May 24
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In today's passage from 2 Samuel we read two very interesting stories, back to back about the ark of the covenant. They are both very famous stories and very interesting in contrast. The first is the story of a man who tried to stop the ark from falling off of planks when it had been set up wrong. Upon touching the ark he immediately died. This is a very dramatic story that displays the holiness and majesty of God. His worship is to be done in such a way as to appreciate his awesomeness and greatness... but then, right after is the famous story of David undignifiying himself by taking off his kingly garments (though he did have normal clothes on) before the slave women (which basically meant humbling himself as a man) and dancing before the ark. This shows us that we should worship God with reverence for him, yet humility for ourselves. We are nothing and God is everything. And we shouldnt be afraid to worship him in awe and great excitement.
How often do we worship our favorite team or band with no dignity? Surely Jesus is much more worthy of us losing our dignity over.
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