Dance.
Day: 1
Read – Exodus 15:1-21 (Victory)
These verses cover a lot of different postures. Singing started it… but the ladies got DOWN! When my brothers and I used to play games against each other and I won I loved to get up and do a little victory dance. Sometimes I get so overwhelmed with the excitement and thrill of victory that all I can do is throw my hands up and move my feet (I am not going to lie… I shake my booty a little…a lot). God’s people had just been freed from hundreds of years of slavery and the only way they knew to celebrate was to throw down some dance moves.
Do it: Think about something God did amazing in your life. Now dance because of the victory he has given you (it is okay to turn a little music on).
Day: 2
Read – Psalm 150 (Commanded)
Sometimes when I am down I don’t want to do anything. If I am having a bad day I just want to sit and mope. It is hard to dance when you feel like nothing is going right. In this text We are commanded to worship in certain ways. It is not just a request. It does not say “if you want to” at the end of these postures. I always feel better after thinking about how big my God is. It is are responsibility to dance even just to make Him happy.
Do it: Dance even if you don’t feel like it. It will even act to lift your mood. Try it.
Day: 3
Read – 2 Samuel 6 (Crazy)
I love to watch my 2 year old little girl dance. I think she is awesome. She does moves as if it were all planed out ahead of time. Most of the time she dances as if she could care less what the people around her thinks. David was so happy about the presence of God coming back to town that he took his outer cloths off and danced unashamed. He danced so crazy that his wife made fun of him for how ridiculous he looked. David said that he would dance even crazier to show God how excited he was.
Do it: Do a crazy dance to God. Show him how happy he makes you.
Day: 4
Read – Luke 15 (Celebrate)
It is an amazing feeling to be reunited with someone you haven’t seen in a long time. It is hard to be apart from people you love. God has so much love for all people. He even loves the people who reject Him. It hurts Him when we leave His home. When we recognize our need of Him and come into His house, He throws a big party with music and dancing. We should be so excited when people give their lives to Christ. It should cause us to dance for joy when He turns someone to Him.
Do it: When God changes one of your friends lives it is time to dance. It is a party when he is changes someone’s life.