A lot of people have asked me why I call my blog Finding the Fool. They point out that scripture refers to a fool as someone who truly does not believe in God, and that Christ said that we shouldn't all anyone a fool.
These statements are true, however, I look at the term from another vantage point. In 2 Samuel chapter 6 there is a great story about being foolish, you see, David is bringing the ark of the covenant back into Israel where it belongs. As he and his people are bring the ark into the city David is singing and dancing unabashedly before the Lord his God. When David returns to his home his wife Michal (Saul's daughter) is there and she puts David down for his actions...
“How distinguished the king of Israel looked today, shamelessly exposing himself to the servant girls like any vulgar person might do!”
...I can't help but LOVE David's response...
“I was dancing before the Lord, who chose me above your father and all his family! He appointed me as the leader of Israel, the people of the Lord, so I celebrate before the Lord. 22 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!”
...David's response to Michal is the very core of what finding the fool is all about. David was the king of Israel, the most powerful man in the world at the time, rich beyond compare and he did not care if he looked foolish when it was in relationship to worshipping his God. David had found the fool!
My prayer for my life and others is that we would put aside what the world thinks about us. That we would stop caring about our image, but instead that our only concern would be how God see's us. That we would be willing to look like a fool in the eyes of the world if means we are truly giving ourselves over in worship to the creator of the universe.
Please join me as we find the fool!
