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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Sunday, 29 July 2012
Saturday, 28 July 2012
On the Rocks
I have seen lots of steep cliffs and jagged rocks this week on holiday and I have heard lots of tales of shipwrecks.
Dramatic tales of boats which have been smashed and shattered against the unforgiving coastline. Ships wrecked and lives lost on the rocks.
Sometimes our lives can be 'shipwrecked' too: we come up against unexpected and unforgiving 'rocks' of our own and we find our lives (or, at least, aspects of our lives) shattered.
Jobs are lost, money is tight, relationships fail.
Our lives are on the rocks.
But when we find ourselves shipwrecked, there is one Rock in whom we can trust.
“There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God."
[1 Samuel 2:2 NIV]
This Rock won't shatter our lives, but will save them; He won't ruin our dreams, but will restore them; He won't shipwreck our hopes and our hearts, but will provide a solid foundation on which we can build anew.
"He alone is my rock and my salvation;
He is my fortress, I will never be shaken."
[Psalm 62:2 NIV emphasis mine]
When we find our lives on the rocks, let's remember that we can always trust in the Rock.
Dramatic tales of boats which have been smashed and shattered against the unforgiving coastline. Ships wrecked and lives lost on the rocks.
Sometimes our lives can be 'shipwrecked' too: we come up against unexpected and unforgiving 'rocks' of our own and we find our lives (or, at least, aspects of our lives) shattered.
Jobs are lost, money is tight, relationships fail.
Our lives are on the rocks.
But when we find ourselves shipwrecked, there is one Rock in whom we can trust.
“There is no one holy like the Lord;
there is no one besides you;
there is no Rock like our God."
[1 Samuel 2:2 NIV]
This Rock won't shatter our lives, but will save them; He won't ruin our dreams, but will restore them; He won't shipwreck our hopes and our hearts, but will provide a solid foundation on which we can build anew.
"He alone is my rock and my salvation;
He is my fortress, I will never be shaken."
[Psalm 62:2 NIV emphasis mine]
When we find our lives on the rocks, let's remember that we can always trust in the Rock.
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