Habakkuk 1:5-7 – “Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.  ⁶ You have sown much, and harvested little.  You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill.  You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm.  And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.  ⁷ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways.”

As I read, prayed, and contemplated the Word of God today, I was reminded of the impending judgment on the world and the unshakable love and mercy of God.

Habakkuk was instructed to write the vision he received in plain language to make it easy to understand.  (Habakkuk 2:2).  Zephaniah heard a word in his heart to stand in awe of God, for the day of judgment was at hand.  (Zephaniah 1:7).

Haggai was warned of walking in disobedience, “You have sown much and saved little; you are never satisfied; you drink, but your thirst is not quenched; you put on clothes but can’t keep warm; and you put your money in bags with holes.”  (Haggai 1:6.)  Then the plea of God came, “Consider your ways.”   Do a self-examination.   The call was to repentance in order to be restored.

Zechariah saw the end times and the destruction to come.  Then, in Zechariah 10:1, we see God’s incredible long-suffering and love.  “Ask from the LORD rain in the season of the latter rain; and the LORD will make gentle showers, and give you the early rain which causes the grass to grow in the field.”

The field, Jesus said, is the world.  The rain is the Holy Spirit and the anointing.  The grass is the fruit of life.  There is a harvest at the end of the age, and to be a harvester, enjoy God’s bountiful blessings, and enter our reward, we must consider our Ways—repent of our wrongness.  Return to Him totally and BE His representatives in the earth.  We have a mission and a commission.

Do not stress over stuff, people, or politics.  Focus on Jesus and His commission.  Nothing else matters.

LORD, help us to ‘Consider our Ways.’   Please help us to surrender to you entirely!