Keep in Step
November 2, 2008
by Maria Simone
My husband and I recently completed a 7-week session of ballroom dancing classes. The hardest part of these lessons for me was letting Tony “lead” our dance together. You see, the man is supposed to initiate each move, and the woman is supposed to wait for his cue, then place her foot a fraction of a second after his. Instead, I found myself more concerned with executing the moves correctly, than waiting on Tony’s lead. We quickly discovered that two people trying to lead a couples dance accomplishes very little. Over the course of these 7 weeks, I have learned more and more to let Tony lead our dance, and I am finding that I actually prefer it over trying to lead on my own. There is something very freeing about not having to think about the next move to make, but instead waiting on a gentle cue that says “let’s go this way”.
Galatians 5:25 says “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit”. How many times do we try to lead this dance with God by ourselves, taking the path that “seems right”? Instead, Paul urges us in this verse to keep in step with the Spirit - to wait for the Holy Spirit’s gentle cues, and then place our feet a fraction of a second after His. Acts 17:28 says “‘For in Him we live and move and have our being”. When Jesus moves, we move. When He steps, we step. When He stops, we stop. The key is to wait for His lead, because only He knows best the way to go, for only He sees the whole picture.
I love to think of myself dancing with Jesus, keeping in step with His rhythm. Today, let’s practice our dancing - let’s wait on the Holy Spirit’s cues, and we’ll be in step every time.
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