A New Way to See

“When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, the Levites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.” Joshua 3:3-4

I always thought that the main, and perhaps only, reason for there to be so much space between the ark of the covenant and the people of Israel was because God wanted them to avoid a situation like Uzzah's. But it occurred to me after reading the last part of this passage;

"Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you must go, for you have not passed this way before.”

Maybe the reason God didn't want the people so close is because He knows that being too close can impair your vision. Like myopia. How can you see something when it is so close? Perhaps its about giving God the space to lead us.

There's some yummy food for thought.

Ina