Sometimes we come out of the Christmas season in a state of great concern, depression, fear, worry about what the New Year has in store, especially in light of how and what we have done before and through Christmas.
The message today has to do with a suggestion for your consideration, OR “GUIDANCE” for your life in the coming year. One consideration might be “Dancing With God.”
When we meditate on or think about the word “Guidance”, we can see “dance” at the end of the word. We can tell from God’s Word that doing God’s will is a lot like dancing. Some people will be doing just that on New Year’s Eve.
When two people try to lead though, nothing feels right. The movement doesn’t flow with the music, and everything is quite uncomfortable and jerky. When one person realizes that, and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to the back or by pressing lightly in one direction or another. It’s as if two become one body, moving beautifully.
To dance properly takes surrender, willingness, and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and skill from the other.
As our eyes draw back to the word “Guidance”, we can see the letter “G”. This letter of the alphabet can cause us to think of God, the great Geometrician of the universes, the grammaticist (my coinage) of all languages, the God and Father of all. “G” as in “Guidance” is followed by the letters “u” and “i”. “God”, “u” and “i” “dance.”
Let us be challenged, today, to trust that we will receive guidance for our life. Let’s be willing to let God do the leading in our dance of life.
As we are concluding the past year and look forward to the New Year, whether we make resolutions or not, let us give strong consideration to the seven levels of UP as given us from God’s “guiding” Word. Let us determine early to: Wake Up, Dress Up, Shut Up, Stand Up, Look Up, Reach Up, and Lift Up.
