The Return
Does This Sound Like You?
"Give careful thought to your ways. You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but never have enough. You drink, but never have your fill. You put on clothes, but are not warm. You earn wages, only to put them in a purse with holes in it."” Haggai 1:5-6(NIV)
The Closet of Forgotten Passions
Max Lucado describes the “closet of forgotten passions” in his house. In it is a neglected telescope from when he had a passion for astronomy. In it is a stepping stone kit for their garden—unopened. In it are boxes of photos that have never been arranged in albums. God can never be put into the closet of lost passion. God is either the big thing or he is nothing.
The Jewish remnant, recently having returned to Israel from Babylon, was directing its passions to this-worldly things, only to find out how empty those passions leave us. Haggai was there to redirect their passions to what mattered. Haggai, through his writings, is speaking to you and me today.
Prayer
"Lord, I too have many “forgotten passions”, projects that once mattered, but are now unremembered. Lord, fan into flame within me a renewed passion for knowing You. Amen”
Amen Pastor Jeff!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIn Mark 12:29 when Jesus was asked which of the commandments is the most important his reply included passion. Often the difference between a casual, luke warm relationship and a healthy, dynamic relationship the passion!!!!
Jesus said, "The first in importance is, 'Listen, Israel: The Lord your God is one; so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.' And here is the second: 'Love others as well as you love yourself.' There is no other commandment that ranks with these."
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