Helping God

Let say a young man was travelling in a truck transport an expensive antique cupboard. The truck hit a bump and the cupboard stumbled. The young man quickly stretch his hand to steady the cupboard. What should the owner of the cupboard do? Commend the man or punish him? What would you think if the owner punish him?

Uzzah was a nice young man guiding a cart that was transporting the Art of Covenant to Jerusalem. But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark. The LORD God was very angry at Uzzah for doing this, and he killed Uzzah right there beside the Ark (2 Samuel 6:6-7).

When I was a new Christian, I found this passage incomprehensible. Here we have a helpful person struck dead for helping God. Did not God want us to help each other? Why is He setting such a bad example?

But helping God is the worst thing to do. Imagine a blind man guiding one who can see, the creature helping the creator, the newborn baby feeding the mother. Sarah helped God by offering Hagar to Abraham (Genesis 16:2). Saul helped God by offering sacrifices to Him when Samuel was late (1 Samuel 13:8-14). Those who try to help God will always end up worse off. God help us not to help Him.