Now this is what the LORD Almighty says: "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."
This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored," says the LORD. "You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home, I blew away. Why?" declares the LORD Almighty. "Because of My house, which remains a ruin, while each of you is busy with his own house. Therefore, because of you the heavens have withheld their dew and the earth its crops. I called for a drought on the fields and the mountains, on the grain, the new wine, the oil and whatever the ground produces, on men and cattle, and on the labor of your hands."
I feel this is so true of how I am now. I do a lot of things trying to gain more out of God, but I gain very little. I eat and drink and buy new clothes, but I am not content or satisfied. I earn money and man do they fly away! I am so concerned about my own welfare, my future, my status quo and my living conditions, but how much thought do I give over to the house of God? When I think of the house of God I think about fellowship and His kingdom. The Bible says "seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added on to you". I think about furthering His gospel to others, being flexible enough so that God can change my plans anytime He wants so that His kingdom my be furthered. Help us God, to be more concerned about Your house, which may be in ruins, and less concerned about our house and how we can make it more glorious!
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