Today, I am reading and commenting on 2 Samuel 4-7.

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I want to focus on David’s actions while he brought the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem.  As the ark was being transported, David danced and shouted before the Lord with all of his might.  The passage makes a point that David was wearing a linen ephod.  I want to note that when the priestly garments are described in Exodus it specifies that the priest is to wear undergarments to “cover their naked flesh” under the priestly ephod.  David is wearing an ephod because it is a garment with associations with worship, but he did not take it into account in his enthusiasm.  Michal, David’s first wife and the daughter of King Saul, saw David dancing enthusiastically and exposing himself (accidentally) and looked down on him for being “undignified”.   Michal’s criticism of David was not just that he had exposed himself, but that he had done so in front of people below his “station”.  When she confronted David about this, he replied that he was celebrating before God, and would be willing to suffer even greater embarrassment in order to praise God.   Further David was not willing to consider those among whom he celebrated God to be below his station.

David ignored social censure in order to praise God fully.  We should do likewise.  He was not embarrassed by what he had done, and was willing for those who were embarrassed on his behalf to be even more embarrassed, as long as he was serving God.  We should allow the spirit of worship to enter into us and not allow ourselves to be embarrassed by what we do in the moment of praising God.  David did not consider what others thought of his actions while he was dancing before the Lord, and when it was pointed out to him that others were embarrassed by his actions his response was, “If you thought that was bad, wait until you see what I do next.”  The point is not that he raised the level of his behavior to further embarrass Michal.  Rather, his point was that he was not going to even entertain the idea that he should worry about what others think of his actions praising the Lord.

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