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Let God Arise (Psalm 68)
We need to let God arise and let His presence do its work among the people of God
The occasion for this Psalm is seen in 2 Samuel 6:1-12, the moving of the Ark from the house of Obed-Edom to Jerusalem.
The first attempt ended in failure. They had used a new cart and oxen. When the Ark swayed, Uzzah tried to steady it, and he died as a result. “David was afraid of the Lord that day.” From the account in 1 Chronicles 15:1-29 David found God’s “due order,” i.e. His instructions, for moving the Ark. David discovered that the Levites were to bear the Ark. It was the responsibility of these Levite ministers to carry the presence of the Lord.
The “due order” is in Numbers 1-10. Israel just came out of Egypt, and there was a lot of disorder in the camp. It took time to set the tribes in position in their camp set up, in their work, and in the order of their march. When this was done, Moses said to Jethro, his father in law, “We are journeying unto the place which the Lord said, I will give it you, come with us.” (Numbers 10:29) Then in Numbers 10:35 when the Ark went forward, Moses said, “… Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.” All Israel moved forward under Moses.
Now in David’s day (1 Chronicles 15:28) “All Israel brought up the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem with singing, shouting, rejoicing, dancing, joy and with instruments.” This was the occasion for which Psalm 68 was written.