For much of my life I've felt like the stiff religious girl. With this passage though, God is showing me a different way to look at it. Passionate. I can NEVER be too into my God! I can NEVER be too obsessed in pleasing Him. You might be wondering how I get that from these verses. Allow me to explain. :)
2 Samuel 6:14-16 "David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might, while he and the entire house of Isreal brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets. As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart."
David (in the Psalm and his story in 2 Samuel) reminds me that I am not the best. This humbles me, "no one is good, not even one." I'm not too into God, that's impossible. I'm not even close! While this does humble me extremely it also encourages me! If I would just stop trying to compare myself to those around me I wouldn't be worrying if I looked like a freak. If I keep comparing myself to Jesus I will stay humble and not slow down my attempt to be better. When we try and compare ourselves to our neighbor who we think is less spiritual we get an attitude that says, "I'm doin better then them, maybe I can kick back a little."
2 Samuel 6:20- "When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!" David said to Michal, "It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord's people Israel-I will celebrate before the Lord. I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor."
Isaiah 58:1 "Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet..." Don't hold back? Could that mean be undignified? :D "... Declare to my people their rebellion and to the house of Judah their sins."
I often have to remind myself of this subject. I have a two foot long "JesusFreak" design on my back car window just for this purpose. I'm not one to hide my faith but I am one to let myself feel I'm weird or crazy. I WILL BE UNDIGNIFIED FOR MY SAVIOR! It's ok if I'm excluded for my passion in Christ. So many other Christians have experienced much worse. I will not allow myself to be lukewarm. I am a JesusFreak.
How bold are we in our faith? Is the strength of our convictions and beliefs determined by the crowd we are with? Are we faithful in our walk with the Lord as long as things run smooth or are we sold out for Him even to the point of death?
1 Timothy 1:7-9 "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self-discipline. So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life-not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time."
