Unshakeable

​There is a whole lot of shaking going on.
 
I believe the above phrase was part of a popular pop song in the past. Anyway, there is definitely a whole lot of shaking going on in our world. The kind that can make you and me feel a bit shaky if you know what I mean.
 
Sudden, breaking news bulletins can shake things up in a hurry. Troubling worldwide events. Catastrophic natural disasters. Shameful, divisive, hateful political theater in America. Heartbreaking tragedies. Economic ups and downs. Moral implosion. Injustices. Prejudices. Shake, shake, shake our security to the core if we are not watchful and careful.
 
So what should Christians do when a whole lot of shaking is going on?
 
Don’t shake with the shaking.
 
The writer to the Hebrews in 12:25-29 reminds us that God’s Kingdom is unshakable.
“And this expression, “Yet once more”, denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.”  Hebrews 12:27
 
Created things that are shakable will be shaken “once more” so that unshakeable things will remain. I believe the writer is encouraging us to focus our faith on what is unshakeable and lasting, not on what can and will be shaken and lost. Three thoughts stand out to me about not being shaken. 
 
 First of all, shaking is part of life. I don’t think I need to elaborate much here. All of us, at some time or another, and most likely more than once, have felt shaken by something that has happened.
 
Secondly, there are some things that will be shaken and won’t survive. Material possessions. Worldly stuff. Everything man made. Temporal things. None of these things will pass the shaking test.
 
Thirdly, and most importantly, there are things that are unshakeable. Shake proof things exist in life. When shaking comes, they are unshakeable and remain.
 

• God and His Kingdom are unshakeable. Who or what can possibly shake Almighty God off His eternal throne? He is unimpeachable and unremovable.

 

• God’s Word is unshakeable. The Word of God is unshakable because truth cannot be shaken. Jesus, who is the Word, is the solid rock of our salvation.

 

• God’s kids are unshakeable. As Kingdom kids, we cannot be shaken when we abide and hide in Christ.  

 
It is a fact of real life that you and I will experience some shaking. But when shaken, will we remain unshakeable?
           
Not everyone is shaken up by the same thing. Different things shake up different people. And some of the same things shake up different people differently. I believe that we should be sensitive and seek to understand what might be shaking someone up. Just because it isn’t shaking us up doesn’t mean the trial is not very real to the other person. 
 
I know what has the potential to shake Steve Roll up. You don’t need to know what those things are, but I do. I must identify, then isolate and not be intimidated or negatively influenced by the shaking going on. I would like to report that I am 100% successful in standing unshakeable. But then I would be less than human and certainly not honest.
 
My personal resolve and goal is to be unshakeable in the things that can’t be shaken. I have realized that it takes some good old fashioned grit, guts and complete surrender to and dependence on God to stand tall and firm when life is tumbling down around me.
 
Being unshakeable in spirit doesn’t mean that Satan won’t try to shake us up. The devil is a disrupter, a confuser, an antagonist.  Satan is a master of stirring things up. He loves disorder. The evil one is a conniving, lying, deceiving enemy who is bent on shaking up the security and stability of God’s people. .
 
Satan’s strategy is to shake us up and shake us down for the purpose of destroying our faith in Jesus Christ. 
 
Unshakeableness (is that a word?) is not for sissies! The longer shaking goes on, the more you and I need to dig in our spiritual heels, pull up our spiritual boot straps and stand fast in our faith. Spiritual and emotional wimps don’t live unshakable lives.  
             
 Are you unshakeable in Christ? Does your faith withstand the whole lot of shaking that is going on? Take some time to take inventory of your ability to withstand shaking.
 
Wake up every day with unshakeable faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Your trust in God will shake up what is trying to shake you up.
 
“My soul waits in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him. He only is my rock, and my salvation, my stronghold; I shall not be shaken.” Psalm 62:5-6  
 
 
 
 “Now we request of you brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and our gathering together with Him, that you may not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come.”                                  II Thessalonians 2:1-2
 
A Word For Your Week: Shake off what is trying to shake you and your faith.