Shaking Things Up
On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mount of Olives will split apart.
Zechariah 14:4, NLT
A woman named Emma Burke wrote about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: “It was 5:13 a.m., and my husband had arisen and lit the gas stove…. The shock came and hurled my bed against an opposite wall…. The shock was constantly growing heavier; rumbles, crackling noises, and falling objects already commenced the din.”1
Sudden earthquakes are fearful, shocking events. The Bible teaches that when the feet of Jesus descend to the Mount of Olives at the Second Coming, an earthquake will split open the ridge, producing great topological changes to Jerusalem and Israel.
When Christ appears, He shakes things up. In a similar way, when Jesus comes into our lives, we tremble and are transformed. He unleashes the hidden rivers of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, He makes old habits fall away, and He raises up new territories of praises for Himself.
Let the Lord shake you up for His glory!
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, “SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING.” This is what God has to do with some of His people…. Shake them well before they are ever usable.
Vance Havner
Turning Point Ministries
On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem. And the Mount of Olives will split apart.
Zechariah 14:4, NLT
A woman named Emma Burke wrote about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake: “It was 5:13 a.m., and my husband had arisen and lit the gas stove…. The shock came and hurled my bed against an opposite wall…. The shock was constantly growing heavier; rumbles, crackling noises, and falling objects already commenced the din.”1
Sudden earthquakes are fearful, shocking events. The Bible teaches that when the feet of Jesus descend to the Mount of Olives at the Second Coming, an earthquake will split open the ridge, producing great topological changes to Jerusalem and Israel.
When Christ appears, He shakes things up. In a similar way, when Jesus comes into our lives, we tremble and are transformed. He unleashes the hidden rivers of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, He makes old habits fall away, and He raises up new territories of praises for Himself.
Let the Lord shake you up for His glory!
Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, “SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING.” This is what God has to do with some of His people…. Shake them well before they are ever usable.
Vance Havner
Turning Point Ministries
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