For many, the road has grown harder. As a result, so have many hearts.
What once felt steady underfoot now shifts, often without warning, and its weight has left us bracing for what’s next.
Those who once thought of God first are now thinking mainly of their lot in life, leaving Him out of the equation. If He remains, it is often only long enough to be cursed, questioned, or dismissed.
The ground is shaking.
Our sifting is rarely random. Anger, fear, resentment, doubt, unforgiveness, insecurity… these things surface because they were already present, waiting for pressure to expose them.
Some of what falls away needed to be released a long time ago.
The shaking does not create the fracture; it simply reveals where the foundation was already thinned.
What remains after the quake of circumstance and soul? That is the question worth sitting with.
Scripture speaks of things being shaken so that what cannot be shaken may remain (Hebrews 12:26-28).
God does not waste the trembling places of our lives. What feels like destruction may also become revelation: an opportunity to see more clearly what we have built upon, what and who we have trusted, and where we have placed our hope.
It is important to pause to assess both the damage and the opportunities. Both hold possibilities.
Possibilities to release what no longer lends value.
Possibilities to cherish that which you may be taking for granted.
And possibilities to evaluate your relationships with yourself, others, and the Lord.
Sometimes the greatest loss in a difficult season is not what circumstances take from us, but what we surrender willingly: our peace, our gratitude, our compassion, and our faith.
Never a day do I not need the Lord, but some days I am keenly aware that He is all I need.
Putting my thoughts on something else will only distress me, and God cannot fully use me when my focus lingers on hard circumstances instead of His goodness, faithfulness, and provision.
Jesus spoke of the wise person who built a house upon the rock (Matthew 7:24–27). The rain came. The floods rose. The winds beat against that house.
The storm was not avoided.
But the house remained.
These are hard times. Different types of hard… the kind that test our health, mind, body, and spirit.
If your ground is shaking, perhaps the question is not only, “How do I make this stop?” but also, “Lord, what do You want to remain when this is over?”
This column was originally published by CherryRoad Media. For more faith-based columns and inspirational writing by Tiffany Kaye Chartier, follow her on Facebook. Her devotional collection “The 4-Minute Reset: For Cultivating Peace, Purpose, and Positivity” is available on Amazon and other major online retailers.
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