Grateful for a Kingdom that Cannot Be Shaken

The big message of the book of Hebrews is the absolute superiority of Jesus over all. In light of this, it's not surprising that the writer would write words like these:

"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, for our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:26-28)

The reason I see these words as very appropriate to the big theme of Hebrews is that with the contrasting of the old systems with Jesus (Who fulfills all that the old systems were struggling to portray), we can see the need for a shaking that will undo the old in order for the unshakeable Kingdom to be established. This initial shaking happened with the birth and life and death and resurrection and ascension of Jesus. But until He comes again to set up His literal earthly Kingdom rule, there will always be human systems that cover/hide the beauty and greatness of Jesus.

Sometimes these systems are religious practices that we have engaged in for so long that we confuse them with Jesus, and sometimes they are our own internal mindsets/strongholds that have been constructed in us and adhered to for so long that we believe they are true.

In this age we will never see Him in fullness, but I believe the Spirit of God who is fiercely jealous over Jesus being seen and known in fullness will do something in His Bride before the end of this age unlike what we have seen in the history of God's people in preparation for when we will see Him face to face. This will require a shaking of all that can be shaken; and because it will "mess" with that which we have been so sure of, there will be confusion and disorientation in the Body of Christ.

In this season of my life, I'm asking the Lord to shake all that can be shaken in my personal life and walk with Him, and I'm asking Him to do this for His Bride.

In the midst of the disorientation, "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, for our God is a consuming fire." True worship of the true and living God will help ground us, and when we feel the shakeable ground beneath our feet tremble and collapse, we'll find that rather than falling into a bottomless pit, we will land on His unshakeable ground of truth.

Thank You, Lord, for this kingdom that cannot be shaken. We worship You; we worship that which we know of You and that which we are yet to discover of You. Shake all that can be shaken until Your Bride is standing on the only solid ground - Jesus, the Superior One!