God promises He’s going to do some shaking and making.
Read: Haggai 2: 20-23
Isn’t it amazing that the God of the cosmos cares about us individually! This prophetic message from God is addressed specifically to one individual, Zerubbabel.
Zerubbabel was the appointed governor of the returned nation of Israel, but he was also a direct descendent of the royal line of King David, which makes him the rightful King, and because of the messages from the prophets he has some big questions.
So God speaks directly to him and tells him he’s going to do some shaking and making!
Shaking is prophetic language for the dawning of a new age, when everything will change as God brings about a global shake-up. It’s also a way of reminding Zerubbabel that God is in control…he does the shaking.
God also promises that through the shaking he will also do some making. He promise that he will restore Israel’s land and the lineage of it’s king and that he will demonstrate that Zerubbabel is his chosen servant.
Now, Zerubbabel was a great leader, who did what God asked, but he was never crowned. Through the prophets, God constantly encouraged Israel to look beyond the present, to a future time when God would restore all things through the Messiah, who would also be a descendent of the royal line.
In our own days the world and the church have been shaken. Do we really believe that God will rebuild and restore his church and make it glorious? And do we also believe that just as Zerubbabel reigned in God’s name in anticipation of the coming of the Messiah, so God has given followers of Jesus spiritual authority to act in his name and for his Kingdom as we anticipate Jesus coming again to finally bring about the renewing of all things? What a difference it would be if we truly appreciated the power of our presence and our prayers in Jesus name.
This was a word of God to an individual. How does God speak to us personally today? What authority has God given to the church, and what is my local church doing with it? What evidence is there that a global shake-up is taking place, and what significance should we attach to it?
Pilgrim Traveller 