INTRODUCTION
A. Let’s Go! is a phrase we use for someone who is not moving. It is a statement that causes us to get up, get out and get going. Haggai, a prophet in the Old Testament, had to mobilize the people of Israel to get their priorities right. The people of Israel had stopped focusing on God’s agenda, and instead they began to focus on their own agenda.
B. Haggai teaches us about having the right priorities. He served as a megaphone for God to help Israel recharge and realign themselves to God’s priorities. God has a way of awakening lethargic, discouraged, disinterested followers to motivate them to follow Him again. God used Haggai to wake up His people from a spiritual slumber. Haggai helped the people keep their eyes and focus on the bigger picture.
C. In this little book, we have four messages from Haggai, and each message has a specific strategy to motivate God’s people. In each message, Haggai points out a particular sin that keeps us from accomplishing and finishing God’s work.
D. In this collection of talks we will focus on 5 strategies that help us stay focused on God’s work and the mission at hand.
January 3 - Let’s Go and Recommit (Introduction and Communion)
January 10 - Let’s Go and Rebuild (Haggai 1:1-11)
January 17 - Let’s Go and Reengage (Haggai 1:12-15)
January 24 - Let’s Go and Renew (Haggai 2:1-9)
January 31 - Let’s Go and Remember (Haggai 2:10-23)
Text: Haggai 1:12–15 (CSB, Old Testament)
Today’s Takeaway: Obedience always involves action.
FIVE ACTIONS FOR REENGAGEMENT IN GOD’S WORK
I. THE LORD’S PRESENCE CAUSES YOU TO
HIM. (v. 12a)
“You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you” — this is the Lord’s declaration — “and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and places where I banished you” — this is the Lord’s declaration. “I will restore you to the place from which I deported you.” —Jeremiah 29:13-14
“My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.” —John 10:27
II. THE LORD’S PRESENCE CAUSES YOU TO
HIM. (v. 12b)
“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you except to fear the Lord your God by walking in all his ways, to love him, and to worship the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul? “ —Deuteronomy 10:12
“Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose. 14 Do everything without grumbling and arguing, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world, 16 by holding firm to the word of life.” —Philippians 2:12-16
III. THE LORD’S PRESENCE CAUSES YOU TO
FIRM. (v. 13)
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will hold on to you with my righteous right hand.” —Isaiah 41:10
“I am with you always, to the end of the age.” —Matthew 28:20
IV. THE LORD’S PRESENCE CAUSES A
FOR HIS WORK IN YOUR HEART. (v. 14)
“My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” 15“If your presence does not go,” Moses responded to him, “don’t make us go up from here.” —Exodus 33:14-15
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” —Matthew 5:8
V. THE LORD’S PRESENCE CAUSES YOU TO
ACTION. (v. 15)
“But when the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem, in the name of the God of Israel who was over them,” —Ezra 5:1
“Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain “ —1 Corinthians 15:58
CONCLUSION: What actions do you need to take to reengage in the work of God?
DEEP DIVE QUESTIONS
Read Philippians 2:12-16. Describe what it means to have a healthy fear of God.
How can we stand firm in our faith in today’s culture?
Describe a time when you felt God moving in your life. How do you want God to move in your life today?
What actions do you need to take this week to reengage in the work of God?
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