Let the Ground Shake

By Kim Beach 

Forever 

By Kari Jobe

"The ground began to shake

The stone was rolled away

His perfect love could not be overcome;

Now death where is your sting?

Our resurrected King

Has rendered you defeated."

Listen to the complete song here.

Life is about perspective.  

It is choosing the lens through which you want to view the world around you. Optimistic, Pessimistic, Realistic. Fear or Faith.    
  
It's the age-old question: is the glass half-full or half-empty?

But what if you just saw the glass as beautiful?

Life is full of trouble and adversity but that does not make the journey any less beautiful.

Too often we look at the approaching storm and fail to see the depth of color and artistry in the clouds. Rain drops pummel our face and we do not see the nourishing water pouring onto the dry ground. We see the destruction of the wind and not its important part in pollination for new growth.   

We feel the ground shaking under our feet and our faith falters as we feel our dreams crumbling around us like plaster walls. We question God and His timing. We doubt His plans for us. We question the validity of everything we ever believed about Christ!

Our lives feel fractured.

 

"Suddenly there was a great earthquake! 

For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven, 

rolled aside the stone, and sat on it."  

Matthew 28:2 (NLV)

Perhaps the earthquake you feel is not your foundation shifting.  

Perhaps the quake beneath your feet is the stone of your tomb rolling away!

The wind and waves are whipping around you and the flood waters are rising. Yet the storm is not all nature rallying against you but all Heaven moving on your behalf!

Do not fear the shaking. 

Do not hide from the storm. 

Run out of the Tomb to the Savior who is standing outside with arms opened wide!

Choose your perspective- the world is not against you --

All Heaven is FOR You!