The bible says David danced before the Lord (2 Samuel 6:14). And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. When I looked it up in the Wesley commentary this is how the verse was explained. Danced - To express his thankfulness to God by his outward carriage, according to the manner of those times. Linen ephod - The usual habit of the priests and Levites, in their sacred ministrations yet sometimes worn by others, as it was by the young child Samuel; and so David, who laid by his royal robes, and put on this robe to declare, that although he was king of Israel, yet he willingly owned himself to be the Lord's minister and servant.
In the message bible it says: *David dressed in priestly robes and danced with great abandon*. It goes on to say that when his wife Micah scorned him for it he declared to her *Oh yes, I'll dance to God's glory, more recklessly even than this, and as far as I'm concerned I'll gladly look like a fool.*
Are we willing to worship the Lord with such reckless abandon, even to be considered a fool for the Glory of God?
There are 18 different references to dancing before the Lord in praise and worship. Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance:Psalm 150:4 Praise him with the tambourine and dance Psalm 30:11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing Luke 6:23 "Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven etc.
Have we become so staid and uptight that we think more about what others think of us than God? Or are we so thankful and so deliriously happy in the Lord that we abandon all thought and let ourselves become expressive in our praise and worship before God?
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