Life is a Dance

Life is like a Dance
This morning I was talking with the Lord about the many things I am waiting on Him for; areas that need His intervention or guidance. When He began to speak, He said “Life is like a dance. I teach you the steps, bring the song with its cadence and rhyme, and you learn to follow Me.” This lesson followed our conversation;
Learning how to dance all begins like a father holding the hand of his toddler. The child cannot walk without his father’s assistance, and feels secure hand-in-hand. But if the child is to learn to one day be like his father, he must walk on his own. Then I can teach him to dance.
To walk on his own, a child separates from his father’s hand and imitates his father’s steps. It is a stage of increasing independence. The child looks at his father’s face for approval and acceptance. He soon learns that, even when he walks into other rooms of the house, his father is still there. He is ready to learn more of his father’s ways
One day the father plays music for his child. The music quickens the child’s heart and causes the feet and body to sway and move. The father then steps up to his child and says, “Here. Let me teach you to dance.” The father teaches the child the steps and how to be sensitive to his leading. With practice the child becomes a graceful talented dancer. As people come into his life he asks them if they know how to dance. If so, he enjoys a good dance with them. And if not, and they’re willing, he teaches them how to dance, for he knows the steps that his father taught him.
This story is about the stages we grow in, becoming like our heavenly Father. In the beginning we wouldn’t take a step without Him. Our security is found in holding on to Him. Then we learn to look at His face. We read about God’s ways in His scripture and realize He is all around us. Later we begin to recognize the quickening of His Spirit in our hearts. We learn to follow His leading and the gentle rhythms of God’s soul. This becomes exciting to us for it brings out our talents, and we look for ways to share them.
God teaches us how to take our baby steps so that we will one day learn to walk on our own. And He teaches us to dance so that we will dance with others. We would miss much joy if we did not let go and learn to trust the steps He leads us in. He will not always direct our every step, but rather, we will hear His voice as we walk, confirming the way we are going (Is 30:21).