Haggai 1:6-11. This is the terrible result of a nation that prioritizes its own desires above the things of God. We exist to bring Him glory. See v. 8. With the Spirit of God dwelling in us, we are the temple of the living God. (See Eph. 2:22–22; 1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Cor. 6:16.) As we share the gospel and tell people how to be born again, we can help to build the temple of the Lord—a duty we dare not neglect.
Haggai 1:6
“You have sown much, and bring in little;
You eat, but do not have enough;
You drink, but you are not filled with drink;
You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm;
And he who earns wages,
Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”
7 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider your ways! 8 Go up to the mountains and bring wood and build the temple, that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified,” says the Lord. 9 “ Youlooked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says the Lord of hosts. “Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. 10 Therefore the heavens above you withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit. 11 For I called for a drought on the land and the mountains, on the grain and the new wine and the oil, on whatever the ground brings forth, on men and livestock, and on all the labor of your hands.”
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