It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service. –Einstein
Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. 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. Haggai 1:5-6
The Children of Israel had gotten their eyes off of the Lord and on material things. They were no longer satisfied with just a tent. They started building homes with roofs. Roofs with big archways and the ceilings underneath adorned with fancy carvings and such. Yet God’s House was lying destitute. There were none that cared. The Bible says that God called for a draught upon the land. The prophet Haggai gave the people the message of the Lord. He told them the problem of their complacency and they repented. God used this draught to get His people back on the same page with Him.
Christian, have you gotten your eyes off the Lord and on material things? Consider your ways. Are you busy doing things but nothing for the Lord? Consider your ways. Take a moment and look at the world around us and consider this, “What am I doing for my Saviour?”
What will the Lord use in order to get your attention? Will it be a short devotion? Will it be a message your pastor gives? What drought will come upon our life before you get back on the same page with the Lord?
