Shaken

We tend to think of things being shaken as a bad thing, but the Scriptures reveal several times when the shaking preceded something good.

There’s a shaking that leads to freedom for the captives:

“And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.” — Acts 16: 26 (ESV)

There’s a shaking that leads to a courage for God’s people:

“And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.” — Acts 4: 31 (ESV)

There’s a shaking of a house that exposes the nature of its foundation. It’s only if it has the foundation of sand that the shaking is a problem. There is a shaking that causes the glory to come in to God’s house (Haggai 2: 7-9) and means it is greater than its original state. Treasures are found there. And God gives His peace there. As Jesus was born, the world’s order was shaken and foreigners travelled for hundreds of miles to bring their treasures into the house where He was.

We don’t have to fear the shaking. The shaking is preparing the way for the treasures of Jesus’s glory to cover the earth!