Nobody puts baby in a corner

“Nobody puts baby in a corner”💃🏼🕺🏻

I’m pretty sure when you read that, a certain movie comes to mind. Perhaps  even a certain scene.   You know the one.  Dance floor, hot summer night, Catskills.   Yup.  
Dirty Dancing.  

(Though, fun fact::  Did you know that wasn’t actually filmed in the Catskills? It was filmed somewhere outside of Blacksburg, Virginia. I literally only know this because I was there one time and recognized it. My husband’s bike race ended on the top of some mountain and when I met him there, I looked around, at the old resort there and said “this looks so familiar… This is going to sound funny, but it kind of reminds me of the movie Dirty Dancing.”  He said, “I do know and, it makes perfect sense.  It was actually filmed here.”  I laughed that I couldn’t believe he hadn’t mentioned that before!  That seemed pretty important. But honestly, it was more fun just to discover than to anticipate.  That  sounds like a fun topic for a different day.)  (If you want to check the facts, look here.) 

Back to the story though. 
Baby (yes, her name was Baby in the film.  I had to double check 😂)  nods, is carried off the stage quite dramatically by some other dancers, and goes running toward Johnny who is standing there waiting.  
She jumps, no, leaps into Johnny’s hands, trusting him completely.  

What does he do? Some thought he wasn’t trustworthy.  In fact, that room was full of people who had said he shouldn’t be there.  When he came on stage, he shocked a lot of people.  “I always get the last dance,” he said.  (Oooohhhh that’s a good one!) 

Does he drop her?  Nope. Not even close.  She soars high into the air, flying higher than she ever did before him nor ever could herself. 

I thought of this scene this morning while I was praying. I was thinking and meditating about humility. 
True humility.  
Humility is not actually what people tend to think it is- Putting yourself last, in the back, making yourself less important    
True humility is a surrender to someone or someone else.  Let me ask you,  What better person is there to trust than Jesus?  Johnny is pretty great.  I’ll be honest, when I went back to watch the scene this morning, I was impressed   But mostly because I saw some beautiful parallels to the Lord.  (He is truly leading man material!)

But also, how He feels about YOU. 

NOBODY PUTS BABY IN A CORNER

There’s a scripture that reads “Humble yourself therefore under God’s mighty hand, and in due time, He will lift you up.” 

Another definition of humility is “submission to another.” 
Submit yourself therefore, to God.  Does that sound scary?

 It isn’t though.  Submitted to the God of the universe is the safest place you can be.  It doesn’t mean stay in a corner, shrink back, shrink down.    

Submitting  means bowing a knee to One who is greater, and trusting yourself into His hands.  And guess what.  He won’t crush you or beat you down.  He will lift you up with His own hands.  

In God’s eyes, you don’t belong in any corner. He doesn’t want you to stay in a corner of anyone’s making, even your own.  You shouldn’t be cowering in fear or darkness of any kind.   
You were born to fly.  
Yes, you were born to fly.   
Like Baby running across the dance floor, you can trust Him.   Even as you run, He’s not just standing there.  He’s running to you too.   

Go ahead.

Let Him love you, out of your corner.  Watch and see how it feels as He lifts you high into the air. 
(You can watch the Last dance here)

Break out of that corner, He’s got you (if you in let Him❤️)