Celebrating before the Lord

 I wonder if we, as Christians, celebrate before the Lord enough when God brings His plans to fruition and blesses us in a wonderful way? I pray that we realize what God has done, and we are willing to celebrate His goodness even more than we would celebrate other special happenings in our life. After all, the things that God does for us are much more important than the merely earthly things we celebrate, like sports and special days of our lives.

David was so jubilant when the people agreed to make him the king of Israel. He brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, and he celebrated God's plan and blessings with all of his might. (II Samuel 6:21) His wife, Michal, saw him and thought he was not being dignified, so he had to correct her, He told her he was dancing before the Lord because God had chosen him over her father, Saul, and his family. God had appointed him leader of His people, so he was going to celebrate before the Lord. Let's take a moment to consider this well.

We pray and we seek God's will to be done in our lives. When it doesn't happen just the way we would like for it to happen, we often get disappointed and express that to Him. God did the right thing, and we should be grateful that He did it His way, not our way. However, when He fulfills His plan and blesses us, how do we react? We should be jubilant because of the goodness and power of God. Then, we should do what is right to celebrate before Him.

I know David danced, and not too many men today would dance before the Lord to celebrate, but there would be nothing wrong with that if we did. It is a way of pouring out our praise to God, giving Him the glory for what He has done, and for showing everyone else what God has done to bless us. Yes, I believe we should shout it out on social media, tell all of our family and friends, and let it be known that we are celebrating the goodness of God. We should do what David did in a way that is good for us, no matter what anyone else thinks about our celebration.

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Tomorrow, I intend to read II Samuel 7-9.