Haggai 2:6-8

Haggai 2:6-8 For thus says the LORD of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land. (7) And I will shake all nations, so that the treasures of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of hosts. (8) The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, declares the LORD of hosts.

Three points:

1. A promise: Shake. A shaking, judgment. What will stand? What will remain?

Our house may be gone, our money gone, our family gone, our health gone, but what will happen to our heart? Is it still solid for Jesus Christ, the Scriptures, and what it teaches? A true test of faith is often something unpleasant.

2. Ownership: God owns it all.

On the bottom line doesn't God own everything? We need to work, but isn't our family more important? Our family is important, but isn't God, himself, for important? What are our priorities?

3. Greater than former and "I will give peace."

Only God can give peace. It will not be found in a man, an institution, or a philosophy. Once a person is at peace with God, they will find the direction for peace with others. Until we realize that we are not at peace with God-we have broken His laws--we will not ask for mercy--crying out, "Lord Jesus have mercy on me, forgive my sins"--then we will be at peace with God.