Who do you celebrate God with? Do you celebrate him only when in a church building? Do you celebrate him only with people who are like minded? Are you willing to celebrate God with people who are different from you? Why or why not?
Celebrating God is something we should do continually. We know that. But do we do that? Celebrating God with our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world is something we should do. We should celebrate our differences. After all, they are God given.
We see David and the house of Israel celebrating God as the ark of the covenant was brought into Jerusalem. There were differences among them. We can reasonably assume some were strong in their faith while others were barely holding on to it. We also know there were different tribes within Israel. Each of them likely had their own viewpoint, just as different denominations do.
Yet, there was at least one who was not happy—Michal. She was the daughter of Saul and wife of David. She despised him for dancing and shouting and singing before the Lord. Are we like that? Do we despise people who worship God differently than we do?
We can be like Michal, hating those who are different. Or we can rejoice and celebrate our God given differences and dance (whether physically or spiritually) before God. May we choose to celebrate God and one another. May we not despise others for celebrating God differently.
I pray we all celebrate God. I pray we celebrate his differing gifts to us. I pray each one of us will rejoice in God’s diverse blessings and honor differing styles of worshiping him. Celebrate God. Be joyful in his presence. Celebrate his gifts. Celebrate his diversity. Honor God at all times.
2 Samuel 6:14-15 David danced before the LORD with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
Marty Pressey 