Quote: Professional detachment

I think this post from Steve Jeffery is very helpful

2 Samuel 6 describes what King David did when the Ark of the LORD was brought into the city of Jerusalem.

David “brought up the ark of God … to the city of David with rejoicing” (v. 12); he “danced before the LORD with all his might” (v. 14); “David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn” and David was “leaping and dancing before the LORD” (vv. 15-16).

The most obvious feature of David’s reaction was his joy. He overflowed with delight that the Ark of God had finally come to dwell among the LORD’s people.

This represents a challenge to us, because the things that excited David doesn’t always excite us. As Dale Ralph Davis puts it:

There are any number of folks who are very concerned with services and externals and procedures and mechanics and meetings and decency but who can’t really understand anything of the joy of the Lord. There are some who can muster enthusiasm and gusto over professional sports but who somehow cannot fathom anything but professional detachment over Jesus Christ. Exuberant praise and tears of repentance are strangers to them.