Watching today’s video, I find tears coming to my eyes, not for what these people experienced, but for the terror I felt, myself, as I lived through this very same quake. In 1989 I was stationed at Mare Island, California just across the bay from San Francisco. Nothing in your experience will shake you to your very core more so than having the earth move under your feet. Everything that you hold sacred is shattered as the ground quakes and buildings collapse around you. All thought of your individual power is ripped from you as God reveals His power for all to see.
And this is just one of the “must needs be” signs that God told us that He uses to mold and shape our world to His Will. Despite all this we still rebel against Him in our daily life
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Matthew 24:7
Mark 13:8
With each earthquake experienced people see chaos and despair. I see them as the fingerprint of God working in our world, take a look at this map Latest Earthquakes (usgs.gov) and you to will see God’s fingers at work. At times this map is almost void of any activity, other times is is alive with quakes the world over. With each quake I see God’s fingerprint as He “gently” molds and guides us toward the End.
Check out the following verses to see how many times God speaks of earthquakes in the End Times, the number may come as shock to some.
Revelation 6:12 Revelation 6:14-18 Revelation 11:19
Revelation 11:7-13 Ezekiel 38:20 Revelation 8:3-5
Revelation16:18 Zechariah 14:3-5
There are even other events that may be connected with earthquake activities in the End as seen in the following verses:
Revelation 8:8 9 Revelation 6:12-14
This week continue studying God’s Word, building a solid foundation, not relying on the shifting sands of thought by man. As Jesus said
Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Matthew 27:24-27
Father,
Throughout my life I have built my life and actions on ideas that have run the gambit,
from the mainstream to the insane and all have failed me. Yet through them all one
has never failed and this is when I pattern my life after Your Word and on Your Son.
Awaken in me the desire and the longing for Your Word so that I may live a life that is
full and prosperous. I do this because I want to be like Your Son Jesus.
Amen