Everything that can be shaken WILL be shaken.
Do you ever have those times when God is shaking things up in you? When all of a sudden, your life is like the epicenter of a major earthquake... everything seems unstable and you can't find your footing... and it feels like everything will fall apart? And didn't you feel fine BEFORE the earthquake started, but during the shaking you felt sort of chaotic inside?
Maybe I'm the only one who goes through times like those, but I sincerely hope NOT.
God, in His great mercy, allows things into our lives that will shake us up... on purpose. He sees all the unfinished business in our lives, and He is not willing to leave us incomplete. He wants to shake out all the junk. We may scream and cry like little children during the process, but does that stop Him? Nope. Like any good dad, Father God is completely unconcerned with our "comfort" while He is molding us and making us into HIS finished product... because He knows how great we're going to be when He's finally done! He sees the end from the beginning, and He's SO EXCITED to show us ALL that He has planned!!
Trust His process. Job said, "though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him." Though we may feel like we are going to come apart, we're not. He is keeping us safe... holding us together.
See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven? At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:25-28)No matter what, we cannot turn away. We cannot refuse Him. Our response should always be to hold tighter to Him by spending more time in prayer, more time in the Word. Getting to a place of submission and obedience will help the process along. We just need to lay down on the Potter's wheel and let God have His way.
