James Bond is well known for - as well as now escorting the Queen to the Olympics - his signature drink: a martini. Shaken, not stirred.
Yesterday I wrote about the different 'rocks' in our lives: the difficult circumstances which can shipwreck us and leave us feeling shaken. However, whilst we may feel shaken, the Bible tells us that if we trust in Jesus and build our lives on His solid rock - His word and His truths - we might be stirred (moved slightly), but we won't be truly shaken.
Jesus said,
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock. Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock. But anyone who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on sand. When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will collapse with a mighty crash.”
[Matthew 7:24-27 NLT]
If we work the truths of the Bible into our lives and follow its teaching, we will find a secure and solid foundation for our lives. We will be able to say, as Paul did:
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."
[2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV]
Stirred, but not shaken.
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