“For thus says the Lord of hosts ‘Once more in a little while I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land” (Haggai 2:6)
· The people of Norway have been shaken by seeing sheer evil unleashed against precious, innocent children.
· Japan has been shaken this year by the enormous earthquake, the resulting tsunami, and the horrific nuclear meltdown.
· The people of Egypt, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen have been shaken this year by dramatic and largely unexpected the revolutions underway there and throughout the Arab world.
· The people of Israel are being shaken by fears that Iran is rapidly closing in on building nuclear weapons and the world is not doing nearly enough to stop them in time.
· Greece has been shaken by its unprecedented debt crisis and resultant riots and social unrest.
· Americans, too, are being shaken. We face arguably the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Stated Unemployment is over 9%. . The U.S. is now on the verge of financial default, and hampered further by political ineptitude in Washington that threatens to compound an already precarious situation.
Hey Gang: What if these events are not all random? What if the God of the Bible is allowing these to happen to shake us, to wake us, to get our attention, that we might turn to Him and ask Him to have mercy on us and help us?
In John 13:19 and 14:29 we find Jesus fair warnings: “Now I tell you these things before they happen, so that when it happens you may believe”.
Sooo, my question to you this morning – are you up to speed on what is happening in our world today? Do you agree with John Poole, “something is fixen to happen?” Have you checked the oil levels in your lamp lately? Matthew 25.
Blessings,
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