Is there a mountain of disappointment looming in front of you?
Do you find yourself looking back more often than looking ahead, making fruitless and foolish comparisons? Maybe you feel like saying, “What's the use, I give up?”
The Israelites were disappointed and discouraged as they worked to rebuild Soloman’s dbeautiful temple which now lay in rubble from the Babylonian invasion. The prophet Haggai writes to encourage them.
Haggai 2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts:
How will you get past your mountain? Do what these verses teach and “Let go, Look up, Look Ahead, and Get to God’s Work”. Don't let anyone side track you, derail you, or stop you.
If you can do that—and God will help you—you will see your mountain of discouragement and disappointment evaporate into nothing.
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