I’m rubbish at dancing. Ask Mrs A. I was left traumatised after being laughed at by some girls at a primary school party. Though Mrs A loves dancing, I made sure there was none at our wedding. Apparently, I just don’t have rhythm. Rhythm is all about timing; it’s a regular, repeated pattern, which your body is supposed to connect to. You sway, move your limbs, and click your fingers in time to the music. Apparently!
Spiritual rhythm
I find rhythm a helpful picture for Christian living. Rhythm is a helpful image because we instinctively know it isn’t oppressive or guilt-inducing; it’s liberating. Who wouldn’t want to have rhythm?! Getting into the beat doesn’t ruin you or spoil your fun; it’s the magic at the heart of dance.
Well, in the gospel, Jesus sets us free to move to the beat of a different drum. He frees us to walk by a different rule to the world (Galatians 6:16). We recognise that our Creator has embedded an order into this world (Genesis 1:14; 2:2), which Jesus, the Wisdom of God, has tuned us into (Proverbs 8:30).
