Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Samuel 6:12-19
by: Jasmine Lynch.
When was the last time you celebrated God for what He does for His people? Here, David was overwhelmed with joy at hearing that God prospered Obed-Edom who kept the Ark in his house after the tragic death of Uzzah for touching it. For three months, David was afraid to take the Ark into the city after that tragedy. As the Ark was moved to the city, along the way, David offered sacrifices as they traveled—“shouting and with the sound of the trumpet” (v.15), he danced “with all his might” (v.14). His wife despised him for his jubilant praise, but David was not concerned about what she thought. How often does pride stand in the way of jubilant praise?