Sunday Worship Experience - 12/28/2025

What happens when our casual approach to holy things collides with God's unwavering standards? In a powerful exposition of 2 Samuel 6, Pastor Randy unravels the cautionary tale of David's mishandled transport of the Ark and Uzzah's fatal presumption. Through a masterful parallel with his own experience building a shed, he illustrates how "innovation without instruction leads to instability" – whether in carpentry or carrying God's presence. The sermon pierces through the popular "New Year, New Me" mentality, revealing that true transformation comes not from calendar changes but from proper reverence and obedience to God's explicit instructions. Pastor Randy warns against the dangerous drift from sacred to casual, where familiarity with holy things breeds contempt, leading to "church attendance without awe" and "worship without wonder." Drawing from David's eventual course correction in 1 Chronicles 15, he offers hope that when we abandon our well-intentioned but misguided methods and align with God's instructions, blessing follows obedience. This message urgently calls us to examine where we might be "carting what God told us to carry" and challenges us to return to a place of holy reverence in our walk with God.