"Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways. go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the LORD. You looked for much and behold, it came to little. and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? declares the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that lies in ruins, while each of you busies himself with his own house. Therefore the heavens above you have withheld the dew, and the earth has withheld its produce. And I have called for a drought on the land and the hills, on the grain, the new wine, the oil, on what the ground brings forth, on man and beast, and on all their labours."
Haggai 1:7-11(ESV)God instructed His people to build His house again after it had been destroyed by their disobedience; He gave them specific instructions and promised to provide. Even with all that they had learnt through God's discipline they still didn't listen. Instead with the freedom they received they went and built their own houses first. How many of us have brought shame to God's house because of our disobedience? All of us. How many of us have been freed by His blood? Those who have been chosen. How many us those who have been freed use it to build the life they have always wanted for themselves? Lots. I think one of the biggest things in my life is using the Word of God and His grace to build my life where I can do things that I enjoy. I have been comfortable not building His kingdom in my daily life. Because of this my works have been blown away and no matter how much time I put into trying to find a school to go to or a job to do it has come to nothing. He has slowly been refocusing my eyes back on His house and glorifying His name.
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all else will be added (Matthew 6:33) Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. (Psalm 127:1 NIV) So my friends do not labour in vain, heed the Word of the LORD and build His house so that He may glory in it. Heed the warning that if we leave His house in ruin because of our sin and ignore His commands and His righteousness He will blow us over and all of our work will come to nothing.
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