I decided to give in and see a doctor regarding the pain management of my Fibromyalgia. A diagnosis I was not willing to accept for a very long time, (years) until I was barely walking in the mornings. So short story⦠the doc prescribed two prescriptions, Cymbalta for the morning and Gabapentin for the night. (Not an endorsement, just a statement of fact.) and my life dramatically changed. I donât say that for dramatic effect, something inside my brain changed from chaos to order. The pain was managed (to a degree). I want to be honest. Iâm not pain free. But the most amazing thing about this experience was a desire for order. That too is a learning process.
This morning I read 1 Chronicles 15:12-15 regarding Davidâs decision to bring the Ark of the Covenant back to the children of Israel and from the house of Obed Edom where they had left it when God killed Uzza for touching it. (1 Chronicles 13:10)
David speaking to the servants of God:
 12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.
The words âdue order,â captured my attention. Getting things out of order cost a man his life. Godâs plan to carry the Ark was specific with certain people, placed in certain positions for certain purpose.
Certain People
Much of the time when I have âleapedâ and face planted it was because I was leaping off of someone elseâs cliff. My impatience for waiting for God to position His person in place would lead me to assume roles that were not mine to assume. Case in point I would volunteer for anything that didnât get immediately filled because I wanted the job done.
When David was attempting to return the Ark to the City of David, he looked only at the end location, not the journey. It never entered his mind that there was an order to the journey. The Levites, not Uzza were to carry the Ark. The Ark was also be born upon staves, not carried on a cart. God had certain people in place and Davidâs replacement of those people altered Godâs plan.
Certain Positions
When David finally came to himself, and realized it was not about himself, but rather Godâs will and way, he looked again at the order of Godâs plan for the Arkâs return. He put the Levites in their place of baring the Ark on staves. When we read on through Chapter 15 we discover that his attention to the details were much greater! He appointed singers and musicians and all sorts of numbers of Godâs people in the places for which they were chosen to serve. He did not leap and pray the net appeared, he planned. Glory to God I could learn! Davidâs attention to detail was right down to the robe he wore, and the linen ephod which thoroughly torqued his wife Michal off. He didnât do it in the way of the people. He did it in the way of the Lord.
Certain Purpose
Davidâs original plan didnât allow the people of God to fulfil their purpose. Manâs way is never better than Godâs, and will never be completed.
I thought that I could overcome the pain of Fibromyalgia by pressing on in life. But Godâs purpose was for me to get to the point where âIâ couldnât go on and had to depend on others. The same thing has happened in my life with this new revelation of order. There is a certain purpose in the order of Godâs people. Preachers, Leaders, Teachers, Parishioners, Servants, everyone has a role. Roles are exclusive and appointed.
1 Chronicles 16:22 says âTouch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.â
We may not understand the process, but there is for certain, certain people in certain positions for certain purpose. Ours is not to ask why⦠itâs to continue on the journey in proper order and allowing God to bless the end result.
On a side note: Michal, Davidâs wife wasnât happy with Davidâs methods of rejoicing. An attitude that caused her to be barren from that point forward. Â A lesson on messing with Godâs people. I donât want to lose the fruit out of my life for complaining about the way God conducts His business with His people.