Each week we try to revolve our service around one big idea. We want the music, message, and videos to all communicate one unforgettable truth. Last week the big idea was: you can't not worship. The big idea this weekend is: if you aren't willing to look foolish you're foolish. I'm going to preach from II Samuel 6 where David dances before the Lord. His wife, Michal, criticizes David for making a fool out of himself. David says, "So I am willing to act like a fool in order to show my joy in the Lord. Yes, I am willing to look even more foolish than this."
Here's one of my definitions of faith. Faith is the willingness to look foolish.
Noah looked foolish building an ark. David looked foolish attacking Goliath with a slingshot. Peter looked foolish stepping out of the boat in the middle of the lake in the middle of the night. Jesus looked foolish hanging on the cross.
But faith is the willingness to look foolish. And that's the kind of faith that saves you from the flood, kills giants, walks on water, and saves the world.
If you aren't willing to look foolish you're foolish.
One key to worship is the willingness to look foolish. You have to be willing to humiliate yourself if that's what it takes to express your love for God. That's what David does.
I'm posting one of my all-time embarrassing moments. I've never been more humiliated in my life. I've never felt more foolish.
Our team was doing reconnaisance at Mosaic in LA. And there was mutiny on the bounty. Erwin McManus asked for a volunteer dancer and our team volunteered yours truly. I was asked to do an interpretive dance for "chaos." In retrospect, that was the perfect choice. It's the only kind of dance I can do :)
One of the mutinuous team members had a video phone and captured part of my "dance."
By the way, Erwin McManus owes me a favor! You'll hear him laughing at me. Not with me :)
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Here's one of my definitions of faith. Faith is the willingness to look foolish.
Noah looked foolish building an ark. David looked foolish attacking Goliath with a slingshot. Peter looked foolish stepping out of the boat in the middle of the lake in the middle of the night. Jesus looked foolish hanging on the cross.
But faith is the willingness to look foolish. And that's the kind of faith that saves you from the flood, kills giants, walks on water, and saves the world.
If you aren't willing to look foolish you're foolish.
One key to worship is the willingness to look foolish. You have to be willing to humiliate yourself if that's what it takes to express your love for God. That's what David does.
I'm posting one of my all-time embarrassing moments. I've never been more humiliated in my life. I've never felt more foolish.
Our team was doing reconnaisance at Mosaic in LA. And there was mutiny on the bounty. Erwin McManus asked for a volunteer dancer and our team volunteered yours truly. I was asked to do an interpretive dance for "chaos." In retrospect, that was the perfect choice. It's the only kind of dance I can do :)
One of the mutinuous team members had a video phone and captured part of my "dance."
By the way, Erwin McManus owes me a favor! You'll hear him laughing at me. Not with me :)
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6 Comments:
in hindsight, what's more embarassing the dance or the jean shorts? ;)
Man, doggin' me on the shorts? Ouch :) At least post your name :)
The answer your question: the jean shorts are porbably more embarrassing :)
The only thing that would have put it over the top is my old glasses. The frames were the size of a large window pane glass and I had to use both hands to adjust them they were so heavy :)
It's healthy to laugh at yourself. Let's just say I'm very healthy today :)
Ok. In defense of anonymous...this comment thing lets me leave my name 1 out of 4 times I try to comment. So now I comment via anonymous but sign my name. Anyhoo...
When my brother was trying to get me to convert to being a Christian I said, "you are such a Jesus freak." His reply was, "well if you're not Jesus' freak whose freak are you?" I thought he was such a nut. Now I totally understand. The things of God look foolish sometimes don't they?
Fool on. Heidi
I've said it before and I will say it again . . . the guy (formerly known as the "guy in the ballcap") in the jean shorts could stand a few dance lessons! ;-)
That said, I agree with Heidi, FOOL ON!!
gotta say though . . . if that is your most embarassing moment, you're doing pretty good!
I've got a resume of embarrassing moments :)
I'm not sure dance lessons will help :)
I saw this video in church and I thought it was Highly amusing. thank you for sharing that wonderful moment of yours.
I wanted to leave a message on your blog telling you that I am glad that I don't have any videos of me dancing.
There was this one time I was in my Senior year in High School and I did a report on Ireland and everyone in class asked if I could River Dance and I tried my best and it looked so silly.
I am so glad that phones/or camera phones weren't brought to school.
thanks again for the laugh.
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