Verses that inspire

Rock solid.

Can't be moved. Can't be shaken.

I guess many times in today's world, we hear "rock solid" mentioned when people are talking about investments!

But I take comfort and inspiration from a different kind of "rock solid."

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, (Hebrews 12:28, NIV)

The writer of Hebrews was comparing the scene at Mount Sinai, when God gave His people the old covenant, to the nature of the new covenant, pictured in heaven. (If you have time in your quiet time this week, you might want to compare Exodus 19 to Hebrews 12. It's worth your time.)

The old covenant's introduction came with an earthquake, and the earth itself is destined one day to be undone and "made over." (Revelation 21) But heaven and the new covenant are also part of God's eternal plan, and they will never be undone or "made over."

We are so blessed to be living under the new covenant; we have the advantage of looking to our Savior, instead of following the Law. The Old Testament was often given through ominous signs, fire, and sacrifice. It involved material things in a material world, and God presented Himself as almost unapproachable - symbolic of His holiness.  The New Testament offers believers something much better: something beyond the Law and its rituals, and beyond our earthly needs. 

Christ gives us an ability to approach God personally. Earthly things can be changed and destroyed, but our relationship with Christ cannot. Our destiny is heaven and the new covenant; these are things which cannot be shaken.

They will last forever.

That is the kingdom that "cannot be shaken." Our worship of God should include our gratitude for a future that is rock solid.

Amen!