Ballet is especially beautiful. Part of the beauty is in how the dancers hold their bodies as the story plays itself out. Arms stretched just so, legs given a certain curve, and the feet. Oh, the feet! When a ballerina lifts onto her toes, she seems to float across the floor, becoming perfection in motion.
If she can’t remain on her toes for the duration of her routine, the dance is compromised, and the performance as a whole will suffer.
While on this earth, Jesus was a consummate dancer. He knew the moves to create the perfect performance. His troupe included twelve men who danced at his side. They were inexperienced, however, and sometimes they stumbled on sore toes.
On the night before Jesus’ premier performance, he was in earnest preparation for the dance he knew he would soon perform. He hoped his followers would support him all the way.
We find his disappointment in Mark 14:37:
“And he [came], and [found] them sleeping, and said unto Peter, Simon, sleepest though? Could you not wait one hour?”
Actually, it wasn’t just Peter who had fallen asleep. The entire troupe was out like an extinguished light. Jesus returned again in Verse 40, and they were asleep once more. In Verse 41, on his third visit to his weary followers, he whispered, “Sleep on, for you need your rest.”
Jesus understands our humanity. He knows we falter because we have little other choice. After all, we are as the Father made us, flawed and frail, and we cannot help but fall asleep when we become weary and worn. He forgives us, even as we fail him when he needs us most.
Jesus can dance the entire ballet on his own. It is better, however, if we remain awake and prepare ourselves as his supporting cast. We lift ourselves to our toes by study in the Word, time on our knees, and immersion in the fellowship of those who walk at our side in the footsteps of Jesus. When we join in the dance with Christ as our principal performer, the world will be amazed. We will be beautiful in him who has redeemed us from sin. We will float across the dance floor, perfection in motion.
That’s what Christ does for us, makes us beautiful in him. He is the premier performer, and his skill becomes ours, when we follow his every nuance and move.
When we study to be like Christ, we are poised to do mighty things for him.
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