DAILY?READINGS: Judges 11:29 to 12:15; Isaiah 32; 1 Cor. 10:14 to 11:1
Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways. Haggai 1:5
The returning remnant needed self-examination. At the expense of the Lord’s house, they were focusing on personal desires, such as making their homes decorative with gorgeous material things. Therefore, the Almighty called on them to “set their heart on their ways” (the literal rendering of the Hebrew phrase). Their hearts were wayward and spiritually cold; thus they needed to repent of their neglect of God and His house. What of our hearts? We may also need to turn our gaze on the Lord and His assembly afresh. —Keith Keyser
May grace, free grace, inspire, Our souls with strength divine;
May every thought to God aspire, and grace in service shine.—Philip Doddridge