Earthquake

I don't know much about earthquakes and I know I could google about it and paste the info here, but I wanted to be honest right from the start...I don't know much about earthquakes. All I do know is that, the earth is shaken and things shift. So why this title?

The answer lies in Isaiah 7:9b which says '...if you so not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.' (New Living Translation). This scripture brings to mind a picture of someone standing on a shaky ground, trying so maintain the balance. Sad to say but today that is what I am going through.

I was supposed to post the second part to How I spent my Christmas holidays but today I can't seem to do so.

I have been having a wonderful relationship with my Lord since last December and I have enjoyed it...till today. Today I feel like I am standing on a raft in the ocean with waves hitting against the raft or like on the roadside and an earthquake just came through. Today I can't seem to pray. Today I can't seem to have faith that everything will be alright. Today I am worn out.

Yet this passage from Isaiah is ringing in my head constantly along with Don Moen's 'Heal me O Lord' as though to say I need not lose hope. Assuring me that I may be still standing in my faith or that I should remain standing in my faith. I do not know because I can't discern to know what the message is but one thing I do know is I received this scripture in December 2013 as a message for 2014 along with 'your faith will be shaken but stay strong' and I prayed earnestly from then on for an increase in faith. So maybe my Spirit is down but my soul is cashing in the 'faith' cheque I wrote that is why I am receiving assurances from the Lord and my soul is praising my Lord and asking to heal my dampen spirit.

All I am saying is, I am writing this on a sad and dreary day for me but I have hope in me and I have not completely lost faith in my situation probably because I made an investment. Just like how if you make an investment and an earthquake destroys your home, you can rely on that to take care of the family. So whatever you are doing right now stop and pray now for an increase in faith in the times when your faith is shaken. Trust me, you will value the results so much.

#shakenbutnotfallen