Psalm 98:4-9
We are to be anything put quiet in our praise of the Lord. True passion always breaks through the surface and erupts in praise! It can’t help but shout.
Depending on your upbringing and experience in the church, you will find all forms of expression when it comes to praising the Lord; but as I read this, there is nothing quiet or somber about it. Now while God knows our thoughts, there is something about spoken or verbalized praise that changes the atmosphere and brings God’s manifested Presence in the room.
If we have no problem going nuts at a sports event, or going to a concert and jumping around, clapping and singing, raising our hands to someone on stage, how much more should we do that for the King of kings and the Lord of lords?
There is this lie of decorum that sometimes gets imposed upon the church that somehow doing these things is not dignified and yet we must learn a lesson from King David who danced with all his might before the Lord in his undies.
David was returning the Ark of the Lord back to Jerusalem with shouts of joy and the blowing of the rams horn. Upon entering the city, the Scriptures say that Michal, his wife, “saw him leaping and dancing before the Lord and was filled with contempt for him”. Let’s pick up in 2 Samuel 6:20-23:
“When David returned home to bless his own family, Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet him. She said in disgust, “How distinguished the king of Israel looked today, shamelessly exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do!” David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord. Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!” So Michal, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life.”
2 Samuel 6:20-23 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/2sa.6.20-23.NLT
If we are passionate about the Lord, it will show in what we do and say. The question becomes, are we passionate? And if not, how do we get more passionate? Passion is birthed out of relationship. The more we spend time with God, the more passionate we get, as what is there not to love about God?!
Consider these words taken from Psalm 84:
“How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God... What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. ….A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.”
Psalms 84:1-2, 4, 10 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.84.1-4.NLT
If these words do not resonate within our soul, chances are, we are not spending enough time in God’s presence. Psalm 16:11 states that there is fullness of joy in the presence of the Lord. Joy can’t help but express itself.
He has extended His invitation to come into His presence. The question is, will we make time to accept His invitation?
Depending on your upbringing and experience in the church, you will find all forms of expression when it comes to praising the Lord; but as I read this, there is nothing quiet or somber about it. Now while God knows our thoughts, there is something about spoken or verbalized praise that changes the atmosphere and brings God’s manifested Presence in the room.
If we have no problem going nuts at a sports event, or going to a concert and jumping around, clapping and singing, raising our hands to someone on stage, how much more should we do that for the King of kings and the Lord of lords?
There is this lie of decorum that sometimes gets imposed upon the church that somehow doing these things is not dignified and yet we must learn a lesson from King David who danced with all his might before the Lord in his undies.
David was returning the Ark of the Lord back to Jerusalem with shouts of joy and the blowing of the rams horn. Upon entering the city, the Scriptures say that Michal, his wife, “saw him leaping and dancing before the Lord and was filled with contempt for him”. Let’s pick up in 2 Samuel 6:20-23:
“When David returned home to bless his own family, Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet him. She said in disgust, “How distinguished the king of Israel looked today, shamelessly exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do!” David retorted to Michal, “I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord. Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!” So Michal, the daughter of Saul, remained childless throughout her entire life.”
2 Samuel 6:20-23 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/2sa.6.20-23.NLT
If we are passionate about the Lord, it will show in what we do and say. The question becomes, are we passionate? And if not, how do we get more passionate? Passion is birthed out of relationship. The more we spend time with God, the more passionate we get, as what is there not to love about God?!
Consider these words taken from Psalm 84:
“How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of Heaven’s Armies. I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God... What joy for those who can live in your house, always singing your praises. ….A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.”
Psalms 84:1-2, 4, 10 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/psa.84.1-4.NLT
If these words do not resonate within our soul, chances are, we are not spending enough time in God’s presence. Psalm 16:11 states that there is fullness of joy in the presence of the Lord. Joy can’t help but express itself.
He has extended His invitation to come into His presence. The question is, will we make time to accept His invitation?
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