April 24, 2020 Shakening in our Midst

Arise and see
A shakening, a breaking, an awakening
What will it take for My people to see?
That I will shake the earth and Heavens
So they will know that it is Me
What will it take?
What will it take for Me to shake
And shake and shake until I break?
This is the new season, you see
I am bringing a shakening to you
A shakening, a shakening
A shakening so that you may walk through
 
Do you not see, the breaking point is for Me?
I come to shake and shake and shake
So that you can see
Shakening I say, shakening will come
I will break those who will not come into this place, you see
I will break them until they know Me
Don’t deny Me to be inside of thee
Let Me shake you until all things that come against Me
Have gone through you and out of you
 
Do you not see that My love is great for thee?
It is ME that comes to visit thee, don’t deny Me!
How much I love thee
I will shake and shake and shake all away
 
This is from the prophetic Psalm, Take My Hand in “Living Waters from God’s Heart” book. 
God is shaking His people all over the world, to remove everything inside of us that does not belong there.
 
Hebrews 12:26-28 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN." This expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken,  let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;
 
There are definite things in our life that need to be shaken out of us, things that weigh us down and slow us down in our journey up the mountain to be closer to the Lord. When my youngest son was small, he loved to pick up every rock he saw every day and would stuff his pockets with them.  Normally that was okay, but one day we were in Yellowstone Park and this was not an acceptable behavior. At one spot we were walking in, I noticed a sign that said NO ROCKS were to be taken out of this park! We quickly picked him up, turned him over, and began to shake him up and down until every last rock and pebble was removed from his pockets. We did it again at the end of the day, just in case he happened to pick up some more. 
 
Aren’t we just like that?  We know there are things we do that are not pleasing to God or profitable for our lives. The things we give up for fasts, the things we are always telling God we will not do any more…  So what does God do? Out of His great love for us and desire for us to come very close, He turns us or our lives upside down and shakes and shakes until our “pockets” are emptied by these useless things we treasure in our lives.
 
This morning in prayer we asked each other this question:
Are I willing to give up everything to find favor in God’s Sight?