In This Place I Will Give Peace -Haggai 2:6-9

As we continue going through Haggai, we come upon another promise.

"For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts. 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the LORD of hosts."

This promise points to when Christ came to earth...and the peace that came with Him.


The encouraging thing is that this promise still applies to us! When we accept Christ as our Savior, we receive the peace that "passeth all understanding".

My Spirit Remains -Haggai 2:4-5

Well, it's time to fast-forward to a month later in the story from the book of Haggai.

You see, God is so good...He encourages us throughout our journey...and this is a good example of that as He uses Haggai the prophet to share with them His promise.

"'Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,' says the LORD; 'and be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land,' says the LORD, 'and work; for I am with you,' says the LORD of hosts. 'According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit remains among you; do not fear!'

I Am With You -Haggai 1:13-14

Haggai the prophet was sent by God to the governor of Judah and the high priest.

Why? Because God was calling them to rebuild the temple! 

After they obeyed what God had said to them through Haggai, God left them with this promise:

"Then Haggai, the LORD's messenger, spoke the LORD's message to the people, saying, "I am with you, says the LORD."

Hopefully reading that promise will have the same effect on us as it did for them.

"So 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,"

Just as they were encouraged through the prophet while they pursued what God was calling them to do, knowing that God is with us should be an encouragement to us as we work out God's will in our lives.