Last weekend I went to a wedding with my Mama.
I love weddings!
The commitment two people make to love one another and to spend the rest of their lives learning and growing with one another is beautiful. There is just something you glean from the opposite sex that shows you a different side of God.
This wedding, like most weddings I attend, I found myself out on the dance floor. I danced with my mama. Talk to my dad and he will tell you that dancing with her is fun, but isn’t easy.
She is a leader.
However, when you dance there can only be one leader.
When both people understand this, dancing is captivating.
Out camping this weekend my loving Father spoke to me how our relationship is like a dance…
When we are dancing, He is the lead and I am taking my cues from Him. The more I know Him the better we dance. I become familiar with Him and how he leads and we dance beautifully. We are in a partnership and He is willing to share His glory with me.
The best part about this dance is that I don’t have to worry about missing a step. My Partner is a great dancer and if I miss a cue He is able compensate. The dance continues on in step.
God showed me that this is a picture of a mature relationship with the Father.
This isn’t where we start though.
We start as a child dancing on our Fathers feet. This is where we learn dependence. Where we begin to understand how our partner feels, the way He moves. We lean our head on His chest and begin to feel His heart beat.
The problem some of us face is staying at this place in our relationship. We want to stay on His feet and don’t understand that He wants a partner to dance with. He has a greater dance he wants us to be a part of.
We learn our dependence as children but mature into something greater He has for us.
Some of us learn to dance on His feet, and then feel like we can lead. He has shown us moves and we think we know how He operates so we try and dance how we have been shown instead of letting Him show us more and lead on.
He knows the whole dance while we only know a few steps.
We were created to have dependence on God, to let Him lead us. It’s why He cursed the ground after the fall, so that we would have to depend on Him.
The last dancer we can be is a salsa dancer (If you have seen dancing with the stars, this is what I am picturing). We are the exotic professional female who places the Guy in a fixed position to sway in place while we show off and dance around Him.
This is who God showed me I can be sometimes if I’m not careful.
Dancing for my own glory instead of for His.
This is a dangerous posture because I am not satisfied with who God is. Rather, I seek adoration from people based on my performance instead of seeking it from my Father.
