Undignified

As a 7th grader, my all time favorite worship song was "undignified," based on the passage in the bible that features a joyful king David dancing in worship in the streets...in his underwear. Not the done thing for a royal to do. And his wife, Michal, was not pleased.

 "But as the Ark of the LORD'S Covenant entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David skipping about and laughing with joy, she was filled with contempt for him" 1 Chronicles 15:29

A life led fully after God is not always a pretty thing. It's a beautiful thing, but oh so messy. And when other people look out from their worlds and see us worshiping our God in a no-holds-barred kind of way, they will sometimes be filled with contempt for us.

Anyone who does not have the joy of God inside them will never understand. We look weird to them. Like, really, really, weird.

Dancing in the streets in your underwear? Weird.

Apologizing after losing your temper to an individual that's hard to get along with? Weird.

Not letting the negativity of others squelch your joy for life? Weird.

Celebrating the fact that God has given you so much? Weird.

Even giving up everything society says you need for the sake of the gospel? Weird.


The world will never understand. But God sees and smiles. So don't ever let anyone tell you that you always must be dignified.

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