Haggai 1:1-2. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Thus people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.
A bad excuse is thought to be better than none. These people would not object to the building of the Lord’s house, but they were willing to postpone so expensive a matter. There are always some persons who will not say that they decline self-sacrifice for Christ - that were more honesty than it were reasonable to expect from them, and honesty might cost their feelings too much, but they have some other reason or pretense of reason - "The time is not come that the Lord’s house should be built." Men are generally quick enough for anything that is for their own interest. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." We must catch time by the forelock. Oh! if we had the same desire in the work and service of God - if we had the same desire - we should have the same promptitude to do our task. "The time is not come - the time that the Lord’s house should be built."
Haggai 1:1-2. In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Thus people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’S house should be built.
A bad excuse is thought to be better than none. These people would not object to the building of the Lord’s house, but they were willing to postpone so expensive a matter. There are always some persons who will not say that they decline self-sacrifice for Christ - that were more honesty than it were reasonable to expect from them, and honesty might cost their feelings too much, but they have some other reason or pretense of reason - "The time is not come that the Lord’s house should be built." Men are generally quick enough for anything that is for their own interest. "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." We must catch time by the forelock. Oh! if we had the same desire in the work and service of God - if we had the same desire - we should have the same promptitude to do our task. "The time is not come - the time that the Lord’s house should be built."