2 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 6:16, 20-23  As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart….

²⁰ And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!"  ²¹ And David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the LORD--and I will make merry before the LORD.  ²² I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor."  ²³ And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.

I remember when I was younger and in school how much I cared about what others thought.  I cared about what others thought about how I looked and how I dressed.  I cared how others perceived me and how they judged what I had to say…so much so that I didn’t say very much.  I was quiet, I dressed quietly, really – I just wanted to fade into the background and not be noticed.  I’d rather be overlooked than made fun of or ridiculed.

Well – David definitely did not have any concern about what others thought… at least no one besides God.  David danced and leapt before the Lord.  He was so excited about praising His God, David took off His outer robe to make movement easier.  Truly David is a Cohort in Craziness!!  But not everyone was so excited.  David’s wife Michal ridiculed him for what had done.  She couldn’t believe his behavior and shared her opinions with her husband, but David didn’t care.  His first concern was praising the Lord!

I think Michal could have been blessed if she had seen David’s vision, if she had joined David in worshipping.  But instead she lived a lonely life, a disgraced life without children.

What is your first concern?  Are you concerned about what others think more than what God thinks?  Are you willing to be a Cohort in Craziness and look like a fool for God if He asks you to?  Courage over fear is what we are called to!  I know you can do it J

I’m praying for you!

Pastor Amy