1ST READING Haggai assures the people that God is with them. This is all that we need to know. However, we often seek signs and further assurances of God’s presence and blessing to a particular task. Is it wrong to do this? It is hard to answer that question as it depends a lot on our motivation — the state of our hearts. It is important that we do not delay following God’s will, as the moment of grace may disappear. It is also important to discern His will so that we do not make an avoidable mistake. Haggai 1:15-2:9 15 In the second year of King Darius, 2: 1 on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: 2 Tell this to the governor of Judah, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, and to the high priest Joshua, son of Jehozadak, and to the remnant of the people: 3 Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem like nothing in your eyes? 4 But now take courage, Zerubbabel, says the Lord, and take courage, Joshua, high priest, son of Jehozadak, and take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and work! For I am with you, says the Lord of hosts. 5 This is the pact that I made with you when you came out of Egypt, and my spirit continues in your midst; do not fear! 6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: One moment yet, a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all the nations, and the treasures of all the nations will come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. 8 Mine is the silver and mine the gold, says the Lord of hosts. 9 Greater will be the future glory of this house than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place I will give you peace, says the Lord of hosts.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:38:47 +0000
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