Blessings withheld

You looked for much, but indeed it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?" says the LORD of hosts. "Because of My house that is in ruins, while every one of you runs to his own house. – Haggai 1v9

These folks must have been frustrated with their lack of success. Working on God’s temple was a distant memory. They were going about their business watching for God to bless them and wondering why nothing happened. Why was it happening? Because God ‘blew it away’ due to the fact that they had forgotten His work. God held back blessings because they were to focused on themselves.

Obviously we can’t make a blanket statement that we don’t prosper because of our wrong priorities. Sometimes God withholds blessings to teach us needed lessons about depending on Him. But apparently there are times when we don’t see what God is doing for us because we are trying to do so much by ourselves.

Perhaps we need to consider our ways and examine our own hearts when we don’t see God’s blessings to make sure we are doing what He wants us to do. If we honestly can say that we are doing our best we can learn for the lessons He is trying to teach us. If we are focused, like these people, on ourselves we need to make the needed changes and get busy doing want He wants us to do.