RUTHLESS PRAISE
2 Samuel 6

What do you have in your possession to offer Him in your sacrifice? What has He blessed you with that is worthy to be rendered to praise Him? As much as the Bible is written for our learning, hearing and living, the Word will no doubt produce notable result just as it did in the Bible days. King David was an example of one that demonstrated ruthless praise during the transportation of the Ark of God to the city of David. The Ark of God represented the presence of God. Having been in the presence of God many times, how many times have you given unto Him a ruthless praise? If you will learn to know and engage yourself in ruthless praise in His presence, every agent of mockery in your life will be ruthlessly rendered marred. How King David offered unto God ruthless praise is evident in the process of transporting the ark of God. “…So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. 13 And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep. 14 Then David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. ” (2 Samuel 6:12-15) Identifying David’s Ruthless praise: Gladness was in the beginning of his praise and worship, sacrificing the material wealth that the Lord had blessed him with (the oxen and fatted sheep) was an addition. Above all, during his praise and worship, he forgot himself by dancing with all his might and not paying attention to his garment and all that surrounded him. David declared the title of his praise and worship as: undignified and humble in the sight of God. During his undignified and humble praise before God, his wife Micah the daughter of Saul mocked him and despised him in her heart. The end result of Micah’s mockery of King David was not farfetched when King David responded, “So David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. Therefore I will play music before the LORD. 22 And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor.” (2 Samuel 6:21-22) It was documented that Micah remained barren all the days of her life. Could Micah’s barrenness be the result of her mocking king David’s praise and worship? Are you being mocked because of your faith and praise?
 
Prayer for today: Lord I ask today, that you cause every situation that is mocking my waiting on you to cease from having life.