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Dancing is mentioned several times in God's Word. Solomon wrote that there's a time to mourn and a time to dance. King David danced before the Lord with all his might when he brought the ark of God from Obed-Edom to the City of David. David wrote that God turned his wailing into dancing, that Israel should praise God's name with dancing.
Dancing is a physical expression of inner joy in these examples. That certainly is well within the framework of what we can experience today. Paul does not write about dancing, but he does write about holiness. Paul talks about the way Christians should behave in public and toward others. It is believed that is an issue we should concern ourselves with.
The Holy Spirit will tell you whether ballroom dancing is good or bad. It probably is a good thing unless God shows you it is not in your situation. Would dancing in public hurt your testimony for Christ? Would it cause younger Christians to stumble? Dancing, like so many other physical activities, is not addressed directly by the Bible. We have to read deeper than the physical to see the spiritual and understand the bigger picture. God will guide you, He wants you to enjoy life, He wants you to have fun.
So if dancing it is, then: d a n c e ...
Source: "Grace Answers" - 2004
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