Check out this video.
These people are making fools of themselves for a chance to win $10,000. What would you be willing to do for $10,000?
But, more importantly, what would you be willing to do for the cause of Christ?
Would you be willing to dance like a chicken in public if Jesus asked you to?
It’s doubtful that the Lord Jesus would ask you to dance like a chicken, but He might want you to do something equally humiliating. The book of Jeremiah is rife with the uncommon things God asked the prophet Jeremiah to do: walk naked through the streets, eat a scroll of paper, wear an oxen’s yoke on his neck.
The Apostle Paul told the Corinthian church that he was made a fool for Christ’s sake:
“We are [looked upon as] fools on account of Christ and for His sake, but you are [supposedly] so amazingly wise and prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are [so very] strong! You are highly esteemed, but we are in disrepute and contempt!” (1 Corinthians 4:10 from the Amplified Bible)
King David danced in a public place, similar to what the people in the video did, but it wasn’t for money. It was for the worship and glory of the Lord Jesus Christ:
“David, ceremonially dressed in priest’s linen, danced with great abandon before God. The whole country was with him as he accompanied the Chest of God with shouts and trumpet blasts. But as the Chest of God came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, happened to be looking out a window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before God, her heart filled with scorn.” (2 Samuel 6:13-15 from The Message)
As you just read, Michal, who was Saul’s daughter and David’s wife, was not happy about it at all. The Bible says that ‘David returned home to bless his family’ but Michal says;
“How wonderfully the king has distinguished himself today—exposing himself to the eyes of the servants’ maids like some burlesque street dancer!”
Oooh, how I love David’s reply to her:
“In God’s presence I’ll dance all I want! He chose me over your father and the rest of our family and made me prince over God’s people, over Israel. Oh yes, I’ll dance to God’s glory—more recklessly even than this. And as far as I’m concerned…I’ll gladly look like a fool…but among these maids you’re so worried about, I’ll be honored to no end.”
Check out the consequences of scorning those who are willing to be a fool for Christ’s sake: “Michal, Saul’s daughter, was barren the rest of her life.” (2 Samuel 6:23)
So today, on this October Monday I ask you, what are you willing to do for the cause the Christ?