Consider Your Ways (Haggai 1:1-15) by Gideon Mpeni - a podcast by gideon macgovern

There is one chief end of man, and that is "To Glorify God and enjoy Him forever." 

But there are many other secondary goals that competes with this Goal, and we sadly turn those secondary goals as primary pursuits of our lives. Amongst the returning remnant of Israel, they were to display their commitment to this goal in the rebuilding of the temple. Looking at the issue of the temple in the New Testament setting we should acknowledge what has been said by G. Campbell Morgan;  "Whereas the house of God today is no longer material but spiritual, the material is still a very real symbol of the spiritual. When the Church of God in any place in any locality is careless about the material place of assembly, the place of its worship and its work, it is a sign and evidence that its life is at a low ebb." [G. Campbell Morgan, The Westminster Pulpit, 8:315.]

Our lives in their entirety are the temple of God, and we have this all surpassing Goal to Glorify God, knowing that “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20) 

If you are a Christian, you are not your own. Christ has bought you at the price of his own death. You now belong doubly to God: He made you, and he bought you.

That means your life is not your own. It is God’s.

Therefore, the Bible says,

“Glorify God in your body.” God made you for this. He bought you for this. This is the meaning of your life.

The first Chapter of the Book of Haggai is a Call to action and in it we are able to observe five key things;

EXEGETICAL/HOMILETICAL OUTLINE 

1. The Recipients of the prophecy (v.1)

2. The Rebuke For Procrastination (verses 2-4)

3. The Reaping Of Poverty (verses 5-6)

• The       Reason For Poverty (verses 9-11)

4. The Remedy For Poverty (verses 5,7,8)

5. The Renewal Of Purpose (verses 12-15)

Take time and listen to the full sermon and its application. 

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