When I was in school, our high school would have these socials, where you would go to the gymnasium on a particular night, and you were suppose to dance. You would invite a date and go to the "dance".
Problem was, only about 10% of the crowd actually danced. The rest of us stood around the walls or sat in the bleachers and watched. Imagine going to a dance and not dancing...just watching.
Unfortunately, this is not just a teenage problem. This is a a life problem. God intends for us to enjoy the dance of life; yet far too many of us spend our time, leaning against the wall and watching life. We dream of doing something great or radical. We dream of being more than we are. But we end up just standing against the wall, and as Perry Noble writes in his book Unleash, we "never experience the rhythm of God's grace." We never experience the "immeasurably more than we can ask or thing" (Ephesians 3:20) awesomeness of God.
Yesterday, I introduced our new sermon series based on Noble's book, by challenging us to take part in the dance of God. This week we will explore the encouragement to unleash the abundant life that God has provided for each of us. During the sermon series, we will explore different things than inhibit our dance. God hasn’t called His people to stand along the wall and watch. He wants us to participate in the dance of the extraordinary and amazing.
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