Whole Lotta Shaking Goin On!

Read Haggai 2:1-9

Fifty-some years ago, Jerry Lee Lewis sang for the world for the first time "Whole Lotta Shaking Goin On." Some of you may know that this was back when rock-n-roll was still relatively new and the style of dance appeared to be too new and different for some people to try. They found it to be too "loose" or too strange to try to get into. Evidently, they must have slept through the Roaring 20's when dance really parted company from its heritage. Beyond its catchy beat, the aforementioned song also simply illustrated how easy it would be to dance to it. As one verse said, "All you gotta honey is kinda stand in one spot, wiggle around just a little bit, that's what you gotta do." In other words, feel the beat and let the beat move you.

Many centuries before, the prophet Haggai spoke for God to the the governor, the high priest, and all the people to stop being timid about doing what they knew they should do. The Temple was in ruins and God was telling them it was time to rebuild it, but as my dad use to say, they had to "get shaking." God reiterated being with them, so what should they be timid or reserved about?

In our daily lives, we too get caught up in being timid about doing things we know we should do. But we feel alone, or unworthy, ill-prepared for the occasion. Has not God been faithful in the promise to be with us? Today is not the time to be timid. There is much work to be done in and for the Kingdom of God. God has promised that when we faithfully follow that leading, the future will be far brighter than any of our past. So, come on, there's a whole lotta shaking goin on!

Godspeed,
Tim