Audience of One, Monday, May 10, 2010

Reading: II Samuel 6:16, 20, 16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart. 20 When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!"

These verses are packed full of matters that men tend to face. David returned home, where of any place in the world would hopefully be a safe haven, and he is hit with criticism from his wife, seemingly, as soon as he walked in the door. On top of that, it says that he “returned home to bless his household”, so he was all prepared to walk in the door with a great spirit and share what God had done. Have you ever walked in the door in an amazing mood and excited about life and what God is doing… and BLAM!!!!... hit with a load of complaints or problem to zap your spirit? Then to have the complaint be something that you were doing in excitement for God, would tend to take all the wind out of the sails. Many would tend to think, “My goodness, you want me to be the spiritual leader of the home; yet, here I am, truly excited about what God is doing. I walk in the house to share with you and you hit me with complaints and ridicule for how I am doing it? I just can’t win.” But, I don’t think David had those thoughts at all. Reading the Psalms and looking at his life up to that point, David wasn’t concerned about what people thought when it came to his relationship with God. What is so awesome about David dancing and leaping like that is… I’m sure, if he stopped to think about it, he’d probably think that it might look really ridiculous, doing that… but, he didn’t think about it. He simply acted and reacted within the mindset of performing for his audience of One. Thus, he also didn’t have to get upset or discouraged when his wife hit him with her complaints because he could honestly rest in the satisfaction of simply performing for his audience of One, and, He was pleased.

Challenge: Set aside other people’s perceptions, judgment of motives, mockery, etc. to simply focus on performing throughout your entire day for your audience of One. (take some time to think through how you can do that)

REVIEW

Were you able to set aside other people’s perceptions today and perform solely for your audience of One?

How did it go and how did it impact what you did and how you did it?