Hebrews 12:25-29
25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
26 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.”
27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
29 For our God is a consuming fire.
Haggai 2:6-7
6 “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land;
7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.
The use of the word SHAKEN here in Hebrews means “things ready to FALL and PERISH”.
Hebrews says HIS VOICE SHOOK the earth and it shakes heaven.
This shaking is to remove everything that can be shaken so that which CANNOT BE SHAKEN REMAINS. Hebrews tells us that is the KINGDOM OF GOD.
So every time we try to build something that is NOT Kingdom, He will shake it.
God is shaking the kingdom of this earth.
He is shaking the economy.
He is shaking Government.
He is shaking businesses.
He is even shaking churches.
Earthquakes shake things.
Hurricanes shake things.
Wind shakes things.
Sound shakes things.
There are a lot of things that cause shaking.
But the shaking I’m talking about is from God.
Matthew 24:29-30
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30 Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Just a few short days ago our security as a nation was shaken here in Ottawa.
It feels like we are walking on a frozen lake but we can hear the cracking and not sure we can get to shore. It seems like everything is SHAKING.
What is the state of our culture?
Since 1970 approximately 3.2 million babies have been aborted.
Pornography revenue today exceeds the revenue of several major T.V. networks combined.
It’s larger than Microsoft, Google, Amazon, EBay, Yahoo, Apple, Netflix combined.
We need a shaking.
Where is the Church?
Asleep, distracted or intoxicated by the world. Like the old song, we are “looking for love in all the wrong places”.
Clearly in Canada there is a disconnect between who we say we are and what we believe. WE NEED TO BE SHAKEN.
How can we be salt and light to the world we look the same as?
Luke 6:46
“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
When kids are cutting themselves, including church kids, we need a shaking.
When marriages in church are failing, we need a shaking.
When fornication is happening with Christians, we need a shaking.
When we don’t witness, we need a shaking.
When we don’t pray, we need a shaking.
When we don’t share our faith, we need shaking.
Let me tell you what CAN’T be shaken.
His love for us CAN’T be shaken.
His healing power can’t be shaken.
His delivering power can’t be shaken.
His saving power can’t be shaken.
His blood can’t be shaken.
His Kingdom can’t be shaken.
His Grace can’t be shaken.
His Church can’t be shaken.
His power can’t be shaken.
So why is there a shaking going on?
Because He loves us and wants us to repent.
Let go of everything else and hold on to Jesus only.
Yours for revival,
Pastor Francis Armstrong
