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I’m talking about dancing in the rains of life. We have seen that being thankful in and for everything is really what it means to dance in the rain.
You know, you can go through a storm and never realize God’s purpose for you in that storm. You can choose to worry, to complain, to be bitter, to manipulate and run and talk to everybody else about it, and totally miss the good God has for you in the storm.
If it’s your desire to really fly above your storms, to dance in the rain instead of responding in fear and dismay, step one in this rain dance is to face your fears. Storms tend to grip our hearts with fear. Every time we had a thunderstorm, my little dog would become very fearful. He would run to me, get close to me, and find a hiding place. It always made me reflect on how I react to the storms of life. Fear causes me to panic, to run, to try to get away.
I was talking with a young career woman about the challenges she is facing on her job, and she said that she has been so intimidated and made so fearful by her coworkers that she just wants to get out of there. My advice was that before she runs away from that fearful situation, she needs to have victory over the fear. Fear comes from the evil one, and if she decides to leave that job, it should be in victory, not in defeat.
As long as your heart is filled with fear, you won’t be able to dance in the rain. Fear is like wearing lead shoes; it keeps you bound and it’s hard to put one foot in front of the other, much less dance!
How do you get rid of fear? You attack it with the Word of God. Here are some good weapons to throw at your fear:
Psalm 23:4: Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.
Psalm 27:3: Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.
Romans 8:15: The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
These are just a few of the hundreds of passages that teach us not to fear. If you want to dance in the rain, then face that fear, and start literally quoting Scripture against it. It will set you free.