And David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the trumpet. –2 Samuel 6:14-15
King David expressed his joy and love for God by dancing and shouting. He was honoring God because the Ark was being restore to its rightful place. Dancing to worship God is a freeing experience. Its using all your being to praise God with your words, your mind, your heart and your body. Dancing to praise God isn’t about skill or show. It’s about rejoicing over what God has done and is doing in your life and expressing that though more than your voice but your body too. Think of the some of the most exciting moments of your life. Didn’t you jump for joy?
Dancing to praise God does not have to be public or in front of others. I prefer to dance in worship in private at home or if in a corporate setting I will go to the back corner. For me dancing in worship is freeing but also something very private between me and Jesus. Please don’t misconstrue that you have to dance to fully worship God. A lot of my moments of worship with Jesus are sitting in a corner saying nothing, doing nothing just enjoying his presence. Those moments are just a deep and intimate.
But we shouldn’t be afraid to express our joy in the Lord and to worship him with our whole being. He formed our bodies why why wouldn’t we use them to glorify him.
When I was in Uganda everyone danced and sang for worship and honestly when I got back to home it was hard not to dance.
The point of worship is to glorify God, not ourselves. So even if we are preforming skilled dance for others in worship to God it is about our heart.
Worship is about our hearts.
Its about surrender, humility and glorifying God. However you worship or someone else worships humble yourself and glorify God.