Obed-Edom
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Nov 1, 2026
MarianneNARRATOR
Then we need never be afraid of God's holiness, nor reject any ordinance he has appointed because of the evil it may bring upon us to use it irreverently.
MarianneNARRATOR
sometimes good people stay away from the communion dreading that it may bring condemnation and not blessing upon them but no ordinance of god will ever bring hurt to those who receive it in humility and reverence instead of declining to take the holy supper lest we may not receive it worthily we should come to it with penitence repentance faith and love for then we will find in it only blessing and joy David would not take the ark to Jerusalem, as he had set out to do, and it was left in the house of Obed-Edom.
MarianneNARRATOR
For the three months it remained there, special divine favor came upon the man who sheltered it.
MarianneNARRATOR
It was the same ark which had wrought such disaster when irreverently touched, that now brought blessing to a home in which it was received in meekness and love.
MarianneNARRATOR
Obed-Edom was not afraid to have the ark taken inside his door, and the result was good and not evil upon his household.
MarianneNARRATOR
This incident suggests to us the blessings of true religion in a home.
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MarianneNARRATOR
The king was surprised to hear this.
T.D. JakesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When you're down, I will raise you.
T.D. JakesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And David found out after a three month sabbatical of the Ark of the Covenant being in the house of Obed-Edom, David found out that all he needed was to bring him back with the praise.
T.D. JakesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the praise of David becomes the key of David.
T.D. JakesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Anytime you're locked out of something and you want to break it loose, I dare you to insert the key of praise.
John StangeHOST
And this reminds us that the value of our service isn't determined by how visible our responsibilities happen to be.
John StangeHOST
The chapter then describes the family of Obed-Edom, whose household received particular attention.
John StangeHOST
You probably remember that Obed-Edom's name appeared earlier in 1 Chronicles when the Ark of the Covenant remained at his house for three months.
John StangeHOST
During that time, God blessed his household, and now his descendants were serving as gatekeepers.
John StangeHOST
Verse 8 says, All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service, 62 of Obed-Edom.
John StangeHOST
Obed-Edom's family provides an encouraging picture of service extending across generations.
John StangeHOST
He experienced God's blessing, and his descendants participated in responsibilities that were associated with worship.
John StangeHOST
Well, we can't guarantee that our children or our grandchildren will share our faith, but we can demonstrate what it looks like to love God.
Bill JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And David wanted so much for the glory of God to be in his city, in Jerusalem, that he had set the stage for them to carry the Ark.
Bill JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And the first time they tried, they did it through human reasoning, and somebody died, and David was depressed, and they parked the Ark of the Covenant in a guy's house named Obed-Edom, and everything he touched turned to gold, you know, so they started rethinking, perhaps, when in doubt, Open the owner's manual and find out how we're supposed to do this.
Bill JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then they found out that God doesn't put his presence on the creation of man.
Bill JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He only puts his presence on what he created, which is man.
Julian KyulaGUEST
God killed a priest who didn't know how to handle his presence.
Julian KyulaGUEST
This same presence goes into a house called Obed-Edom.
Julian KyulaGUEST
And Obed-Edom was a Korahite.
Julian KyulaGUEST
He was a Korahite and Korahites had been removed from serving Moses because of what they had done in undervaluing the office of Moses.
Julian KyulaGUEST
And so they had been removed for their treason.
Julian KyulaGUEST
But years later, years later, centuries later, we find a Korahite who had taken time to study and to understand how to treat the presence of God.
Julian KyulaGUEST
In three months, In three months, Obed-Edom began to see fruit that had not been seen in Abinadab's house for 20 years.
Julian KyulaGUEST
Ladies and gentlemen, it's not a matter of time.
Charles SpurgeonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It is well when they judge that the parlour will be honoured by being used for a prayer meeting and considers that the best room in the house is none too good for the servants of God to meet in.
Charles SpurgeonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Such a dwelling becomes like the house of Obededom, where the ark of God tarried and left a permanent blessing behind.
Charles SpurgeonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
To pass on.
Charles SpurgeonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the seventh verse, you have another family.
EnochNARRATOR
Davy murmured with a choked voice, How will I bring the ark of the Lord to me? The king, filled with fear, did not dare to continue the journey.
EnochNARRATOR
The ark was taken to the house of Obed-Edom, the Gittite.
EnochNARRATOR
For three months, divine presence filled that house.
EnochNARRATOR
Harvests thrived.
Steve WittHOST
Three months, he put it in the garage.
Steve WittHOST
Obed-Edom was the guy's name.
Steve WittHOST
Obed-Edom prospered like crazy.
Steve WittHOST
When you take the presence of God and put it in your house, things happen.
Steve WittHOST
And David started seeing that and saying, we need to get that ark back, man.
Steve WittHOST
I mean, it's just, it's an amazing story.
Steve WittHOST
But anyway, they finally get it back.
Steve WittHOST
It's now at Obed-Edom's house.
David S. IngramNARRATOR
O mother of fair love, why do the poor banished children of Eve so continually turn to thee? Is it not just because of this flame of communicating love? Is it not because they know that to go to Mary is to go to Jesus, that when they appeal to the heart of Mary it is the heart of Jesus which answers through her, that her chief work is to communicate his love to them? Three months Mary abode in Zachary's house, and all that time the flame of communicating love abode there too, burning ever more brightly within her.
David S. IngramNARRATOR
What a privilege for the house of Zachary! We read in sacred history that once the Ark of the Lord abode in the house of Obed-Edom the Gethite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.
David S. IngramNARRATOR
2 Kings 6.11 What then must have been the blessings bestowed on Zachary's household while Mary, the Ark of the Covenant, abode there? Pray that we too may get the blessings of those who receive thee as their constant guest.
David S. IngramNARRATOR
But Mary is my example.
T.D. JakesHOST
David gets frustrated because of the contradiction.
T.D. JakesHOST
I'm trying to do good and why are so many things going wrong? I'm trying to do good and why is my marriage falling apart? I'm trying to serve the Lord and why is my flesh acting up? I'm trying to praise the Lord and why is my body sick? And David gave up the Ark of the Covenant to Obed-Edom because he could not endure the contradiction.
T.D. JakesHOST
I'm going to wrap this up.
T.D. JakesHOST
He could not endure the contradiction and it lasted for three months.
T.D. JakesHOST
But what God will do to remind you that you are his.
T.D. JakesHOST
He will take the blessing that should have been yours and give it to somebody else until your envy overrides your frustration.
T.D. JakesHOST
And David finally knocks on the house of Obed-Edom and says, give me back the glory.
T.D. JakesHOST
And whatever I have to do to bring back the glory, I'm willing to do it.
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