The Old Testament Book of Haggai. I wonder how often your content been skimmed over?

Was it on purpose for some predestined time of the reader’s life?

Did the reader think your content to be so old or small that it served no real purpose for life today?

How could one not realize that you carried within those two small chapters a message so deep and profound that it could have altered the steps of their life in a most significant way only had they sat still long enough to read and listen for the Voice of the Almighty whisper in the ear the meaningful power of the words it holds, hidden among all the other writings of the Bible?

How?

The busyness of life makes reading the Bible, especially the Old Testament a challenge to many people. Dedicated focus and commitment are required. Even for those whose life floats around these Holy Pages on a regular basis.

It’s life-changing this Book of Haggai.

It is a story that revolves around the Jewish people of that time and place in history that allowed a complacent and lethargic spirit to overshadow them.

They became busy working to improve their own lives and way of living according to the standards of the world at that time. They worked hard to make their homes beautiful, their lives more prosperous and their survival more important instead of doing what God had asked them to do.

Sound familiar?

Their priorities became misplaced and as a result, God hid his hand from them for a period of time.

Their only mission, their only purpose was to build a physical temple for God himself to abide in after their return from the Babylonian exile.