From A Detour To A Doorkeeper
Pastor Erickson preaches from 1 Chronicles 13 and Psalm 84:10 on how the ark of God took a detour to the house of Obededom and how that detour brought blessing to his household. He calls the church to trust God on the detours of life, to seek Him first, and to be doorkeepers who guard His presence in His house.
The message in 6 points
Nobody likes a detour
He tells of a highway detour near Kingston that turned a quick drive into two hours behind a truck on hairpin turns. Detours are unexpected and inconvenient, but from Proverbs 3:5-6 he says God directs our paths, and sometimes the detours of life are okay.
1:12:20The ark and the presence of God
The ark held reminders of Israel's rebellion with the mercy seat on top, and it sat forgotten for twenty years under Saul while the priests went through the motions. He warns that church must never become a house of ceremony; it has to be a house of worship with God's presence.
1:17:26The ark turns aside to Obededom
David's first mission as king was to bring back the ark, but it came on a new cart instead of on the shoulders of priests, and the man who touched it died. David turned it aside to the house of Obededom, and God blessed that house.
1:26:32Jesus took detours too
Jesus must needs go through Samaria and met the woman at the well, He stayed two days before going to Lazarus so that people would believe, and He stopped at the whipping post on the way to Calvary. Sometimes detours are the greatest blessing.
1:31:15From a detour to a doorkeeper
Once Obededom tasted the presence of God he followed the ark to Jerusalem as a volunteer doorkeeper, one who guards it. Like Psalm 84:10, he would rather keep the door in God's house, and his sons served too, leaving a legacy for his family.
1:35:39Seek Him first on your detour
Instead of grumbling, take advantage of a detour, as he found the slowed down year of 2020 to be. A lost job, a long wait for marriage or a sickness may be God getting hold of you, so he calls people to the altar to seek God first, be doorkeepers, and pray for one another.
1:45:07
In his words
“We can't let this place be a house of ceremony. It's got to be a house of worship.”
“All you were was a detour but you became a doorkeeper because you allowed God to change your life and give you blessings and you took care of the house of God.”
“But it might just be that God is detouring you so he can get a hold of you.”
Taken word for word from the video, with punctuation added.
Scripture
He reads
Psalms 84:10
10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
King James Version.
1 Chronicles 13:12-13
12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
King James Version.
Proverbs 3:5-6
5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
King James Version.
John 4:23-24
23But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
King James Version.
John 11:6-7
6When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
King James Version.
2 Samuel 6:11-12
11And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. 12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
King James Version.
1 Chronicles 15:16-17
16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
King James Version.
1 Chronicles 15:22-25
22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. 23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. 25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
King James Version.
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