Friday – Prophets

Reading – Haggai

Highlight Verse:

“But now the Lord says: Be strong, Zerubbabel. Be strong, Jeshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people still left in the land. And now get to work, for I am with you, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
‭‭Haggai‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬ ‭NLT‬‬

A couple days ago, I was in a Workforce Center where people apply for unemployment and look for jobs.

No, I wasn’t looking for a job but doing mine by fixing their copier.

While I was there, I found out there are a couple of things people need to do to collect unemployment benefits.

First, they had to work at getting another job. They had to show that they had made at least 3 attempts to get a job per week.

Second, they had to ask for it each week. If they don’t ask, the system assumes they got a job and benefits stop.

We saw in Nehemiah that people were, indeed, working during this time.

They had completed the wall and were rebuilding their houses.

In other words, now that they were secure, they were working to make themselves more comfortable.

But God wanted their attention to be on Him.

So, He put them to work rebuilding he temple.

And they constantly prayed for the temple and the people.

God blessed them for working and relying on Him.

Are you working for God or yourself?
In what ways has God blessed you for that work?