Let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
We are experiencing a whole lot of shakin' going on lately. Everywhere we look, it seems like the snow globe has been stirred up by a whirlwind of uncertainty that circles around us like a wake of vultures in a bad mood after missing their breakfast. But it only feels that way. It only seems like everything is falling apart. Many things are, of course, but everything isn't. When things are shaken up, it feels like the foundation itself is unstable. When the portraits are falling off the walls it makes us believe the concrete underneath our feet is faltering. But the Founder holds firm while the fluff falls off. The chaff is carried along by the wind, but the Cornerstone holds and that which holds to Him along with it.
Let us therefore worship our indomitable God. Let us rejoice in Him all the more as we watch our idols crack. As the false gods topple, may our gratitude for the true God grow. If they were our oppressors, may we delight in their destruction; if they were our secret delight, may we be grateful for God's intervention. Our God is a consuming fire. This is Good News for those He has dedicated to purification and bad news for those committed to those making the messes.
Do not fear. The world as we knew it is not the world that is going to be and what we inherit will be better than what we have lost. The refining fire is making all things new by shaking things up and dusting this bad boy off for better use. The world to come, the one without end, will be all the better for having been beat up a bit.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
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