Haggai 1 & 2, 2 John 1, Proverbs 23: 10-38
Haggai 1: 5-6 (ESV)
“Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your
ways. You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have
enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no
one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.”
Verses 5 and 6 from Haggai 1 tells us what happens to us
when we focus on the wrong priorities and not on the work God has chosen for
us. Haggai the prophet tells us we can so much, but harvest little. We can eat,
but never feel full or have enough. We can drink but we will never our fill. We
can clothe ourselves, but never feel warm. Finally we can earn money but it
will seem as if we can’t hold on to it
and if will feel like we are putting our money in a bag with holes.
God created us and has a plan for our lives. If we follow God’s plan for our lives, then
our life will seem satisfying and full of abundance. However, if lose our focus
on God’s will for our lives, it will feel like we are running in place and
never getting anywhere. I know I’ve done this in my life when I was not focused
on God. Nothing ever seemed to satisfy me when my focus wasn’t on trying to
discern God’s will for my life and following what I had heard. I had a great
paying job, lots of money, lots of material things, and lots of
responsibilities and prestige at work. But I never felt satisfied ever. I was
always hungry for more, and it was so frustrating at times. I never ever had
the feeling that I had enough of anything, even though I was surrounded by an
abundance of many things. It wasn’t until I turned my focus back to God that I
found more satisfaction with my life and that forgotten feeling of abundance
again.
