I am writing this week about a very difficult topic because it really defies our understanding.  But I feel God showed me this and wants me to share this with you.

There is a passage of scripture in Hebrews 12: 25 – 29.  Instead of me typing the entire passage, I am going to just ask right now that you look that up and read it.  Get a Bible….look it up on the Internet.  Whichever you prefer…

At first reading that does not sound too important or too applicable to your life – but I want you to know that it is!  So, what does it mean???

There is a lot of mentioning of “shaking”.  Things will be shaken, but the kingdom we have inherited it unshakable?

To put it plainly….you life can be shaken.  When that happens, there are many “sure” things that will fail.

Your health – can be shaken.  Your safety on the road – can be shaken.   Your friendships – can be shaken.  The lives of people you love – can be shaken.  EVERYTHING around you can suddenly be shaken. 

Think of some painful examples…Cody – his life gone from one week to the next.  Tyler – a healthy young boy - gone.  Pappa – a strong, healthy man who got cancer.   Grades and Teachers – one week they’re up the next week they’re down.   Paychecks – one month is huge, the next month there is no work to be had.   Friends – one week you are inseparable, the next week they spread nasty rumors about you.

Why does God let these things happen?  Why, why, why do things all around us sometimes look like the aftermath of an earthquake? 

The Word says that this world we live in is shakeable.   (Is that even a word?)  And there are times when God will allow everything around you to go through a violent shaking for the one single purpose:  so you can see the ONE thing that cannot be shaken.  God.  You have a home with Him in heaven. There is nothing on this earth that can take that away from you.  So when you find nothing else to have joy in you can have the joy that you know where you will spend eternity.  Do not give that up, do not let go of that promise.

It is like the foundation of the Twin Towers.  When those massive building were shaken, they feel in complete destruction.  But 5 floors down, into the depths of the foundation, a bar in the basement parking lot was completely intact.  Even the glasses hanging up were left unbroken.  That building had a solid foundation.  In the midst of destruction, that one area was unshakeable.  No one knew what was unshakeable until they saw was could be shaken.  No one knew that if they ran to that little place, deep in the foundation, they would be safe.  But you know what your foundation is.

Let the foundation of your life be God.  When He is the rock of your foundation, the world around you can fall apart.  But that little piece of rock you are standing on will remain untouched.   Nothing around you, no matter how solid you think it is, is unshakeable.  But the promise of eternal salvation is….it is the only thing.