Sunday, February 15, 2009 @11:56 PM
Forget about yourself Concentrate on Him and Worship HimA long long time ago, I had a sudden change of heart with regards to how I ought to worship God in church.
If it helps to free you to worship the Lord with all your heart and soul and mind,
I would be most glad to share this with you. It was when I did a Walk through the OT for the first time in my life after being a Christian for 20 years!
I came across the passage in
2Samuel 6Now David was king of all Israel, he wanted a new capital city.
David captured Jerusalem which became known as David's City. David wanted it to be God's city too. He decided that God's golden covenant chest, neglected for along time should be brought to Jerusalem. David lead the way, dancing and singing with joy and thankfulness to God. A huge procession of people followed when the priests of God carried the Ark to its new home.
Saul's daughter Michal, the wife who once loved David dearly, looked out of her window at the celebrations. She did not clap or sing. She was digusted that the king should forget his dignity and dance, without any finery, among ordinary people. 'You behaved like a fool!'she told him scornfully.
'Don't you understand that my greatness doesn't matter?' David replied.'I wanted to give praise and glory to God.'
Paraphrase: Hey! I am not even great to say the least. Does it matter to anyone how I want to sing hearty praises to the Lord? What does it cost me to raise my hands in surrender unto Him? David did a beautiful thing to throw image and repute to the wind.
I reckoned the Bible called David a man after God's own heart for the expessions of love and deep emotion David had for God.(1Sam 13:14 ; Acts 13:22)
He expressed his love for God by dancing and singing with the greatest joy and with a grateful heart. Not withstanding all eyes were on this King of Israel.
God must be very pleased with David for worshiping and honouring Him this way.
What the Bible recorded about Michal freaked me out.
Michal greeted David's actions with disgust and sarcasm. She was appalled by his 'shameless exposure' to the servant girls.I did a double take. Contrary to my mistaken belief David was not naked. In fact, David was wearing a priestly garment,the ephod.
For her contempt, Michal the daughter of Saul remained childless throughout her entire life.
Paraphrase: God cursed her.
Hey! Its obvious God looks at the attitude of my heart when I worship Him.
From that day on I became oblivious to what others might be thinking when I am worshiping God. I remembered David's resounding retort to Michal
"..I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes!"Yeh! I will raise up my unworthy hands. I will not hold on to things of this earth. Please accept my poor offerings O Lord.
This song helped me express the gratitude that weighted heavily on my heart last Sunday. I pray you will receive a divine
'touch' from the Lord as you read His Word. This week do remember to HOPE in 3 things:
A New Address
A New Body
A New Man (with the presence of the Holy Spirit)
May God transform our hearts and give us all a blessed orientation towards Him.
Always loving you in Jesus name. U=P
Amazing Love
I’m forgiven because You were forsaken,
I’m accepted, You were condemned.
I am alive and well, Your spirit is within me,
Because You died and rose again.
(Chorus)
Amazing love,
How can it be
That You, my King, would die for me?
Amazing love,
I know it’s true.
It’s my joy to honor You,
In all I do, I honor You.
I’m forgiven because You were forsaken,
I’m accepted, You were condemned.
I am alive and well, Your spirit is within me,
Because You died and rose again.
(Repeat chorus)
You are my King
Jesus You are my King
You are my King
Jesus You are my King