Haggai 1:2-14
“2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, This people
say, The time is not come, the time that the Lord's house should be built.
3 Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the
prophet, saying,
4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled
houses, and this house lie waste?
5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider
your ways.
6 Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but
ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you,
but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into
a bag with holes.
7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.
8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the
house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.
9 Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and
when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts.
Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.
10 Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew,
and the earth is stayed from her fruit.
11 And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon
the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and
upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and
upon all the labour of the hands.
12 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua
the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people,
obeyed the voice of the Lord their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as
the Lord their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the Lord.
13 Then spake Haggai the Lord's messenger in the
Lord's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the Lord.
14 And the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel
the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of
Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and
they came and did work in the house of the Lord of hosts, their God,”
As a member of
one of the Lord's churches, where are you this morning? Will you attend the
service? Will you watch the live broadcast or maybe the recording later? Or are
you so wrapped up in self that the things of God matter not to you?
In our text
verses we see the Prophet Haggai preaching to the people the words of God.
Haggai has been sent by God to motivate the people into rebuilding the Temple
in Jerusalem. They have returned from 70 years of captivity in Babylon. They
have builded their own houses and barns and have planted crops but done nothing
for the rebuilding of the Temple. Physically or spiritually.
The Lord's
churches are in disrepair today. Many have no pastor. Many congregations have
shrunk in number the past several years. And though there are many who are
faithful and continue to attend or during this time of unrest some will at
least stay in contact when they can't attend, there is still much rebuilding to
do with the Lord's House. Please understand, I speak of the spiritual more than
the physical. For we look around us and we see those who claim church
membership but never have a thing to do with the Lord's family. They claim the
name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ but have nothing to do with their
brothers and sisters. Many will bask in the blessings and mercy showed upon
them by the Lord but will refuse to support the spreading of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ.
In our world
today many claim the name of Christ but as did the remnant in Israel claim the
name of God in Haggai's day. But while they enjoy the comforts provided to them
by the One they claim His house lies in waste.
“Thus saith the
Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.”
Praise ye the
Lord!!!
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