Haggai 1:12-15 – It’s Time

(1) ITS TIME TO OBEY THE VOICE OF THE LORD – v12

a. The Lord speaks continually – Haggai 1:1,2,3, 7/2:6,11

-Be careful of being overactive

-stay balanced – being idle or being too busy

-silence allows you to hear the voice of the Lord – it’s time to go camping

-Psalm 46:10 – seek silence, let the Lord pour in, Obey and pour it out, seek silence

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-obey the voice of the Lord – Haggai 2:19 – to receive the blessings of the Lord

b. The voice of the Lord goes along with the Word of God – v12

-Israel obeyed the voice and word of the Lord together

-what you are hearing must go along with the Word of God – Gal 1:6-9

(2) IT’S TIME TO EXPERIENCE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD – vs12b-13

Exodus 33:12-15 – Moses – we need the Lord and His presence

-the presence of the Lord is to be feared

-the presence of the Lord touches and changes and moves people

v13 – The Lord said, “I am with you.”

THE PRESENCE AND BLESSINGS OF THE LORD INCREASE AS WE OBEY HIM – Psalm 51:1-4, 10-11…Joshua 1:7-9

-blessings came to Israel the more they obeyed the Lord

-the presence of the Lord increases because of the Lord and because of the believer

(3) IT’S TIME TO GET STIRRED UP – v14

-everyone needs to be stirred up – the leaders and the people

v14 – stirred up – means to be awakened…shaken out of a slumber

How are people stirred up?

1. Through obedience to the Lord

-as we obey, the Lord blesses and we get stirred up

2. Through crying out to the Lord – Exodus 2:23-25

-Israel cried out to the Lord and it stirred the Lord to action, Moses to come and Pharoah to let Israel go

3. By people stirring up themselves – 2 Timothy 1:6

     2 Timothy 1:6

Stir – means to resuscitate – to bring life to someone

1. this is a continual stirring – keep things alive

2. the gift was in Timothy – deposited in Timothy by the Lord

3. Make a decision to remain stirred up and spend time with Jesus