A couple weeks ago I was fighting off the coronavirus. I remained in isolation except for contact with my wife, from whom I contracted the virus. It took last week to finally rid myself of its effects. Being stuck in house arrest for that time really makes you want to be well. You just want to roam the streets. You don’t care where you go; you just don’t want to stay in the house. The feeling of freedom can be exhilarating.
As a believer, I know I am no longer a slave to sin. My soul has been freed through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Unfortunately, my fleshly body has not lost it’s craving for sin’s enticements. Thinking about sin also brings with it an exhilarating feeling although that path will lead to discord with the Father.
So there is a battle in this present time, a believer’s soul is freed from sin due to the redemptive work of Jesus Christ our savior on the cross who paid the penalty for our sin. Yet, the fleshly body still desires to satisfy itself with sin’s pleasures, which is the reason Jesus provided us the Holy Spirit to wage war against our flesh that we may truly live as the righteous ambassadors of Christ as we were called to be in the power of the Holy Spirit.
There are those moments when your fleshly body is correctly displaying the invisible attributes of the Holy Spirit, creating an indescribable joy. An assured hope in the core of your being that one day you will be whole again, and life will be beyond better. There is this exhilarating feeling – a feeling like wanting to dance.
Admittedly, I don’t have cool dance moves – wish I did. But inside of my heart, I’m a dancing fool because in a little while, when Jesus provides me with a new body, I will never be affected by viruses for all of eternity. My new body will not have to battle the affects of sin ever again.
So as a true believer, when it is time to dance, let’s savor the moment. Hallelujah!
Ecclesiastes 3:4
… a time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance …
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