Uzzah and the ox cart

Back to Mark Buchanan's book, "Your God Is Too Safe," he talks about the time in 2 Sam. 6 when David brings the ark to Jerusalem--

And as it comes, David dances. His dance is a kinetic outburst of sheer joy. It is a pantomime of trust and surrender.

But things go tragically awry. There's an accident: An ox stumbles, a cart lurches, the ark of the covenant totters, slides, threatens to tumble to the ground. Uzzah the priest is right there, though...when the moment of crisis comes, Uzzah is prepared, saving the day.

God smote him dead. Why? Uzzah simply tried to keep the ark from tumbling to the ground.

This is why:
Uzzah's idea of carrying the ark on an oxcart was in clear breach of divine command. He forgets the one thing needed: worship. This is supposed to be about worship.

Uzzah teaches us, at great personal cost, a valuable lesson about God. God is not safe. God is not a household diety, kept in our safekeeping. And--be warned--God's safety is not our business.

The safest thing to do with a God like this is not to play it safe with him. It is never to get so caught up in keeping the traditions or hastening the innovations that we forget to throw ourselves headlong into His brusque and tender embrace. It is to never get so busy protecting God that we fail to take refuge in him. It is to never become so preoccupied in our Keep God Safe march that we forget to dance before our God with all our might...tripping the light fantastic all the way into the holy wild.

I wanna dance!!! Is anybody with me??