Haggai 2:6-8
For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the Lord of hosts.
Tag: God Owns it ALL
Haggai is a motivational speaker. The nation of Israel had three return trips to the land God gave them. They were in captivity for disobeying God and now God was bringing them back to the land of promise. However, after the first trip they had given up on building the Temple, because the work so too hard. Haggai was sent to motivate them. In so doing, one of the areas he uses as a motivational tool is the above passage. The people sent back were becoming discouraged because they had a lack of resources. Lack of resources is a major contributor to demotivation. God gives them the assurance that resources WOULD NOT be an issue. God owns all resources. He ONLY needs to shake the trees to have all the “treasures of all nations” come in. God can bring resources from a variety of places to meet the needs that they would have. Haggai is not an empty speaker. He is providing them with the assurance of where the things they needed would come from. He was not pointing to their bank accounts (they had none); he was not pointing to their possessions (they had few); nor was he pointing to their skills sets (they had little). Haggai was pointing them to God. God was the resource for strength they needed. There were told God has all they need. The prophet will eventually tell them that their disobedience will shut God resources down, but in these verses he wants them to know that God has the resources they need. That is motivation for anyone doing the work of God.
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