9 “You looked for much [harvest], and behold, it came to little; and even when you brought that home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of My house, which lies waste while you yourselves run each man to his own house [eager to build and adorn it].
\n10 Therefore the heavens above you [for your sake] withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its produce.
\n11 And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hill country, upon the grain, the fresh wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all the [wearisome] toil of [men’s] hands.” Haggai 1:9-11 (The Amplified Bible)<\/p>\n
God judged Israel when they had returned to Israel and Jerusalem from captivity, but were putting their own comfort and ease ahead of rebuilding the temple.
\nCan I expect God to do anything less to our country when we, and I, as Christians, put our materialism, pride, and self-will above seeking and doing His will?
\nI must change in His power. I cannot change in my own strength. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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