- Joined
- Apr 25, 2006
- Messages
- 17,518
26 July 2007
2 Samuel 6 v 20-23
David went back to bless the people in his home, but Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him. She said, "With what honour the king of Israel acted today! You took off your clothes in front of the servant girls of your officers like one who takes off his clothes without shame!"
Then David said to Michal, "I did it in the presence of the LORD. The LORD chose me, not your father or anyone from Saul's family. The LORD appointed me to be over Israel. So I will celebrate in the presence of the LORD. Maybe I will lose even more honour, and maybe I will be brought down in my own opinion, but the girls you talk about will honour me!"
And Saul's daughter Michal had no children to the day she died.
It says in one version of the Bible that Michal despised David for stripping off in front of his slave girls. Actually, that was an exaggeration, he did have a linen priestly garment on, but Michal was in a foul mood because her heart was not right.
Unlike Michal, David did have a true heart of worship. Rather than worshipping God in his kingly robes David chose a form of dress that wouldn't draw attention to himself. He wanted everyone to focus on God even if it meant becoming more undignified. This is the thought behind another Matt Redman song:
I will dance, I will sing,
To be mad for my King.
Nothing, Lord, is hindering
The passion in my soul.
And I'll become
Even more undignified than this.
(Some would say it's foolishness but)
I'll become
Even more undignified than this.
Copyright 1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music.
Lord, give me a true heart of worship
Written by Jon Clarke
2 Samuel 6 v 20-23
David went back to bless the people in his home, but Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him. She said, "With what honour the king of Israel acted today! You took off your clothes in front of the servant girls of your officers like one who takes off his clothes without shame!"
Then David said to Michal, "I did it in the presence of the LORD. The LORD chose me, not your father or anyone from Saul's family. The LORD appointed me to be over Israel. So I will celebrate in the presence of the LORD. Maybe I will lose even more honour, and maybe I will be brought down in my own opinion, but the girls you talk about will honour me!"
And Saul's daughter Michal had no children to the day she died.
It says in one version of the Bible that Michal despised David for stripping off in front of his slave girls. Actually, that was an exaggeration, he did have a linen priestly garment on, but Michal was in a foul mood because her heart was not right.
Unlike Michal, David did have a true heart of worship. Rather than worshipping God in his kingly robes David chose a form of dress that wouldn't draw attention to himself. He wanted everyone to focus on God even if it meant becoming more undignified. This is the thought behind another Matt Redman song:
I will dance, I will sing,
To be mad for my King.
Nothing, Lord, is hindering
The passion in my soul.
And I'll become
Even more undignified than this.
(Some would say it's foolishness but)
I'll become
Even more undignified than this.
Copyright 1995 Kingsway's Thankyou Music.
Lord, give me a true heart of worship
Written by Jon Clarke
