This past Sunday was our very last KidQuest service in the youth room. On Sunday, January 8, the teens will be starting their own teen worship service, and we will be moving to our very own room! Make sure you pay attention to the new signs to direct you towards the right place!
Sunday was also fun because I was able to use the Lion King as an sermon illustration. Remember in Lion King with Rakifi hold up Simba to present him to the kingdom? Well in the Bible, Simeon does something very similar in Luke 2. He presents Jesus, when he was 8 days old, to the people gathered in the temple yard.
Now that we are into the New Year and the Christmas season is over, its time to go back into our chronological study of the Bible. Before Christmas we left off when Saul was anointed by Samuel, so our Big God Story picks back up with King David dancing in his underwear!
Throughout the Bible, we are given examples of God-inspired worship, like when King David, after battling the Philistines, gathered his men to retrieve the ark of the covenant, “which is called by the Name, the name of the Lord Almighty” (2 Samuel 6:2). It was finally time to bring the ark back to the capital city of Jerusalem, where national worship would be restored.
David … danced before the Lord with all his might … while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets. 2 Samuel 6:14–15
King David and his men reclaimed the ark from Kiriath Jearim, a city located about nine miles from Jerusalem. The ark had been there for 20 years, under the care of Abinadab’s son, Eleazar, who had been sanctified to keep it (1 Samuel 7:1–2). Before this, the ark was in Beth Shemesh, where the Philistines left it seven months after taking it into battle (1 Samuel 6). While in their possession, many terrible things happened to their people, such as tumors, boils, and an infestation of rats. Not understanding God’s power, they were glad to be rid of it.
But now, after all this time, the means by which God chose to dwell with His people was being brought back to its rightful home among God’s people. Because David knew the magnitude of this event, he was inspired to worship God with abandon.
You may be living in a season where you feel out of your comfort zone, or you may be living in a season of comfort. Either way, invite God into every aspect of your life. If you are feeling discomfort in your life, ask God to inspire you to worship Him, even in the midst of this trial. If you are in a season of comfort, consider asking God to move you into a place where you can experience a greater awareness of His presence in your life. Know that this request may bring you out of your comfort zone.
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