Difference between revisions of "Haggai 2:1-9 Consider your Future"
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====I first came across the term grit while looking at graduation rates at the university.==== | ====I first came across the term grit while looking at graduation rates at the university.==== | ||
====It seems the term became popular around 2016 with the publication of a book on the concept of "grit"==== | ====It seems the term became popular around 2016 with the publication of a book on the concept of "grit"==== | ||
| − | ==== | + | ====One psychologist Angela Duckworth defines grit as "perseverance and passion for long-term goals"==== |
| + | A lot of academia is about taking a concept and developing a term to describe it. In fact, grit is nothing new. Here in Haggai God calls on the leaders and people to have grit. He says, | ||
| + | =====be strong. i.e. persevere===== | ||
| + | =====I am with you -> have faith -> look at the long-term goals.===== | ||
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| + | ===MTR: Determine to confront frustration and disappointment with strength and faith.=== | ||
==The truth is that our unchanging God is the only real source of glory (2:6-9)== | ==The truth is that our unchanging God is the only real source of glory (2:6-9)== | ||
Revision as of 16:16, 15 May 2023
Theological Proposition/Focus: It is God who brings glory, nothing else.
Homiletical Proposition/Application: We must realize that we ultimately serve God and if we keep God at the center then we won’t be disappointed.
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Everyone is susceptible to a little yesteryear-itis (2:1-3).
Large projects inevitably hit snags and snags can bring frustration and disappointment (1).
Large projects effect people at all levels (2).
Memory is always a caricature (3).
Image: Our construction project
Here we are 10 months into construction. We have hit snags and these snags have caused some construction. We have had victories. We could focus on the wins, we could focus on the losses. But in both cases our focus is not on God! We need to focus on the God who has given wins and the God who has brought us through losses. Remember, it is not about the building, it is about the God who is giving us the building.
MTR: Take a second and ask yourself where have you allowed your focus on tester-year to take your eyes off of God?
Frustration and disappointment should be confronted with strength and faith (2:4-5).
People at all levels must confront frustration and disappointment with strength (4a).
Real strength and faith motivate action (4b).
Ultimately, our strength comes from God and our faith is in His faithfulness (5).
Image: Grit is important but it is nothing new
Ecclesiastes 1:9 states "What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.
I first came across the term grit while looking at graduation rates at the university.
It seems the term became popular around 2016 with the publication of a book on the concept of "grit"
One psychologist Angela Duckworth defines grit as "perseverance and passion for long-term goals"
A lot of academia is about taking a concept and developing a term to describe it. In fact, grit is nothing new. Here in Haggai God calls on the leaders and people to have grit. He says,
