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Tuesday,
February 7, 2023
"God's
Unshakable
Kingdom"
Message
summary: Today
we encourage
each reader to
keep this
perspective: We
are receiving
this eternal
kingdom that
cannot be
shaken!
It's an
absolute
certainty. So
"let us be
thankful, and
let us worship
God acceptably
with reverence
and awe!"
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“See
that you do
not refuse Him
who is
speaking. For
if they did
not escape
when they
refused Him
who warned
them on earth,
much less will
we escape if
we reject Him
who warns from
heaven. At
that time His
voice shook
the earth, but
now He has
promised, ‘Yet
once more I
will shake not
only the earth
but also the
heavens.’ This
phrase, ‘Yet
once more,’
indicates the
removal of
things that
are
shaken—that
is, things
that have been
made—in order
that the
things that
cannot be
shaken may
remain.
Therefore 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” (Hebrews
12:25-28).
We awoke
yesterday
morning to the
news of a
large,
devastating
earthquake in
the Middle
East, which I
suppose is
about as
literal a
shaking as one
can
experience.
Scores of
people are
suffering and
thousands of
deaths have
been reported
with many more
likely.
I have heard it said that reality ultimately consists of two things; that which can be shaken and that which cannot be. All that we see with our physical eyes can be shaken. We see daily the shakings in world affairs and most certainly we will see many more.
I have heard it said that reality ultimately consists of two things; that which can be shaken and that which cannot be. All that we see with our physical eyes can be shaken. We see daily the shakings in world affairs and most certainly we will see many more.
The
twelfth
chapter of
Hebrews ends
with the
powerful,
assuring
truths
expressed in
our daily
text. The
apostle is
writing to
encourage
faithfulness
to God's
children who
were enduring
persecution.
Their world
was truly
being shaken.
And
there are
times when our
world is being
shaken as
well! It is
during such
times of
instability
that we do
well to look
to Scripture
for spiritual
understanding
and go into
intercessory
prayer with
God. In doing
so it will
bring needed
perspective
and restore
our hope as we
consider our
future "kingdom
that cannot be
shaken".
Our
selection
begins with
these timeless
words, “See
that you do
not refuse Him
who is
speaking".
In the context
this is
clearly Jesus,
the mediator
of a new
covenant, and
to the
sprinkled
blood that
speaks a
better word
than the blood
of Abel
(v.24).
"For if they did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns from heaven." What a powerful warning to all mankind about refusing and rejecting God's gracious offer of salvation.
I
heard an
interview with
a person
drastically
affected by a
tragedy who
spoke of how
he
intentionally
sought to hear
the voice of
God in the
midst of the
tragedy.
Candidly
speaking, I
wonder how
intentional I
am in
listening for
the voice of
God in the
chaos and
discord of our
world.
The daily Scripture text acknowledges the reality of the shakings of the created order that we all experience in various ways. Consider your life for a few minutes and look back over those periods of severe shaking, whether it was personal, family, a national or worldwide shaking. Though we prefer to live comfortably without brutal, unexpected, or life-altering shakings, they are inevitable.
But Scripture has a comforting future promise in the latter part of the daily text, "We are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken".
We are indeed "receiving" this kingdom and the verb tense is quite significant. Jesus taught us to pray, "Thy kingdom come". Our journey through this life is but a transition to the future Kingdom God has prepared for us. I am convinced that very early in eternity we will recognize just how brief life's journey was, although since it's the only thing we know it seems long and wholly significant. The apostle James wrote, "You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14).
Today we encourage each reader to keep this perspective: We are receiving this eternal kingdom that cannot be shaken! It's an absolute certainty. So "let us be thankful, and let us worship God acceptably with reverence and awe!"
The daily Scripture text acknowledges the reality of the shakings of the created order that we all experience in various ways. Consider your life for a few minutes and look back over those periods of severe shaking, whether it was personal, family, a national or worldwide shaking. Though we prefer to live comfortably without brutal, unexpected, or life-altering shakings, they are inevitable.
But Scripture has a comforting future promise in the latter part of the daily text, "We are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken".
We are indeed "receiving" this kingdom and the verb tense is quite significant. Jesus taught us to pray, "Thy kingdom come". Our journey through this life is but a transition to the future Kingdom God has prepared for us. I am convinced that very early in eternity we will recognize just how brief life's journey was, although since it's the only thing we know it seems long and wholly significant. The apostle James wrote, "You do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14).
Today we encourage each reader to keep this perspective: We are receiving this eternal kingdom that cannot be shaken! It's an absolute certainty. So "let us be thankful, and let us worship God acceptably with reverence and awe!"
Be
encouraged
today, (Hebrews
3:13)
Stephen
and Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer: Father,
help us to
seek first
Your
unshakable
kingdom and
pray in the
spirit so that
we can live in
victory even
while
encircled by
conflict,
danger, and
evil. Shakings
in this life
can bring
instruction,
correction,
and growing
faith when we
seek spiritual
understanding.
Though land,
dwellings, and
people are
destroyed due
to the
hardness and
evil within
the heart of
man and due to
the natural
causes that
destroy, Your
kingdom is
indestructible.
Scripture
assures us
that we who
believe are
receiving this
Kingdom that
cannot be
destroyed, so
we come with
thankful
hearts and
worship You
today with
holy fear and
awe, for You,
our God, are a
consuming
fire. We pray
for those
currently
enduring great
shakings such
as the people
of Turkey who
are enduring
loss, grief,
and tremendous
uncertainty.
May we look to
You, the
eternal One,
for grace to
trust You no
matter the
circumstance,
for You are
our strength
and hope in
the midst of
testings as we
hold onto the
unshakable
kingdom that
is promised to
those who
believe. In
Jesus' name we
pray. Amen.
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