Let’s dive deeper into Mikhal’s attitude toward David when she accused him of being an exhibitionist.
This is important because it sheds light on those potentially dangerous attitudes we might harbor in our walk of faith with the Lord.
When Michal said David exposed himself to the servant’s slave girls, two things were going on.
First, these slave girls weren’t just servants…
They were servants of servants!
They were the lowest-ranking people in the palace.
The point is it was bad enough that the tribal leaders were exposed to David’s nakedness…
It was even worse that random townsfolk caught a glimpse of his private parts.
But for servants’ slaves, the lowest of the low, to be exposed to David’s nakedness…
As far as Mikhal was concerned, this was the ultimate insult to her.
Why?
Because these “inferior people” had seen something that should’ve been reserved for only David’s wife.
So, what’s the takeaway from this?
Have you ever looked down on someone in your congregation because you felt you were better than them?
Maybe you’re a Jewish believer who feels superior to the gentile believers in your congregation.
I’ve heard horror stories about how converts to Judaism are treated like second-class citizens in some cases.
Or maybe you look down on others because of the color of their skin?
Or maybe you’re a married man with kids, and secretly, deep down inside, you feel superior to the single men in your congregation.
Or maybe you’re working at some high-paying corporate job…
Or you’re a rich entrepreneur…
And you look down on those who aren’t as wealthy as you.
Whatever it may be, you’ve taken on the ugly attitude that Mikhal expressed toward David.
Remember that…
“God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise;
God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—
And the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
so that no one may boast before him.“
-1 Corinthians 1:27-29
Remember that Messiah himself was criticized for hanging out with the lowest of the low in society.
I leave you with these verses from Isaiah 53:
“Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.”
-Isaiah 53:1-3
See ya all next time.
CONNECTING THIS TEACHING TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
“Yeshua said to them,
‘Truly I tell you, the tax collectors
and the prostitutes are entering
the kingdom of God ahead of you.'”
-Matthew 21:31
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