You might be happy right now, but someone may not share in that happiness. You might be “skipping about and laughing with joy” and someone might be “filled with contempt.” You might be dancing, giggling, leaping with joy, but others may fling insults at you, shake their heads or speak judgmental words.
When you know Christ, you are filled with a joy that no one else can understand unless they too know Christ. There are moments in life that do not scream happy. You might not be able to make the bill payments. Your car might have left you sit. You may have just had surgery and daily life is difficult with your recovery. And yet you are living with this joy that people don’t understand. They do not get why you are happy, joyous, positive, upbeat, glowing, etc. They don’t get it because they do not know Who has filled you with the joy.
David danced, laughed, leaped—Michal didn’t get it. She did not have a strong relationship with the Lord like David did so it did not make sense to her. When Michal spoke in judgment against him, David responded, “I will celebrate before the LORD” (2 Samuel 6:21 NIV). You, too, should keep celebrating before the Lord, despite those who cannot grasp the reason. Don’t let someone’s inability to understand stop you from celebrating the Lord’s presence in your life.
“But as the Ark of the LORD’s Covenant entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David skipping about and laughing with joy, she was filled with contempt for him.” – 1 Chronicles 15:29 [NLT]
“But as the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she was filled with contempt for him.” – 2 Samuel 6:16 [NLT]
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