I’m not much of a dancer. Perhaps it’s because I’ve lacked opportunity to dance. More likely, it’s from lack of instruction. I certainly do love music though. It stirs my soul and speaks to me in ways that nothing else can. Music was literally the air I breathed during those ten years that I played the flute.
When I see someone dance, one who really knows what they are doing, it’s nothing short of magical. Their body moves in complete harmony with the beat-an intimate union of music and movement.
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Theologians liken the love between the members of the Trinity to that of a dance. C.S. Lewis wrote, “In Christianity God is not a static thing…but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama. Almost if you will not think me irreverent, a kind of dance.” Cornelius Plantiga wrote about the way that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit glorify each other, “The persons within God exalt each other, commune with each other and defer to one another…Each divine person harbors the others at the center of his being. In constant movement of overture and acceptance, each person envelops and encircles the others…God’s interior life (therefore) overflows with regard for others.”
God enjoyed this love between the members of the Trinity so much, He created us so that we too can share in this experience of love and joy. We were made to enter this mutual self-giving dance, orbiting around God as our perfect center. We encircle Him, glorifying and serving Him. As we learn the dance, we increasingly love others in the same self-giving way that Christ loved us.
I was made to dance.
Tim Keller says that “The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are pouring love and joy and adoration into the other, each one serving the other. They are infinitely seeking one another’s glory, and so God is infinitely happy. And if it’s true that this world has been created by this triune God, then the ultimate reality is a dance.”
Many days, I don’t enter into the dance. I sit on the side, next to the wall. It’s here that I’m focused on myself. I live as though the world should revolve around me and my desires. I become static, self-centered, and unable to truly love those around me. I’m not living what I was made to do-dance. And if I stay here, I’ll never experience the full reality of love.
True love then, is a dance of mutual giving and serving. It can’t be experienced any other way. Jesus extends His hand, inviting us to the dance. He provides us with the dancing clothes, clean and pure; brilliantly reflecting His glorious light. He teaches us the moves and steps. He fills us completely with His Spirit so that the rhythm of love becomes part of the very fabric of our soul.
It’s because of Him that I can dance.
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I enjoyed the mental picture of the dance. I’ve never liked running so haven’t really clung to the notion of us being in a race - but entering a dance - how intimate and beautiful. Thanks for sharing
Thanks, and thanks for visiting:)
I love this imagery! How amazing that His Spirit works in us and brings us to the dance. Love this.
It’s only His grace. And thank you:)
Beautifully written-you “dance” with your words! And thanks for giving me an image of the Trinity that I’ve never entertained before. I’ll be pondering the depths of this post for a while!
You are kind! Yes, this imagery is one that I will be pondering myself for a long time. It’s beauty and depths are more than I can ever understand. Thanks for visiting!
It’s those steps that we seem to forget. Nice write.
Thank you! Nice of you to visit today:)
This was a beautiful post! I’m going to have to share it!
Thanks for the kind words. I appreciate you stopping by today.
Beautifully written! All too often, I do expect the world to revolve around me! It’s something I have to work on all the time. How much better to join in the “dance” of giving and serving.
Thank you.
Yes! It’s a daily struggle for me. So glad He invites me in!
Love the imagery of the dance between Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And I’m not much of a dancer either, just in my mind and heart!
It’s beautiful isn’t it? That He would invite me, a non-dancer, to join in will never cease to humble and amaze me. Thank you for visiting!
I’ve never thought of my relationship with God like this. I like it. Very well done. He steps back, He moves closer, I swirl, He catches me, I run to Him, He holds me tight.
I love it too. I can’t stop thinking about it, had to write it down:)
I love to dance, guidance. God, and I dance.
Thanks for visiting again!
This was beautiful. I’m going to have to linger long on it. Love the imagery. And will be thinking about the Trinity in a whole new way — thank you, Christina!
I’m lingering long on it myself. Oh and thank you for visiting!
Oh girl… I want to dance, too. Shall we? Let’s not be wallflowers, right?
And reading this, I kept thinking of the way that God dances over us. Can you imagine what that looks like, sounds like? Wow….
Really glad you linked. I so enjoy your perspective. You honor God well with your words.
I have so enjoyed your blog! Thank you for your kind words. The thought of God dancing over us is beautiful. Thank you!
Oh, I am so glad I visited today. I have been reading over your posts from the past few days catching up. I haven’t been able to read much lately. this spoke straight to my heart. I often watch my daughter as she dances and think to myself how wonderful it will be to dance before the Lord someday so free as she dances for me, for anyone really. But, the truth is, I should be dancing now with Him, for Him. I don’t want to sit next to the wall anymore. I want to get up, get past myself and my fears and dance with my Jesus. thank you again for another beautiful post. I will be thinking about this one for awhile.
Oh, me too! I want to dance freely with Him! Thanks so much for your sweet words:)
I enjoyed this post. I don’t dance, but I do get passionate. It’s an internal boogie!