Dance! by Dr. Ann Stevenson

Author:Dr. Ann Stevenson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780768424416
Publisher: Destiny Image
Published: 1998-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

Dance and the Anointing

Any attempt to execute the dance as a ministry without the anointing is nothing more than skillful movement to Christian music. We must reiterate that the dance in itself is amoral—neither good nor evil. It is not dance itself that has the power to break spiritual bondages but the anointing of God as it works through the dance as a vehicle and administrator of that anointing.

The role of dance in ministry is much like that of a telephone wire. The wire in itself is dead, having no power of its own to produce the necessary electricity for communicating valuable messages from one point to another, yet it was perfectly designed to transport these messages by means of the electricity running through it. I have witnessed so-called dance ministry that amounted to nothing more than a disconnected phone line; it attempted to deliver a message that was never received. This is the effect of dance without God’s anointing. I have also gloriously participated in, as well as witnessed, dance that clearly connected man and God. This type of dance delivered and administered the anointing through a powerfully charged connection.

A Piece of the Whole

It is critically important that we take time to seek understanding concerning the anointing and its vital necessity in the true restoration of dance. Although God’s ways are simple, gaining understanding of them can sometimes seem complex. To remedy this, Jesus often used common object lessons called parables to teach these truths. Concerning the anointing and its connection with the dance, God has given me the illustration of a common children’s puzzle to help bring understanding in this area.

One day my daughter, Abigail, asked if I would help her put together one of her puzzles. I agreed, and because it was such a beautiful day, we decided to take it out on the deck. Working side by side, we enjoyed watching the brightly colored picture come together. We were almost finished when we realized that we couldn’t find the last piece. We looked and looked and finally decided that it must have been missing before we started. We were both very disappointed that we would not be able to complete the picture. In fact, if we had known a piece was missing, we would not have chosen to do that puzzle in the first place.

There is something disturbing about a puzzle with missing pieces. I believe it has something to do with our sense of order, for God is obviously a God of order and we were created in His image. There is something about order that brings a feeling of satisfaction and completeness. The missing puzzle piece left us feeling dissatisfied, incomplete, and disappointed. It was just a puzzle, and our disappointment was only momentary, but I began to feel impressed that there was a lesson in all this.

We ended up throwing that puzzle away. It seemed a shame, but we did not want to take the time to put it together again only to see an incomplete picture.

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