Haggai 1:12-15
Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people feared the LORD.
Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke to the people with the LORD’s message, “I am with you, declares the LORD.”
And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, on the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. (ESV)
Big Idea:
God’s presence empowers humble obedience.
1. Reverent Fear (v. 12)
1.1 Obedience Flows from Hearing God’s Voice
1.2 The Fear of the Lord is the Root of True Repentance
2. Gracious Assurance (v. 13)
2.1 God Responds to Repentance with Gospel Comfort
2.2 God’s Presence, not Prosperity, is the Ultimate Blessing
2.3 This Promise Anticipates Christ
• “I am with you” fulfilled in Immanuel
• Christ’s presence gives life to all duties
3. Spirit-Enabled Action (vv. 14-15)
3.1 God Sovereignly Stirs His People to Obey
3.2 God Uses Means, not Mysticism
3.3 Obedience happens in Time and Space
Conclusion and Application
Fear God More Than Circumstances
1. Rest in God’s Presence, not your Performance
2. Trust God to Stir what you cannot