2 Samuel 6:16 ( see also 1 Chronicles 15:29) KJV
"Then David retuned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
2 Samuel 6:20-23 KJV
When reading this one asks, what was Michal's problem? An obvious answer is jealousy, but by Michal's response we are led to believe that her anger is directed toward David being naked before handmaidens. Yet if we look deeper it appears that in reality she was jealous of David's love and devotion to the LORD.
He danced naked before God, for he had nothing to hide, and what he had he owed it all to Him. David put God first before the World. Therefore he rebuked Michal, and God cursed her as barren for harboring hatred in her heart toward the LORD's anointed.
Lets therefore analyze our lives to see if there is anything that we love more than God, the Creator and Sustainer of all Life, and the giver of everlasting life made available through Christ Jesus, the arm of the LORD which reaches out to catch his children from the flames of hell.
Disciples of Jesus Christ; People on the Narrow Path! Remember!
"These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."
John 15: 17-19 KJV
