UNSHAKABLE

When hands grow weak, and knees begin to tremble,

when daily roads are hard, and hearts are bruised,

I will endure.

I will straighten my path, pursue peace,

guard my heart from bitterness,

and choose the eternal over the bowl of today.

For hardship is not merely what I survive:

it is where holiness is quietly formed.

I have not come to the mountain of fear,

but to Mount Zion

to the living God, to the city of heaven,

to Jesus, the Mediator of a better covenant.

His blood speaks a better word:

not condemnation, but mercy;

not distance, but welcome.

And then the heavens shake.

The earth trembles.

Everything temporary is tested and falls away.

Yet once more: only what cannot be shaken remains.

So let the world shake.

Let my securities shake.

Let my plans shake.

Let everything temporary find its proper place.

For I am receiving a Kingdom

that cannot be shaken.

Therefore,

let me have grace to serve You

with reverence, with holy fear,

with an undivided heart.

I will endure.

I will pursue holiness.
I will keep my eyes on Jesus.

For the mountain may shake,

the heavens may tremble,

and everything made may pass:

His Kingdom remains.

And I will remain in Him.

UNSHAKABLE.

Seeds in the Wilderness