Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.

Where we connect the Bible to your life,

in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Patrick Miller. What has the power to shake you? Years ago when I was an

employee at best buy, I remember my boss coming up to me and letting me have it for some mistake I made. I don't even remember

what I did or if I deserved to be chewed out, but I do remember the impact his words had

on me. They shook me. Spiked my cortisol levels, cranked up the anxiety, pumped

up the adrenaline. I do remember that I couldn't sleep that night and for the next month I felt

uneasy at work.

I was worried I'd make another big mistake and get a blistering critique.

Whose words have the power to shake you?

To keep you up at night, to make you anxious, to make you feel ashamed.

Maybe it's a boss or a significant other, or a mentor, or a parent, or a friend.

Whoever it is, I can almost guarantee that at some point in the last year and probably at multiple points,

you've had someone say something that shook you up.

Sometimes that can be bad. People can use words to shame and belittle us, but sometimes that can be good.

When a friend challenges you to see a sin that's destroying your life, then praise God for that shaking.

When a loved one calls you on how your words are hurting others, praise God for that shaking.

Sometimes we need to be shaken.

And in Psalm 29, we find an ancient song claiming that there is one voice that should be more shaking than any other.

But here's the question I want you to ask yourself as we read.

Does God have the power to shake you up like this?

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