BITTERNESS HINDERS THE JOY OF THE LORD
This is the story of Michal:
David, the king of Israel, was bringing the ark of the Lord as he was dancing and being joyous and Michal his wife, looking at him through the window, despised him in her heart. She was not happy even though married to the king of Israel; the man conformed to the heart of God!
Michal was bitter. Bitter people see you happy and despise you. Maybe you are bitter and despise others. Something within the heart hurts. Bitter people criticize everything and everyone.
Why was Michal bitter? Why didn’t she enjoy herself? She was abused. At first Michal was David’s fiancé, but her father (Saul) who was also bitter, gave her to another man. She felt degraded. Later she lost her father and brothers. Her family failed. Later David had sent for her. Her heart was resentful, offended, the root of bitterness came, and she lost the joy of life. She had reasons to be bitter, but it was not justification for her to live bitter. Many times, this is the way we feel in life, they manipulate us and make us do what we don’t want, even from childhood, etc. How many Michal’s are there in society today, and even in the church?
David also suffered abuse: He was unjustly persecuted by Saul, his wife was taken away, etc. He had reasons to be bitter, but David didn’t take the offense, he went to God and did not let his heart become bitter, that’s why he hadn’t lost his joy; but Michal decided to live in bitterness, and the consequences of bitterness was sterility. Bitterness made her sterile.
Sterility in these times means that when there is bitterness in people, they are sterile in all projects and what they undertake does not bear fruit.
Think about it:
Have you had jealousy of others success?
What have you lost because of bitterness?
Do you want to be a David or a Michal?
