00:00Why would God punish a king's wife for mocking her husband in public?
00:04David, the man after God's own heart, is bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem.
00:10The presence of God himself is coming home.
00:13He's not dancing like a king.
00:15He's dancing like a man set free.
00:18Watching from a window is Michal, Saul's daughter, and David's wife.
00:22She doesn't see worship.
00:24She sees humiliation.
00:26When David comes home, she meets him at the door.
00:29How undignified you were today, she says.
00:32Dancing, half-dressed, in front of servant girls, like some fool off the street.
00:38But David doesn't apologize.
00:40It was before the Lord, he says.
00:43And I will celebrate before the Lord even more!
00:47What Michal saw as disgrace, God saw as worship.
00:51Then comes the shocking part.
00:54Michal, wife of the king, never had a child for the rest of her life.
00:59No plague, no sword, just silence.
01:03God didn't punish her for being unhappy.
01:06He punished her for despising what he had honored.
01:09If you believe in the power of our God, drop an amen.
