DO NOT COMPRISE YOUR JOY
Reading passage:- 2nd Samuel 6:14.
- And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Beloved do you have an idea why our Lord Jesus Christ insists that before you enter the kingdom of heaven you must become like children (Matthew 19:14)?
This is because children express their joy without self restrictions, they do not care about who is watching or not, they do not also care or take into consideration where they could be at a particular time, all they know or all that matters to them is that they are happy and they need to express it.
This is applicable to the case of king David who won a battle that seemed impossible and when he realised that God could don't for him to win the battle and being back the ark of covenant, he dropped his kingly title and appearance and decided to thank Gos in a way he felt he should not minding who was watching him or who was by him, all Jr knew was that he must thank God with a dance.
We sometimes let our personality hinder us from praising God the way we should, we think of how will be looked at and what will be said about us to the point that we don't Even praise God in the congregation of people.
God placed King David at heart because of his gratefulness but decided to punish his mockers. Beloved do you have an idea how much miracles we will be loosing because we have allowed our personality to stop us from Praising God?
Having considering what 1st Corinthians 4:7 says:-
- For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
Let's rise up and let down ego and praise God, the one who has given us all things.
My humble prayer this morning is that nothing will make me compromise the Joy that God has given me.
I will keep thanking God in all things.
I remain your sister @prettyglo
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Nice one @prettyglo,
This is a very touching issue of concern to Christianity. I have gone through your post word to word and I would like to deduce the following facts:
Firstly, I may be wrong though, but from the days of David in the Scripture till date, I am yet to see a man like David(a praiser) whom God himself confessed that he is a man after his own heart. I have come to learn from my mentor who keeps emphasizing each time I visit him, that Praises move God, while prayers move mountains, "so always try to be a praiser cause when you praise, you pray twice", he would add.
Secondly, I have understood from the life of David that he didn't at any point allow situations to hinder him from praising his maker. He praised God even when he was a king who should have been praise by his subjects. He didn't have time for such but rather spent his time to praising God. This is evident in the Book of Psalms, he has written too many psalms (praise songs) compared to any other character in the Bible.
Thirdly, King David was humble to the core, he danced almost like a mad man that even his wife despised him. We all know the story. Relating it to today's Christians, many are too big to express or join in the praise in church, they form holy-holy, @prettyglo I'm sure you understand what I mean. Others on the other hand would seat for about 10 mins after the praise leader had raised the song. They are waiting/listening find faults in terms of the pitch,voice and timing. Such an awkward motive.
PRAYER
My prayer for the members of @steemchurch, @sc-n and @christian-trail is that we would at no point would be found wanting to be too big praise God with our whole heart and being because we were just created for this-to praise Him.
God bless you and do have a happy weekend.
Thanks so much for this insight.
At least I have learnt something just now that when you praise you pray twice.
I pray nothing will cause us to cease praising God.
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You are most welcome. Thanks for staring/pushing as well as motivating me to break my bounds and limitations.
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