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What does it mean to dance in the rain? We’ve seen that it means learning to be thankful in and for everything, to face our fears and attack them with God’s Word, and to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.
Here is another important step in learning to do this rain dance, and that is to look for someone to encourage and help. Get outside of yourself; ask God to impress on your mind someone you should personally help. Then become very intentional about helping them, whatever that means. It could mean:
- Giving them some money
- Giving them some time
- Helping them get a job
- Sending words of encouragement
- Providing a meal
Remember, you reap what you sow, so sow what you need.
- If you need encouragement, sow it.
- If you need money, sow it.
- If you need help in finding a job, sow it.
Often when we’re dealing with some storm, we tend to become so focused on what we’re going through, that we forget that others are going through some tough times, too. And I can promise you that getting out of yourself and focusing on others is guaranteed to help you dance in the rain. You may be thinking that you can’t help others until your storm is over, but believe me, you can! In fact, one of the purposes for your storm is to give you understanding and sympathy for others in a storm.
Isaiah 58:6 – 9: Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—when you see the naked, to cloth him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
Your help comes when you start caring and helping others.