Father, I wonder if I have been like the people Haggai is speaking to?
You spoke to these people, telling them “You have planted much, but harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill.” I get the message. Although effort is being made, until You are “in” it, only little will be accomplished.
You made little of what these people did because their hearts were wrong. But here comes the hope! They listened to Your Word, and obeyed!
“I am with you declares the Lord. So the Lord stirred up the spirit” of the people so they would accomplish much!
I believe You placed in me a desire to be part of something bigger than myself, something monumental, that will glorify and honor You. But it is something I will never be able to do on my own.
O Father, stir up Your Spirit in me! Let me be empowered with Your blessing!
It reminds me of an old song where the refrain goes “little is much when God is in it.”
You told the people “the silver is mine and the gold is mine.” I understand the tools and gifts and talents I will be using are Yours. But what You can accomplish with them is incredible, indescribable, uncontainable! Far beyond anything I can do alone.
You told them “From this day on I will bless you.” Father, let me live in Your blessing. If I have been consumed with building my own house while disregarding Yours, then change my heart and my focus.
Show me – through Your Spirit stirred up in me – what to do. Father, use me like Zerubbabel or Joshua or one of the remnant. Help me not to fear, but to “Be strong…and work. For You are with me.” Amen
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