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Pamphlet 1388 Haggai kc 2-4

When you seek Him and please Him, He pours out His blessings upon you!

The first thing our Father says to "consider" is the following.

Let's call it "Plan A", short for "Plan All gone", the plan most of our people have been following.

Haggai 1:6 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.
Have you ever read the Book of Ecclesiastes?

If you do not fully understand that everything that is physical,
EVERYTHING material you have under the sun,
including your little ole flesh body,
is vanity (emptiness, temporary, soon to be gone... as in PERISHED)
then by all means read the incredible, eye opening, Book of Ecclesiastes!

You see, there is nothing that can satisfy the flesh for any lasting duration.

Worse yet, it is harder and harder in this generation
to even accumulate wealth because since we have neglected His Word (vs. 9),
the locusts have entered into the treasure house of our nation
and have consumed the bounty through usury, inflation, and taxation.

They have all but consumed the vineyard as well.

But even so, even if you amass a great tower of fortune you cannot take it with you.

In fact, the only things you can take with you when you die are your righteous acts.

Those you get by doing what is right and doing the things that please your Father
who can bless you far above what the locusts can consume!

You see, there is no want of food at the table of the LORD.

It is always a "feast".

So after considering "Plan A",
all that is vanity and complete emptiness as far as eternity is concerned,
consider next "Plan B",
short for "Plan of Blessings",
for it is what truly pleases our Father!

And when you seek Him and please Him,
He pours out His blessings upon you!

[7] Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
[8] Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
Here is wisdom my friend!

After carefully "considering" the way you choose to follow from now on,
IF you choose "Plan B" your Father will throw in "Plan A" for you as a BONUS
and you will not have to be anxious or worrisome!

Matthew 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Notice these are all the same things we highlighted in "Plan A" in Hag. 1:6.
[32] (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
This is almost embarrassing!

We shouldn't even have to be told this about our Father.

Don't you know your kids need food and clothing?

[33] But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
This does not mean you can quit your "day job"
and sit around and meditate on your LazyBoy recliner.

God's servants are not lazy workers.

It just means He will close up those many "holes in your bag"
and bless the fruit of your labors!

To study the Bible is the noblest of all pursuits; to understand it, the highest of all goals.
We pray that with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, you accomplish both.


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