1 Chronicles 15:23

1 Chronicles 15:23 says, And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.  Two men were said to be doorkeepers of the Ark.  We as followers of Christ could be said to be the doorkeepers of the gospel, because if we don't share it, it is not going to be heard.  Still, Jesus is the only doorkeeper to salvation, because only He can grant it, but we are responsible for pointing people to Him.  Verse twenty-four adds, And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.  Then, we have several priests who were said to be the trumpet blowers before the Ark, and two more who were also doorkeepers of the Ark.  We need to be doing all that we can to call attention to the gospel, by whatever method we have available, and blowing trumpets as these priests did would certainly have called attention to the Ark.  Verse twenty-five continues, So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy.  David and all the elders went to bring the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord from the house of Obededom where it had been housed since their first failed attempt to return it.  We don't need to keep the gospel hidden away just because we may have failed in our first attempt to share it, as long as we are acting under the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit, even if we suffer for doing so. What we cannot afford to do is present some form of the gospel that isn't the true gospel, or like those who had earlier attempted to transport the Ark without following God's guidance, we may find ourselves spiritually defeated.  Verse twenty-six states, And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.  We are told that God helped the Levites that carried the Ark, and He will help us today if we faithfully proclaim the gospel.  They offered sacrifices to God, and so should we today, and the first sacrifice that we must offer is the sacrifice of ourselves to Him.  Verse twenty-seven adds, And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.  David and the Levites who carried the Ark were clothed in fine clothes and David is said to have had an ephod of linen on.  I don't believe we necessarily have to dress our best in order to worship God, but it does seem that we have almost reached the point where those who do dress in their finest are looked down on, and this should never be the case.  Verse twenty-eight continues, Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.  We are told that all of Israel brought up the Ark of the Covenant, even though only a few were actually carrying it.  As Christians, we are all responsible for sharing the gospel even if not all of us are called to be preachers and teachers.  We cannot leave the spreading of the gospel to just those who are called to be preachers and teachers, but we all have the command to share the gospel.  Verse twenty-nine concludes, And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.  When the Ark entered Jerusalem, Michal, David's wife, looked out and saw him dancing and she despised him.  This tells us that she wasn't with him when he went to bring the Ark back and that she wasn't caught up in the spirit of celebration.  There will be people today, even Christians or those who call themselves Christians at least, who will look down on other Christians because of the way they celebrate in worship, but this should never be the case.