The Significance of Worship and Dance

A few days ago, I was watching a worship vid on youtube. In the video I noticed that there where two little girls dancing on stage with the band. One looked about 8 and the other was probably around 9 or 10 years of age. While watching them dance I couldn’t help but laugh. Soon enough I was overcome by feelings of ecstasy and joy. I asked God what this was and His answer rocked me.

“This feeling you feel is a glimpse of my heart when I see my kids dance before me…”

Captivated by this, I asked Him what the importance was behind dancing. His answer blew me away.

“When my kids are in a state of worship, they are free. As heaven collides with the worshiper, the Kingdom of Light collides with the Kingdoms of Darkness. Whatever chain, addiction, stronghold, and lie a person is afflicted by is broken off at the exact point of contact.”

“Secondly, particularly in the western world, people often enter into the Place of Worship with a heart of insecurity and fear. It often becomes a struggle for most to overcome the thoughts of judgment that plague their thoughts.”

At that exact point I became aware of just how often I would enter into the place of worship with a heart of insecurity. Entertaining false judgment while I am standing before my Creator… Just as Adam and Eve who hid from God, motivated by a heart of fear and insecurity, so is the condition of my heart while I stand before my Father.

“When one dances in worship, they have in most instances broken through the final mental barrier of false judgment. Much like David and his undignified worship, my children encounter freedom and joy. You see beloved when worship and dance intertwine, for that brief moment, they are as they where meant to be from the beginning… Free. I take delight in my children’s worship because of this very reason. You see though I love to be exalted and praised, the feeling of seeing my kids made whole rocks me even more.”