HWMR W4D2 The Building of God's House

Are We Preoccupied with God’s House? What do we care for more than anything today? Just as we see in Haggai, most of the Christians today and many even among the recovered people seek their own things, taking care of their own house. Only the Lord really knows what’s first for God’s people today in the church life. Many times what emerges in practicality is a concern for our own house! We may say, Now it is not the time for God’s house – it’s not the right time for the house of God (Haggai 1:2). We may be preoccupied with our own house and with having a good living (1:4). But what God is delighted in and takes pleasure in is when we consider our own ways and go up to the mountain to bring materials and build God’s house (vv. 7-8). Otherwise we will realize that we look for much but amount for little because God’s house lies in waste while we each run to our own house (v. 9). We may be busy caring for our own houses, or we may not be like-minded with those taking the lead to build the house of God (see Phil. 2:19-20). What the enemy does in his stratagems to delay the building is to cool us down and, as we get married, have a family, have a house, take care of our human daily needs, we would become lukewarm and not care for God’s house first. But we should NOT worry about our human needs – God knows what we need! Rather, we need to cast our cares upon Him and seek FIRST the kingdom of God, the building up of God’s house! God may even allow us to suffer loss humanly, economically, or even reach a stage of becoming stale in our Christian life – so that we may return to the House of God and care first for God’s house! THE BUILDING OF GOD'S HOUSE WLEE