https://youtu.be/plRTGRVVyWU

Acts 12:20-25 AMP – Now Herod [Agrippa I] was [a]extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, [b]the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country. 21 On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his [c]royal robes, sat on his throne (tribunal, rostrum) and began delivering a speech to the people. 22 The assembled people kept shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and [d]he was eaten by worms and died [five days later].

People are saying that Herod is a God, they are praising him as a GodThe guy gets stuck down by an angel and for 5 days, he is eaten by worms and dieMoral lesson, don’t call yourself God, otherwise you will die- Painfully

In order to really understand what’s happening here, lets look at the story of King David

II Samuel 6:12-15 – 12 Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of 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[a] 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.

In this verse, the Israelites have received the ark after it had been taken by the Philistines. It’s a great story and all can be found is 1 Samuel. I encourage you read it.

Today we are going to take just a part of that experience where David is dancing for the Lord with all his might to a point of taking off his loyal clothes and dancing in his Ephod which was his inner clothes.

This is such a contrast because David would have been praised by the people because of getting the Ark back. We are not immune …. (2nd sermon ever)

Every Israelite was on the streets and saw him give God glory but some were not so pleased, like his wife Michal who thought that it was degrading.

However, David did not care what people thought, all he wanted to was to give God the glory he deserved.

This begs for an explanation, why David would go to the extent of dancing this way knowing that his position requested otherwise.

He has already sacrificed many oxen’s and sheep. Was that not enough? And why choose to dance with all his might to a point of laying his loyal robes down?

How many of you know that God’s heart is not necessary turned by sacrifice? That a sacrifice of praise has to come from deep inside and that our outside expressions is a confirmed of what is on the inside.

Proverbs 21:2 – Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, But the Lord weighs the heart.

God looks deeper in our hearts and knows those things that you and I are doing, those things that ARE for His glory but He also sees those things that we WANT to be for his Glory

So what moved David to dance with all his might to a point of undressing?

If you may, making sure that nothing was holding his back from giving God the glory.

In order to understand David, we have to examine David’s life. Coz even though the moment was an energetic one, the Israelites getting back Ark, which we can easily say that everyone was excited…. Like when you into a football game, it’s hard not to join in the cheers regardless of what going on in your life.

But David praise was not momentarily.

See – David was born in the house of Jesse. He had 7 other brothers but his job was not glamorous. He had to tend sheep.