David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might… When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!”
-II Samuel 6:14, 20
The Bible says that when King David brought the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem that he danced before the Lord with all of his might. He was so overcome with the Holy Spirit that he danced in celebration of the Ark being brought into the city. Now, please do not hear me say that I am advocating dancing in church - I am not. This was between David and God and it was a unique situation. We recognize that at least one person was scandalized by his behavior. Who was it? His own wife (Of course, this had been a rocky marriage from the start, and David's dancing didn't help matters). Doesn't what she said in verse 20 sound like some biting sarcasm? It truly does. In other words, she was telling him that he looked like an utter fool. She was embarrassed and she wanted him to be embarrassed as well. There will be times when the expression of our worship will cause some people to think that we are foolish. However, there is never anything foolish about glorifying Christ and honoring Him. Whatever we do, let us do so to the glory of God; if we pray let us do so to the glory of God. The same is true if we sing, shout, testify, or preach; let it all be done to the glory of the Lord. Our most vibrant worship will result as an overflow of the love of the Lord that is in our hearts.
When we live our lives to the glory of the Lord then we have the assurance that the blessings of God will be upon us. It honors the Lord to worship Him in purity and holiness. And it honors God to worship Him with a right spirit.
