Guidance. Isn’t that what you really need? You need God to guide you, direct you, show you, because honestly you don’t know what you’re doing here.

Stop everything and grab something to write this word down. It can be a handwritten note, or a typed note in your phone. Whatever you do, just get this written word in front of your eyes now so you can really see it. Write the word GUIDANCE. Do you see the beautiful word hidden within guidance. Look at it. The last 5 letters. Dance. Underline it. Highlight it. Put a box around it.

The guidance you seek is a dance. The problem is, you’ve been trying to lead the dance and it was never yours to lead. Your job in this dance is to follow.

Now look at the word again. G-U-I-Dance. The G is God. Then there’s a U and I. God, U and I Dance.

This is what your life is supposed to be. A dance with God, your creator. You are his beloved daughter of the dance, he is your trusted and skilled guide.

A friend shared this word with me yesterday and I can’t stop looking at it. G-U-I-Dance. God, you and I dance.

Psalm 32:8: The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life, I will advise you and watch over you.” If you’re not trusting him to be the lead, then the dance has become a real mess, hasn’t it? He knows the best path for your life and you don’t always see it. If you’ve taken over the lead, the dance isn’t flowing like it should.

Two people trying to lead one dance leaves absolutely nothing feeling right. It’s awkward. It’s jerky. It’s forced. And it’s evident … someone is lacking trust. I wonder if that’s what your life feels like? You’ve been trying to force your own way, make this all happen in your timing, now it’s become awkward and you feel deeply unhappy. Oh honey, you’ve been trying to lead this dance. At the root of that is your lack of trust in God.

Really, are you struggling to trust God to actually get this right? Are you questioning God’s goodness in this? Have you convinced yourself your timing would be better? It’s hard to follow someone you simply don’t trust.

Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the Lord with ALL your heart, don’t depend on your OWN understanding.” This is a complete surrender to the one you’re trusting to know the way better than you. This level of trust and surrender doesn’t happen overnight, but you’re taking lessons and learning.

That’s what this is – you’re taking dancing lessons. You’re learning the art of surrender. You’re learning to follow. Your dance lessons are teaching you to trust God as your guide. Honey, just keep showing up for the lessons. You’re getting better. You’ll learn the flow.

With God, life becomes a flow instead of a force.

Proverbs 3:6 TPT, “With all your heart rely on him to guide you, and he will lead you in every decision you make.” God’s guidance IN everything comes as a result of you fully trusting him WITH everything. Then, you dance. You move. You flow. You go together so effortlessly. He guides and you follow.

After God says “I will guide you” in Psalm 32:8, he then says in verse 9, “Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a a bit and bridle to keep it under control.” Now I’ve never trained a horse, but I’ve leash trained our 130 pound yellow lab. At 2 years old, that dog was uncontrollable. Whichever direction I was leading, he wanted to go the other way. Always. He literally dislocated my husband’s shoulder on our first trip to the beach. It was comical to watch our walks, because he was most definitely walking us more than we were walking him.

But, with training, he learned to follow our lead. Ultimately, he learned to trust us. He came to trust we would let him stop and smell that irresistible smell along the way. He came to trust we were leading him somewhere fun. He came to trust there would be a water stop. He came to understand we don’t chase cats, we don’t smell crotches, and we don’t have to pee on absolutely everything. Now, walking our dog doesn’t even require a leash. He will stay by me. He will listen for my call. He will obey my commands. He will trust my lead.

And because of his trust in my lead, I get to take him to so many great places. He can go everywhere with me now.

Oh the places God wants to take you!!!!! Oh the things he has to show you and share with you. But can he trust you to stay with him? Will you listen for his call? Will you obey his commands? Will you trust him to lead you?

Our dog, Tank, used to choke himself out fighting for his own way. It’s like he permanently messed up his alignment and he literally walks kinda sideways now from his former pulling days. Have you ever seen the dog that can’t walk straight because they’re so used to pulling hard on the leash?

Hmmmmm … have you ever seen a person who has a hard time walking straight because they’ve been trying to go their own way so hard for so long? Is that person you? Lord, please fix my alignment.

Tank no longer requires the forceful, full body weight pull to guide him in the right direction. He senses the slightest turn in my feet and he responds. He watches my pace and matches it. Oh what joy he brings me.

I believe we bring our God such joy when we learn to trust him and follow his lead. Just like a skilled dancer, he gives gentle cues for our moves to flow with him. All we have to do is respond to his cues and trust he knows exactly what he is doing.

In dancing, we imitate the moves of the leader. We move how they move. We move when they move. We flow as one. God is not to imitate your moves and follow you. You’re a terrible leader in this life. You imitate his moves. See how he does this and follow him. Move how he moves and when he moves. Then you live in the flow of a beautiful dance.

A beautiful dance requires two things:

1. A skilled leader with gentle guidance – that’s our God.

2. A surrendered response to the cues of guidance – that’s us, the beloved daughters of the dance!

Psalm 149:3, “Praise his name with dancing.” Oh what praise we offer our God when we follow his lead in the dance.

GUIDANCE: God, you and I dance. I trust you to guide my life. I’m willing to let you lead. Thank you for the continued dance lessons.

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