See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. - Hebrews 12:25-27 ‘In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord,’ wrote Isaiah (6:1). Under the reign of Uzziah — one of the greatest kings in the history of Judah — wealth flowed throughout the Jewish empire, and the borders of the nation were not only protected, but expanded. So powerful was he, it is said his name was on the lips of everyone from Babylon in the north to Egypt in the south. But when did Isaiah see the Lord? In the year Uzziah died.
So too, in each of our lives there are Uzziahs: good things, wonderful things — but things in which we trust and upon which we depend instead of trusting in and depending on God. And because He loves us and wants the best for us, our Father says, ‘As good as Uzziah might be, he’s not Me. As secure as you might feel because of his weaponry, it’s not nearly as secure as you would be if you were looking to and leaning on Me.’
Because we are so prone to put our trust in things which cannot be proven trustworthy, God shakes our world as surely as He shook Mt. Sinai in order to knock away anything we are trusting in and living for. Gang, He loves you enough to say, ‘If year after year, I let you trust in that, lean on him, or live for her, you will be a spiritual midget. I don’t want that for you. You don’t want that either. So, I’ve got to shake it to remove it, that you might again lean on Me, look to Me, and walk with Me — for then you’ll be blessed, strengthened, and prepared for eternity.’
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