In these days of global warming, verses from Hebrews often
come to mind:
At that time his voice shook the
earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but
also the heavens.” The words “once more”
indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that
what cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a
kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God
acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” Heb. 12:26-29 NIV
catastrophe helps me remember where our unshakable hope is. God has blessed our
food supply chain in this country. Our ultimate hope, though, cannot be in the farmers
who grow wheat, nor the bakers who bake bread, nor the truckers who deliver the
loaves to our local grocery stores. Our hope is in the God who provides.
When the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness those forty years, God himself fed them, with a kind
of grain that fell from heaven, every day, in the quantity they needed. Beyond
the food supply systems that God has helped us develop, our hope is in God,
himself. May we never arrive at such wilderness. If, however, we find ourselves
in a time of shaking, may we rest in the arms of the unshakable one.
Jesus, you are the stability of our times.