Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways."
Haggai 1:5-7
I like the idea of the Lord telling us to sit down and think about what we're doing. In context, the people were complaining about building a temple, thinking that things weren't going so well, and they needed to wait. God tells them though that the reason that things aren't going so well is that they are prioritizing the wrong things, and that if they put God's house before their own, then things will be better.
Haggai 1:5-7
I like the idea of the Lord telling us to sit down and think about what we're doing. In context, the people were complaining about building a temple, thinking that things weren't going so well, and they needed to wait. God tells them though that the reason that things aren't going so well is that they are prioritizing the wrong things, and that if they put God's house before their own, then things will be better.
Really, I think that is the lesson that God has for all of us as well. Sometimes when things aren't going so well, we want to retreat inside ourselves and put up walls to keep us safe, and of course some measure of space and time is needed when we are dealing with a lot. However, isolating isn't what is going to help long-term. It is when we open back up to God and to serving and blessing others that we find relief from our own troubles.
That doesn't mean that God is forcing us all to be extroverts. Only that we need to learn to communicate and love and serve in whatever circumstances that we are in, and to put God's will before our own. As we do, he will bless us and help us to find better rewards and better ways.
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