Through the Bible: Haggaiናሙና

Put Your Priority Right

On that same day, December 18, the LORD sent this second message to Haggai: "Tell Zerubbabel, the governor of Judah, that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth. I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other.

Haggai 2:20-22 (NLT)

As we are faithful to keep God’s commands, God promised to encourage and prosper us in whatever we do. But we need to understand that our works will not redeem our sin or guarantee our salvation. Our works should come as a by-product of our changed hearts. If we insist on doing works with a wrong attitude or doing works for the wrong reasons, we will contaminate what we do. God’s real work through us begins when God’s Holy Spirit transforms our hearts. Even good deeds done for God can be tainted by sinful attitudes. Haggai’s message is to help us to put our priorities right. We often place a higher priority on our personal comfort than on God’s work and true worship. Are you putting your priorities right?

And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice-the kind He will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship Him. (Romans 12:1, NLT)

Prayer

Dear Lord Jesus, we pray that You give us a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart which You do not despise. Help us to serve you wholeheartedly. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.