Music is a powerful force in our lives. From Genesis to tomorrow, music makes us feel and experience joy and elation. Not everybody can dance, but if you don’t ‘feel’ like dancing when a song is played on the radio that you really like, you have a hole in your soul! We’re not talking about all the dancing shows on TV that are diseased with pomp and circumstance, mega dollar commercial endorsements and who’s famous and who’s forgettable. Hollywood is infected with generating hype and substance out of nothing. The Old Testament says, “There is a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.” Ecclesiastes 3
King David was about to unite the northern kingdom and southern kingdoms together into a unified Israel. His new capital of Jerusalem was an excellent choice. David wanted the Ark of the Covenant to be placed in the capital so God would bless the entire nation. In 2 Samuel 6 the Bible records the triumphal entry of the Ark into Jerusalem. “David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might, while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord with shouts and sound of trumpets.” 2 Samuel 6:14-15. Michal, David’s wife, the daughter of Saul, watched from a window. “When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.” 2 Samuel 6:16
After David placed the ark in its resting place he sacrificed burnt offerings and the Lord was pleased. David gave those in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins. Michal told David of her disapproval, but David said it was God who put him on the throne, and if God was pleased, that was all that mattered! And everyone danced but Michal. Because of her disapproval, she remained childless until she died. It’s better to dance when the occasion calls for it than to be bitter. Just ask David!
Bottom line:
“Let Israel rejoice in their maker; Let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp. For the Lord takes delight in his people; He crowns the humble with salvation. Let the saints rejoice in his honor and sing for joy on their beds. Psalm 149: 2-5
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