“For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.”
“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.”
Shaking is the precursor to Glory.
When God shakes heaven He releases something that we have not already got.
A new level and weight and more of God.
Shaking is also painful as it exposes issues, flaws to be dealt with that promote a greater liberation, purity and liberation.
Often going through a crisis shifts our reluctance to accept our denial. We confront our questions our new position.
The wrestling is necessary for the belief and security of what we settle into.
It strengthens and makes us more robust.
We could be accused of making it all about us when God now wants it to be more about us corporately.
“Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord. You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.”
Our eyes are being shifted up from self to God to expose the needs of His body.
If we become like the world and fearful instead of trusting it logically could delay and push away His next revelation. Wasting time like the Israelites in the wilderness for 40 years.
By facing what He exposes we qualify for increase.
We pick up on the sense that there are more questions than answers and that is so because every level of revelation brings up to the surface more of what God wants to expose and deal with.
He disciplines those He loves. It is an act of His love not to leave us where we are depleted but full as an outcome.
We are being drawn back into seeing beyond ourselves. What we do to liberate others liberates us too. We have to go, to sow, to give.
Only from that do we reap.
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.”
We must not tolerate what Jesus came to destroy.
“For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.”
The illustration shows the more questions that come with revelations where we see beyond ourselves and light emanates to push back the darkness.
Five Scriptures that come to mind:
“For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts.” Haggai 2:6-7 ESV
“Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord. You looked for much, and behold, it came to little. And when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the Lord of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house.”Haggai 1:8-9 ESV
“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.””Hebrews 12:26 ESV
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies”. Psalm 18:2-3 ESV
“For it is you who light my lamp; the Lord my God lightens my darkness.” Psalm 18:28 ESV
The song Do It Again. Elevation
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