Letter from the Pulpit/Dance Studio
The most valuable thing the Psalms do for me is to express the same
delight in God which made David dance – C.S. Lewis
H
ave you ever been so immersed in
worshipping God…that you completely
forgot about your troubles and felt so joyful.
If you have, then you have indeed experienced true
freedom!!!
True freedom is always to dance before God (be
joyful at the very least) in such a way…with such enthusiasm…and …and in
all places that everyone you meet…and everyone who sees you will see
your faith and be astounded.
Of course, we know that not everyone will accept that message
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not everyone will accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and thus
be filled with love, even during the storms of daily living.
and some people may look on us—as we dance before God—and
laugh at us in their hearts!
Perhaps they resent that anyone could be so positive in this life…
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perhaps they are jealous
perhaps they want nothing to do with God
perhaps they have chosen the darkness over the Light, over Jesus
Christ and eternal life
perhaps they are just too self-conscious themselves to allow
themselves to dance before God.
Remember the Words of Jesus:
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to
the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the
world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates
you.”
In the Scriptures we read about David dancing before God: “David, wearing
a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might.”
We also read that “Michal [Mee-call]…watched from a window. And when
she saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him
in her heart.”
Have you ever felt as if someone can’t/won’t understand you because of
your enthusiasm for the Lord?
There aren’t a whole lot of guarantees in this life…but this is one of them!
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