I thought I'd try a cheesy sermon title and see if it attracted interest. Actually, it is a very good title in relation to our scripture passage...
Haggai 1:15-2:9
In the second year of King Darius, 1 on the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Haggai: 2 "Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, to Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people. Ask them, 3 'Who of you is left who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not seem to you like nothing? 4 But now be strong, Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD. 'Be strong, Joshua son of Jozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,' declares the LORD, 'and work. For I am with you,' declares the LORD Almighty. 5 'This is what I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt. And my Spirit remains among you. Do not fear.' 6 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7 I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD Almighty. 8 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD Almighty. 9 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the LORD Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the LORD Almighty."
I'm wondering if this Word of the LORD to his people Israel could be a Word to the established church today. He reminded them of their former glory and asked them to believe that he could shake the world up and fill his house with his glory again. We often get stuck thinking of the "good old days" without being imaginative enough about today and how God may want to shake things up and fill this land with his glory through a new thing in his church. What are your thoughts about this?
As we enter into the discernment process about our future at Community Reformed, with the Discernment Team, what insight does this passage offer?
Sunday, November 4, 2007
God's Gonna Rock this House
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