haggai 1

Has anyone done any reading of Haggai lately? I know, it's not a commonly read book. I have grown to love it recently.

It a great book that shows God's sovereignty and man's sinfulness.

After God had allowed the children of Israel to return home to Israel from captivity in Babylon, they began to rebuild. However, they got caught up (once again) focusing on themselves by ignoring God's temple that sat in ruins, while they rebuilt and detailed their extravagant homes.

Check out what God says:

Haggai 1:2-4

"Thus says the LORD of hosts: These people say the time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD." Then the word of the LORD came by the hand of Haggai the prophet, "Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?

God basically says: "oh, so you guys say that it isn't time to rebuild my house... i see... so, you're saying it IS time to relax in your own ornate houses..."

How often do we say what the Israelites said. "God it isn't time for me to do that yet." "God, the time isn't right to serve in that way yet." "I'll do that God, but not yet" or even "I'm waiting on a word from the Lord on that..." but at the same time we plan out our vacations, we focus on projects for school or work, we budget for our family or personal life. Did we wait on a "word from the Lord" regarding those things?

Hey, I'm not pointing fingers, I'll be the first to admit that I do this myself.


Let's act today!