How to deal with the wet blankets - Haggai

Haggai 1:2

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘This people says, “The time has not come, even the time for the house of the Lord to be rebuilt.”’”

They are in every church, crowd or organization.   They always seem to surface when great work needs to be done.   Their message is always the same, although they disguise it with a plethora of disguises.    Their favorite line is: "This will never work!"    Or, "We tried this before."    Or, "Are you sure this is what we should do?"   In our verse here in Haggai their objection to progress and something new is, "The time has not come to ... ".    "It's not the right time," is code speak for the "wet blankets" of society to water down the ideas of others.   The nation of Israel was set free from captivity to return to the promise land to rebuild the temple.   Ezra, the leader at the time (read his book) was discouraged because the people had quit or delayed work on the temple.   Haggai was sent, by God, to encourage the people.   They said it wasn't time to build the temple, yet they time to build fancy houses for themselves.   If God gives us a plan and a work to do, we ought not put a time limit on it or try to reframe it.   God said do it and that is all that is necessary.   Let's not say what God told us to do is limited by something.   It is only limited by our lack of faith.   God enables and equips those he authorizes.   Don't listen to the na-sayers.