There was a morning when the local churches had a joint open air service in the park. I can’t remember too much about the service but I can still remember something that happened afterwards.
As I was milling around with my friends I saw a lady who walked up to a point and then did a dance. It was a dance which looked as if it had purpose, but it didn’t look as if it was for anyone, as no one seemed to be paying any attention. Except for me, that is.
When she had finished her dance, she just stopped and walked off.
It looked to me as if she just walked off a bit sheepishly.
I thought to myself, what was that all about?
Who do you think you are to just randomly do a dance in the middle of the park?
I kind of thought that she might have been a Christian as we had just had a joint open air service after all, but that didn’t stop me from looking down on her at that point in time.
The dance she did has actually stayed with me. You see God spoke to me about this some time later. The words I felt God say to me were along the lines of:
“Who are you to judge the lady in the park?
Did she cause you any harm?
Why should your opinion matter in something which was not about you?
What if I was the one who asked her to dance and she then did it for me?
What if her obedience caused my heart to smile?
You see I did ask her to dance and she did dance for me which caused my heart to smile. Yes I saw you as well and and what was in your heart at that time, I just decided to deal with you later.”
Oh dear, looks as if I got that a bit wrong then, I apologised for my wrong attitude.
You see in the park that day were two people who was involved in the dance. The lady who did the dance and caused God’s heart to smile and there was me who saw it and had a wrong mind set which caused God to think, I’ll deal with you later.
Who was in the right place? It wasn’t me.
When God asks you to do something are you willing to do it? Or are you too concerned about what people might think?
Who’s opinion matters more? God’s or some stranger who you may never see again?
To the lady who danced, I would like to add my thank you to you.
You see God has taught me an important lesson through your dance.
God’s opinion is more important, and I will try to follow His promptings, in the hope that I too, can make God’s heart smile.
Wannabe Christian Doorman 