Do You Inquire of the LORD Before You Do Anything?

15 After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. ² Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.”

³ David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it. ⁴ He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

⁵ From the descendants of Kohath,

Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;

⁶ from the descendants of Merari,

Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;

⁷ from the descendants of Gershon,

Joel the leader and 130 relatives;

⁸ from the descendants of Elizaphan,

Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;

⁹ from the descendants of Hebron,

Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;

¹⁰ from the descendants of Uzziel,

Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.

15 After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. ² Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.”

³ David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it. ⁴ He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

⁵ From the descendants of Kohath,

Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;

⁶ from the descendants of Merari,

Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;

⁷ from the descendants of Gershon,

Joel the leader and 130 relatives;

⁸ from the descendants of Elizaphan,

Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;

⁹ from the descendants of Hebron,

Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;

¹⁰ from the descendants of Uzziel,

Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.

The priests symbolically separated themselves from sin and evil. This was done by washing themselves and their clothing in a special ceremony - numbers 8:5-8. While we are not required to t carry out this ceremony today, we can purify ourselves by reading God's word and preparing our hearts to participate iN worship. 

God has ordained natural ways governed by laws and principles of how everything should be done. Therefore, we have to inquire of the LORD how we should go about it all, everything. I have regretted in my life why I  never inquired of LORD how  I should gO about everything that didn't work out in my life. Yet the Spirit would prod me and I would not take heed, not listen! 

If he created us in His own image, he created everything on earth and outside earth, in heaven, wouldn't he know what would be beneficial to me?

This time David saw tO it that the Levites carried the Ark -Numbers 4:5-15. We may not fully understand the reason behind God's instructions but we do know that His wisdom is complete and His judgement infallible. The way to  know God's instructions is to know his Word. But just as children do not understand the reasons for all their parents' instructions until they are older, we may not understand all of God's reasons in this life. it is far better to obey God's first, and then discover the reasons. We are Nev free to disobey God just because we don't understand.

References: Some notes from the NIV Life Application Study Bible.