Where to Look for Answers

 O. T. #2266   "Where to Look for Answers"

August 26, 2022

Summary of Haggai

LET IT GLOW

Don't we always have questions about this and that? This generation is looking for a purposeful life. Will we share it and exemplify it in our life?

We can't leave Haggai without reading some practical lessons given by Wiersbe:

1. The work of God is begun, sustained, and encouraged by the Word of God. When God's servants proclaim God's Word in the power of the Spirit, things begin to happen. Read Ezra 6:14, where the elders of the Jews built and finished the Temple through the prophesying of Haggai and Zechariah. They did it according to the commandment of the God of Israel and the kings. Renewed preaching heralds a revival.
2. God's servants must work together to build God's Temple. 1 Corinthians 3:9 says, For we are laborers together with God. 

We need to get back to the basics of life-prayer, worship, studying the Bible, family time, reaching out to neighbors. Is your church preaching and teaching the Truth or is it watered down with the social issues? Is it standing on the promises of God or falling for the world?

LET IT GROW

     3. When the outlook is bleak, try the uplook. Vance Havner used to say, "Faith sees the

            invisible, chooses the imperishable, and does the impossible." 

       4. Putting God first is the guarantee of God's best blessing. Romans 14:12 and Matthew

            6:33 direct us. 

       5. Apart from the power of the Holy Spirit, our labors are in vain. God works and

           shows His power through the weak things. (1 Cor. 1:26-31) He works in and through

            us to show His power and good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)

The Jews were blessed whenever they followed God's instructions, worshiped only Him, and loved others. Are we doing this, too?

LET IT GO

Are we looking for God's will in His Word?

Is the Holy Spirit guiding us in our work?

Are we living by faith?

Do we love God and others before our self?