Let’s dance
Thursday, February 20
Let’s dance
After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. 1 Peter 5:10
In the year 2000 DJ Casper released the song “Cha Cha Slide”. This song was an instant hit spending over four weeks on Billboard Hot 100 chart. This song remains popular to this day resurfacing at events worldwide. There is a line in the song that says, “How low can you go?” and then instructs the dancers to go down low and bring it back up to the top. When this part is played almost everyone hits the floor in an attempt to get low.
Sometimes in life I feel that God is asking me the same question. Can you go down low? Or I find myself asking God how much lower am I to go before you bring me back to the top? Now I am not looking for a life filled with prosperity but, I am asking God how much longer before the pain of today is the pain of tomorrow?
Maybe you’re going through a season where you are experiencing a very big trial. You feel like your particular troubles are about to swallow you up or overwhelm you. Like the song, you too feel as if you are going down low with no hopes of returning to the top. Today I tell you to be encouraged and trust God. These are the moments that are refining you just like the rough sandpaper. They are meant to polish off major areas where you need adjustments or upgrades in your character. Of course, this polishing process doesn’t feel good. You may go through moments of asking “Why me?” or even downright despair. Please be encouraged through this process. At the end, you will see the good that was intended through it all.
Instead of seeing the hurt, find new ways to trust God in the midst of your circumstances knowing that there is a higher purpose and He is refining us for a higher level of abundant living!
Prayer for today: Loving Father, I thank You for the smoothing process because even in the pain I know that You are working it out all for my good.