We tend to have this false imaginative depiction of God as someone who is timidly persuasive. He makes subtle requests and hopes for us to respond accordingly. He puts His Will to the side in our lives, as He waits for us to surrender our will to Him. He speaks to us in such a soft tone, we have to completely shut down everything around us first in order to hear Him. That can be no further from the truth! God will absolutely "shake you to wake you." We are talking about a God