Offense is a funny thing. Sometimes it sneaks up
on you like a cat ready to pounce on its prey; sometimes it is disguised with
self-righteousness or blanketed with irritation so you don’t recognize it.
The Lord spent 18 years shaking my foundations to
see what remained. Thankfully, very little; but like a California earthquake, I
have been tossed and shaken until all I see is rubble. And it was necessary.
There are those that would claim it was the enemy
as God doesn't cause earthquakes or catastrophes.
Really?
What about Sodom and Gomorrah?
What about the idolatrous Israelites in the wilderness?
What about David losing his son? Or Peter denying
his Lord? Both were shaken to their very core.
Why?
Because God can’t build on a faulty foundation.
God’s version of shaking brings down works of the flesh so that only the Spirit
remains. Still not convinced? Here are just some of the benefits of shaking:
·
It reveals what our foundation is made of and
brings us closer to it.
·
It awakens us.
·
It removes what is dead or useless.
·
Weakness and breaking points are revealed.
So yes, shaking is necessary, and yes shaking is
Holy. And by the Grace of God, it will be used to rebuild upon a rock.
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