When Life Shakes You…

Imagine holding a cup of coffee. Someone bumps into you, the cup shakes, and the coffee spills out. Now, let me ask you a question: Why did you spill the coffee out of your cup? Because someone bumped into you, right? Well, not quite….It wasn’t because of the bump, but because you had coffee inside the cup. If the cup had been filled with water, water would’ve come out. If it had been filled with tea, tea would’ve spilled.

The shake didn’t create what spilled. It only revealed what was already there.

When circumstances like stress, loss, or conflict shake you, whatever spills out was already living in your heart. If anger pours out, it’s because anger was inside. If bitterness spills, bitterness was within. But if patience, kindness, or faith pours out, it’s because those things were rooted deep within you long before the shaking came. Jesus said in Luke 6:45, “...For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”

The shake doesn’t shape you. It exposes you.

That’s why daily time with God matters so much. Prayer, Scripture, worship, and gratitude aren’t just routines. They’re how you fill your heart with what you want to spill when life bumps into you. When storms hit, you don’t have time to suddenly “get ready.” You can only draw from what’s already inside.

Fill yourself before the shaking comes.

Choose to store up peace instead of resentment. Faith instead of fear. Gratitude instead of bitterness. Because life will shake you. It’s not a matter of if, but when. And when it does, the people around you will see what’s inside. Your spouse. Your kids. Your co-workers. Your friends. They will be impacted by whatever spills out of you. Let it be Christ. Let your life be so full of His Spirit that when the shaking comes, patience spills out. Love spills out. Hope spills out.