Haggai 1:5-7 Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider you ways. 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.
I like that suggestion from the Most High; Consider your ways! Apparently at that particular time, the Israelites were living in good houses while the Lord’s lay in ruins. So He sent the prophet Haggai to talk to Zerubbabel, the son of the Governor of Judah, and Joshua, the son of the High Priest. Note, He did not talk to the two fathers who were actually in power, but to the sons. Shows that He needed new blood, to accomplish the tasks He had in mind. And our God certainly has a most interesting way of getting His message across. He says; Now look here, yuh sowing plenty, but yuh only reaping little bit. Yuh eating and drinking, but yuh not satisfied. Yuh wearing clothes- plenty fine dan dan – but nobody warm in them. And the ones of you who actually working and earning a honest penny, all yuh doh have nothing to show for it. Oonoo doh have no savings! Wuh happen? Like oonoo putting oonoo money in a bag full a holes or something? Hn,hn,hn! I had to chuckle after writing that. But it hit the nail on the head. I just like His modus operandi, because I didn’t choose Today’s Bit either. I simply asked for guidance in choosing one and opened the Good Book, right at the beginning of Haggai and saw those words, Consider your ways, underlined in green. This is also the first time I’ve ever taken a Bit from Haggai. I don’t even have the book listed amongst my possible Bits. Friends, this tells me that the Most High is also sending us that same message. Just look at our current society: more people are working at two or three jobs than ever before, and still can’t make ends meet. Plus look at stuff like homeless shelters, food banks and soup kitchens. Previously, food banks and soup kitchens were only open during times of war, but now…hn! they’re open all the time, and can’t even get enough food to satisfy the people who come for aid. Imagine that nuh people! In such prosperous times as these, where people working harder than ever, but yet their standard of living is falling. That doh make sense. There’s never been a time of more poverty, homelessness, loss of jobs, drug and alcohol abuse, despair, discontent, violence, greed, suicide, hypocrisy, outright wrongdoing and evil, except possibly for the Depression and Prohibition Era. That sterile cliché; the poor is getting poorer, while the rich is getting richer, has never been truer. Oh Friends, People! Why is it, like the Israelites of old, we’re putting out more, but receiving less? We must be doing something wrong, somewhere. And just like those Israelites, I believe the Most High is sending us the same message…CONSIDER YOUR WAYS! Much LOVE!…if we seriously consider our ways, we definitely can make worthwhile improvement.
I like that suggestion from the Most High; Consider your ways! Apparently at that particular time, the Israelites were living in good houses while the Lord’s lay in ruins. So He sent the prophet Haggai to talk to Zerubbabel, the son of the Governor of Judah, and Joshua, the son of the High Priest. Note, He did not talk to the two fathers who were actually in power, but to the sons. Shows that He needed new blood, to accomplish the tasks He had in mind. And our God certainly has a most interesting way of getting His message across. He says; Now look here, yuh sowing plenty, but yuh only reaping little bit. Yuh eating and drinking, but yuh not satisfied. Yuh wearing clothes- plenty fine dan dan – but nobody warm in them. And the ones of you who actually working and earning a honest penny, all yuh doh have nothing to show for it. Oonoo doh have no savings! Wuh happen? Like oonoo putting oonoo money in a bag full a holes or something? Hn,hn,hn! I had to chuckle after writing that. But it hit the nail on the head. I just like His modus operandi, because I didn’t choose Today’s Bit either. I simply asked for guidance in choosing one and opened the Good Book, right at the beginning of Haggai and saw those words, Consider your ways, underlined in green. This is also the first time I’ve ever taken a Bit from Haggai. I don’t even have the book listed amongst my possible Bits. Friends, this tells me that the Most High is also sending us that same message. Just look at our current society: more people are working at two or three jobs than ever before, and still can’t make ends meet. Plus look at stuff like homeless shelters, food banks and soup kitchens. Previously, food banks and soup kitchens were only open during times of war, but now…hn! they’re open all the time, and can’t even get enough food to satisfy the people who come for aid. Imagine that nuh people! In such prosperous times as these, where people working harder than ever, but yet their standard of living is falling. That doh make sense. There’s never been a time of more poverty, homelessness, loss of jobs, drug and alcohol abuse, despair, discontent, violence, greed, suicide, hypocrisy, outright wrongdoing and evil, except possibly for the Depression and Prohibition Era. That sterile cliché; the poor is getting poorer, while the rich is getting richer, has never been truer. Oh Friends, People! Why is it, like the Israelites of old, we’re putting out more, but receiving less? We must be doing something wrong, somewhere. And just like those Israelites, I believe the Most High is sending us the same message…CONSIDER YOUR WAYS! Much LOVE!…if we seriously consider our ways, we definitely can make worthwhile improvement.
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