Worshiping Recklessly
King David loved to worship God in song. He wrote many of the psalms in the Bible, all of which are really songs of worship. David played the harp very well, as he did to soothe King Saul's angry dark moods. David even danced to God's glory. He worshiped with dancing, as the people brought the Chest of God to Jerusalem. He was so joyful to think of how God would be pleased because of this. When his wife, Michal, saw him recklessly worshiping the Lord in this way, she was offended. She felt like the maid servants and others would be embarrassed to see the king worship like this. Therefore, she rebuked David when he got home, but he responded to her criticism by saying that he would worship even more recklessly than that, and the maid servants would still honor him. (II Samuel 6:22) This is a great lesson for our worship today.
Worship should be an intensely personal act. It should come from deep within our hearts, and it should manifest itself through our bodies. The joy and adoration should be allowed to come out through our clapping, raising hands, singing loudly, and yes, even dancing. That is the Biblical model for worship, no matter how we have been raised today. The one thing that inhibits real worship more than anything else is the condition of our hearts. However, a close second is allowing what others think of us to determine how we worship. That should never be a factor. We are worshiping the Lord. We are showing how great and important He is. If we let what others think stop us from showing that worship completely, then they are Lord of our lives at that moment, not God. We must never allow that to happen. We must exalt the Lord to His place of glory, and we must do it as recklessly as needed to release the praise through our physical expressions. The people who really know the Lord will understand out heart-felt worship. I know this sounds drastic to some of us, but stop to simply think about this passage and others in the Bible that teach us to give reckless worship to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Tomorrow, I intend to read II Samuel 7-9.
Worship should be an intensely personal act. It should come from deep within our hearts, and it should manifest itself through our bodies. The joy and adoration should be allowed to come out through our clapping, raising hands, singing loudly, and yes, even dancing. That is the Biblical model for worship, no matter how we have been raised today. The one thing that inhibits real worship more than anything else is the condition of our hearts. However, a close second is allowing what others think of us to determine how we worship. That should never be a factor. We are worshiping the Lord. We are showing how great and important He is. If we let what others think stop us from showing that worship completely, then they are Lord of our lives at that moment, not God. We must never allow that to happen. We must exalt the Lord to His place of glory, and we must do it as recklessly as needed to release the praise through our physical expressions. The people who really know the Lord will understand out heart-felt worship. I know this sounds drastic to some of us, but stop to simply think about this passage and others in the Bible that teach us to give reckless worship to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Tomorrow, I intend to read II Samuel 7-9.