David Dancing before the Lord

When David brought God's Ark back to Jerusalem, he danced before the Ark in celebration. His wife Michal did not approve, but David defended his rejoicing in his God.

He took off his royal garments and wore a simple light garment. David was eager to surrender his glory as king that God's glory might be celebrated. Dancing and shouting and feasting were the order of the day when God's presence was brought back to David's city!

Michal did not share David's joy in the Lord. She berated him for humbling himself before God and the people. But nobody could stop King David from humbling himself before God. Oh that we had such rulers in our country, and even in our churches!

David pointed out to Michal that the common people rejoiced in the King's worship of their God.

This passage is a rebuke against criticizing other's joy in the Lord. We need more praise and adoration and rejoicing in God, not less!

All through the Scriptures we are exhorted to rejoice in our God's power and goodness, and to proclaim our happy trust in His power to save us!

Christ, like David, humbled Himself before the Father. He laid aside His Glory that He might suffer as the Servant to redeem His people at Calvary. There were and are many who object to Christ's humility, as Michal did to David's.

But Christ is also full of rejoicing before His Father! He rejoices in our Salvation! He rejoiced in His resurrection! He even longed for the joy set before Him as He endured the cross for us.

Like the common people who rejoiced in David's humbling and rejoicing in his God, the Lord's people ought to rejoice in their Lord Jesus' lowliness, obedience, and rejoicing.