Have you ever been passed by and left on the floor when others were asked to dance? Maybe the creep stood you up (left you floored-in a negative way). Maybe he had a lame excuse for leaving you hanging. Growing up, we called someone who left you flat, a flat-leaver.
Maybe your heart’s been broken so many times not even the best glue can piece it together. Maybe you were at a game and you lost-bigtime. No number of Life-Saver candies can save you. Maybe, as in my case, you’ve recently lost both friends and family members. Even before we knew it, my wife’s oldest sister died New Year’s Day. It’s easy to sing the Blues!
But we have a choice: Sing the Blues, Sit it out, or Dance it out! Like a cat, we can lick our wounds, howl like a dog, roll in the mire like an oink-oink, or do something different.
Lee Ann Womack sang,
“Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance, And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance… I hope you dance (dance) I hope you dance (dance).”
See, we can lament many things. We can dwell on the bad and never move beyond the pain and hurt and sink into depression. Satan loves that. He doesn’t want us to prosper. Nothing brings him more satisfaction than seeing people nearly destroyed or beaten down.
We can sit it out because no one’s asked us to dance and wallow in misery feeling sorry for ourselves. Oh, I know, the reasons are real and the pain unbearable. Feels like we might not even make it through the night, let alone face tomorrow. Or, we can get up and dance alone. Like a blind man’s sight restored, or a healed lame man, we can cast aside our cane, the staff, our walker or security blanket and leap for joy in dance before Him!
As you hit the floor in dance, you’re not alone! God’s actually there with you! He’s not a stiff! He’s not a grumpy old man. He’s not hunched over wearing a long gown with a beard reaching the floor! He moves with you! Put on your dancing shoes and rejoice in victory and dance before Him! They’re not only acts of praise and thanksgiving, but an overflow of our gratitude within. Let God’s promises for a new tomorrow remove all doubt and unbelief from you today! Allow His word to seal your heart with trust and confidence NOW! Check it out:
“Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes” (Isaiah 35:4-7).
Rejoice before Him!
Sam
PS “Let them praise his name with dancing” (Psalms 149:3a). Recommended Song: I Hope You Dance Lee Ann Womack