Kim Potter: From Shaking to Blooming - Kim Potter, Dayton, Tennessee - Mar 19, 2025
We Dwell in an Unshakable Kingdom
Scandals and exposures are happening all over the place, even in the Church.
There is most definitely a shaking going on. It has many feeling like there is no hope, as if things are spiraling out of control. However, it is the perfect time to remember, we dwell in an unshakable Kingdom.
"See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, 'Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.' Now this, 'Yet once more,' indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
"Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:25–29 NKJV)
The book of Hebrews tells us that God will shake everything that can be shaken. From this Scripture, many perceive that it is God doing the shaking. If so, what hope do we have? I found the answer to this question in a story I was privileged to hear a couple years ago.
A Violent Shaking
A man moved to the state of Florida. He had his garden professionally landscaped with gorgeous azalea bushes. What a beautiful sight they were!
Each had beautiful blooms that captured the attention of all that passed by.
They were stunning bushes—all except one. There was one bush that stubbornly refused to bloom. No matter what they tried, it would not bloom; it produced no flowers. Then, a massive hurricane came through his area.
Within two weeks after the storm, the stubborn azalea bush produced the most beautiful blooms he had ever seen. It was magnificent. He went to speak to the gardener, wondering what had happened. The gardener said he was about to dig that azalea bush up and shake it violently. The owner asked why he would do such a thing. The gardener explained that is what they sometimes do when a bush refuses to flower. He explained that sometimes the violent shaking causes it to awaken and bloom. The hurricane did that for them. It shook the azalea bush so hard, so violently, that it woke up and began to bloom.
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