DANCING TO GLORIFY GOD......

Hello steemains of steemchurch, am here with another aspect by which mankind expresses his ways of worshipping God. There is a saying that action speaks more than words..... Is that true.... If yes then how can someone uses dance to glorify God.

How Does African Traditions Also Emphasise Dance

African traditions also greatly emphasize dance, for movement is regarded as an important mode of communication. For this purpose the dance utilizes symbolic gestures,mime,props,masks, costumes, body painting, and other visual devices. The basic movement may be simple emphasizing the upper body, torso, or feet, or they may be complex, involving coordination of different body parts and intricate actions such as fast rotation,ripples of the body,and contraction and release, as well as variations in dynamics, levels, and use of space l. The dance may be open to all, or it may be an activity in which one,two,three, or four individuals (regardless of sex) take turns in the dancing ring. Yeah dance also occur. The formations may be linear, circular, serpentine, or columns of two or more rows.

Dancing is mentioned often in the Bible and is used throughout the Old Testament as a means of worship and praise to God. God was pleased with dancing that worshipped him. Let us look at something in the Bible and decide on how to use your gift of dance.

Ecclesiastes 3:4
At time to weep and time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance.

Jeremiah 31:4
Lamentation 5:15
Psalm 30:11-12
Psalm 149:3-4

Samuel 6:14-17
Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets. As the ark of the LORD was entering the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart. They brought the ark ofvthe LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitche for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD.