CONSIDER

Today's reading: Haggai

"This is what the Lord Almighty says: Consider how things are going for you!" Haggai 1:7 NLT

You must admit, noticing where God places an exclamation point is important.

He's telling the returning exiles to take a self-assessment.

To do a quick inventory.

To evaluate how things are going for them.

In their case, God had been pushed to a back-burner, and they were experiencing a mediocre, at best, life.

Consider how things are going for you!

Might the same charge be necessary today? Might we need the same soul-deep evaluation? Might we need to honestly judge where our priorities have been arranged?

If we are dry spiritually--what might need done?

If we are lacking peace--what might need let go of?

If we are struggling to grasp hope-what might we need to re-focus upon?

If we are without joy-what might be sucking it out of us?

Consider how things are going for you--and re-adjust as directed by the Lord!